Lard withdrawn

[pinkmama]

Hi, odd question, but my mum is here and we are intrigued - does anyone know why Lard has been withdrawn from supermarkets?

requisitioned for use in the UK attempt at the world's largest pork pie competition?

Being curious, I did a search on the bbc news search facility. Just typed in "lard" and the first result came up "Johnson dominates Sunday papers"!! Rather appropriate, I thought.

Lack of demand maybe? People are more health-conscious but also tend to do less cooking/baking from scratch.

Can't believe I'm discussing lard on mumsnet.

LOL Freckle!

Alternatively the country's lard supply may well have migrated to my thighs.

My aunt told me several weeks ago that there was a shortage of lard & she & her friends had been to every supermarket in town buying what they could.It's probably her that started it.

Personally I think lards should be banned. It is so, so unhealthy!!!!!!

I once saw a woman in Tesco pondering the nutritional tables of leading brand and own brand lard.

surely very little in it

Well, I will be very annoyed if lard is banned. Nothing is unhealthy if eaten in moderation. I use lard , not often, but I do use it when I bake pastry. I make it from scratch and find that lard is far superior to vegetable shortening. I don't make or eat pastry often, but when I do I want to decide what goes into it, thanks. People need to make resoponsible choices not have governemnt make decisions for them, IMHO.

Sorry didn't know you could still buy it!

hmb you are so right about pastry

is the lard ban the work of Brussels perhaps?

No time to read it but maybe there's something here on the site for The British Lard Marketing Board (it looks like a spoof site)

Mirage, is your aunt my mil I wonder ?? Last time I saw lard was when in laws came to stay and stocked the fridge up with it as we only had olive oil and you can't deep fry food in that apparently

Now how will we make the Melting Moments recipe posted here recently?? Do you think we should start a BRING BACK LARD campaign?

They haven't banned lard, surely?

Excellent for pastry and roast potatoes.

If you want to stay healthy, just eat less.

great site, www!

lol at suzywong's label woman!

And the lard site. Who remembers Roy Hattersley's substitute on HIGNFY?

suzywong - not Brussels. Not only can you buy lard in Spain, but you can buy great hunks of pork fat for cutting up and putting in stews.

Anyone want me to send them some?

Thanks for web site www, gave me a giggle. Hmm, maybe we will never know the answer. My parents were just deciding whether to move back from spain or not, if lard is there and not here maybe it will keep them there!

Have I just bought the last pack of lard in the UK, then?

Intend to have roast chicken, pots and parsnips tonight so will be using it soon - and no one's going to stop me!

don't use it myself but have to agree that the best roast tatties I've ever had were cooked in lard. Also agree that it is not individual things that are unhealthy it is diets that are unhealthy. We are allowed to eat fat, in fact we need it. I also suspect that someone who cooks pastry from scratch probably eats a better diet than many, (ie lots of home cooking, no additves, lots of fresh ingedients) even if the pastry has lard in it.

Our local Sainsbury's sign says there is a 'european lard shortage'. According to the Times it's all the fault of the new EU members making more salami now they can get cheap EU pork...

Feel free to blame Brussels, Suzy, but we can't get lard here either! Or dripping (for roasties) or suet (for mincemeat).

Tanzie - No lard in brussels - how do the belge make all their national fare?

My FIL told me it was due to French companies buying up huge stocks of the stuff. As he's not fond of the French I assume that Philippat's info is the correct version.

Branston pickle is already on ebay! Can't believe it!
There's supposed to be a mincemeat shortage due to the lack of suet. Its not apeared on ebay yet but am feeling smug because I still have half a jar left from last Christmas - yum yum.