Fw: [at-l] Olive oil, was: Freeze Dried food questions.

[Charles Copeland" <charles@uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

>Right you are, Delita. Olive oil is also somewhat inconvenient. A good
>hunk of lard, crisco or butter is pretty easy to carry solid without
>needing much of an additional container. Olive oil implies that you are
>planning ahead - and not just for a hike.

Mmmm... lard!  Brings back memories!

When I was younger, my mom had a can that we poured our bacon grease into.
When it was time to cook (anything) we scooped out the goo and threw it into
the frying pan (or pot) and fried away.  When we used all of the grease, we
used Crisco or lard.  Mmmm...

But then I got married.  My wife is Greek.  She was appalled at how I cooked
and she replaced the grease with olive oil.  We now go through gallons of
the stuff a year.   It's not bad on salads either.

Charles