Lard shortages have hit the EU as new members increase demand and seek to avoid the high levy on non-Eu lard. The BBC story seems accurate in most ways except for this absurdly limiting sentence: “Lard can be used to make mince pies, Christmas pudding and roast potatoes.” That hardly exhausts lard’s holiday uses, as we Southerners know. Atkins-friendly lard is essential for all pie crusts, biscuits, pancakes, all muffins, many varieties of yeast breads, and just about anything fried, including Turkeys. Oh, the costs of protectionism!
Christmas Disaster Looms
