Ukraine's 'pork fat with chocolate' dessert a tasty substitute for suicide

[Dover]

Pork choc on the menu in Ukraine

By Helen Fawkes
BBC, Ukraine


Dasha prods the 's' shaped chocolate bar in front of her.

You can understand why she's in no rush to eat it - the Ukrainian student has just been served pork fat covered in chocolate.

"It's salty on the inside and very sweet on the outside. It's unusual yes, but it's completely disgusting," says Dasha Khabarova.

Forget deep-fried Mars bar. One of the unhealthiest snacks in the world can now be found in Ukraine.

For years people here have loved pork fat, known as salo.

Normally, small slices of the white fat are eaten with black bread, raw garlic and vodka.

But this new twist is designed to appeal to Ukraine's love of all things fatty....>>

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[Zookeeper]

1. * * * Shudder! * * * n/t

[bleedingheart]

chocolate covered lard...

hahahahaha

my family would love it!!!

Hell I make my pie dough with lard...but I never thought to eat it plain...

[supernova]

2. Hee Hee!

This makes me laugh.

I can't imagine this would taste good, but whatever.

On the health scale lard is actually somewhere between olive oil and butter. IOW, not as bad as you imagine.

[AlCzervik]

3. i enjoy pork but thats just disturbing.

Hey...you got your pork fat in my peanut butter!

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. ...

[supernova]

5. Lard - Nutritional Information

Total lipid (fat) 100.000 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 39.200 g
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 45.100 g
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 11.200 g
Cholesterol 95.000 mg

Source: US Dept of Agriculture posted on http://www.gastronomique.org/nutrition/food/04002aminos.htm