June 21, 2004

YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG WITH SUCH INGREDIENTS (via Rick Turley):

Pork choc on the menu in Ukraine (Helen Fawkes, 6/21/04, BBC)

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.

Chocolate salo: Salty on the inside, sweet on the outside

"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.


How much sooner might we have had this culinary revelation had we toppled the USSR in 1945?

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 21, 2004 7:25 PM
Comments

Indeed, Pork Fat rules (world wide).

Posted by: John Resnick at June 21, 2004 8:45 PM

Didn't Homer Simpson invent this, or something like it? And add donuts and beer and you've got all the basic food groups covered.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 21, 2004 8:53 PM

I'm surprised the recipe isn't in my favorite cookbook.

Posted by: Tom L at June 21, 2004 10:12 PM

If it's raw, I can understand her disgust. However, deep-fried, it hits the spot (though I must say I've never had it chocolate-covered).

Posted by: Joe at June 22, 2004 2:26 AM

Once, in Greenland, I had raw whale fat wrapped in fishskin. The accompanying beer and schnapps helped a lot.

Posted by: Peter B at June 22, 2004 7:19 AM

No doubt it will confirm Orrin's darkest views of Communism v. democracy to point out that Cuba has the world's highest per capita consumption of lard.

Posted by: Harry Eagar at June 22, 2004 5:27 PM

Perhaps we could wrap them as Mounds bars and air drop them in Falujah.

Posted by: genecis at June 22, 2004 8:08 PM

I'm a PC volunteer in Ukraine and they call this the "Ukrainian Snickers Bar".

My host family hasn't dipped them in chocolate yet but salo is a regular part of the diet. I put my foot down on that.

Just discovered your site. enjoy it.

Posted by: bb at July 2, 2004 6:30 AM
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