Not Alone in My Quest for Lard

I came accross this on AOL, "25 Things We Wish Would Make a Comeback."

No. 22: Lard in Pastry

As WalletPop's Sarah Gilbert puts it, "My mother made pie crusts with lard when I was a girl, and I grew up with the firm belief that there was no better part of the pie than the crust. Pie experts know that lard 'makes the flakiest, most flavorful crust known to man.' It's due to the chemistry of lard's lipids, which form unusually large crystals." Worried about lard's unhealthy reputation? You shouldn't be eating enough pie so that it's an enormous portion of your diet, anyway.

http://www.walletpop.com/2008/05/16/comebacks-wed-like-to-see-22-lard-in-pastry/