A friend cooks us a traditional Liberian meal with fresh fish.
“Delicious! What is in this sauce?” I ask.
“Palm butter.”
“Yes, but besides palm oil?”
“Nothing. Just palm butter.”
Pure palm butter. As far as I can tell, thr hghest source of saturated fat on the planet. Sort of like 12 boxes of Krispy Kremes. But with tons of beta carotene…
I salivate.
oh. dear. god. no.
Chris, I love your blog. Wisdom and humor simultaneously? Incroyable! Safe travels!
Saturated fat is good for your heart and vessels. The French eat a lot of it, and have low rates of heart disease. See:
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html
traumatic memories of a year in Liberia flooding back … frankly, it’s not the palm butter that should scare you, it’s the bush meat that the palm butter quite nicely covers up.
i’d stick with the jollof rice – more transparency all around!