Schmaltz

A few days ago, I commented on a friend's blog that sometimes over 30 years after leaving home I still crave schmaltz. Apparently, I am not the only person who enjoys its flavour. An article in today's National Post has an article about Kosher chicken schmaltz. There are stores that sell schmaltz in a bottle and the article explains how to make chicken schmaltz. I must confess that the schmaltz that I crave would not fit in a kosher diet. Never found it in a bottle at the butcher's. The containers were round tubs much like margarine containers.
Jason Chow who wrote the article mentions that many Jewish stores sell the stuff and Toronto Kosher has as its name suggests, a rabbi-approved version. He incorporated schmaltz into his Matzo Brei, a Jewish frittata made of eggs, matzo and onions. With schmaltz it must be yummy.
Always interesting that what we crave is not part of a fat-free diet. How did we survive?