Lard

Below is a copy of the post at Jimmy Moore about lard that I have commented on

ajcf1995 said:

Where do you get healthy lard? All the lard I ever find at the store is made from ‘hydrogenated’ lard and lard. I really want to avoid foods with the word ‘hydrogenated’ anywhere on the container.

I replied:

Hi ajcf1995,

Lard definitely makes the best pastry. In fact I can’t think of many things that can be cooked in oil that don’t taste better when cooked in lard.

Anyway to answer your question, if you’ve got 10 lbs of pig fat trimmings that’s without bits of meat on them, otherwise it will go brown, you should get around about 5 or so pounds of lard at the end of the process.

Hope that helps,

Mark