I am not the only person who takes pictures with my camera so at the end of each month when I go through the images often I find a picture like this
and think “What!? Why?” because I know it was taken by Will.
Or I see one like this
and think, “How cute.” because I know it was taken by Brother.
Or I see one like this
and know it was taken by a crazy woman who actually sent her husband to the local butcher for a bag of “backfat” and gave up a whole Saturday to make a batch of lard which she has yet to use. And I know that same crazy woman took the picture thinking it would make a good blog post about making lard but it didn’t because lard making doesn’t need a whole post. It can be summed up in one word ~ Don’t.
LOL. I love that you intended to make lard.
still giggling.
Hee hee. This was funny. Particularly, “bag of backfat.”
The Lard making–glad you told me because I am sure it would have eventually occurred to me to do since I am all about the do it yourself stuff.
Too funny.
Um, so, I thought lard was, like, already lardy. You have to MAKE IT? And why might you have thought this was a good idea in the first place?
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Technically speaking it is already “lardy” but you have to render it (basically cook it a long time at a low heat) to make it useable for cooking. Specifically I was looking to make homemade pie crust and tortillas but the dream is much better than the reality. ~ Toni
What might that smell like as it’s cooking?
Because I think that alone would stop me from making lard.
I made lard once, for soapmaking! And I think I left it in the freezer and threw it out when we moved. It did look creamier than the lard I used to purchase in a box, though.
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