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madzonie
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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Fresh lard/manteca

‎12-22-2012 03:47 PM

A friend recently gave me a couple pounds of fresh lard.

I've been reading that some people are going back to lard (not processed, but freshly rendered) as a shortening product because it is "healthier" by not having chemicals or other ingredients in it.

I grew up on a farm back in the 50's & 60's and my mom rendered lard for our family, but that was a long time ago.

The same friend gave me 18 beautiful fresh brown eggs from their chickens, so I made a batch of cookies where the recipe calls for lard and lots of eggs. The cookies were wonderful. They are called biscochitos (hubby's mom's recipe), a Mexican cookie.

I call lard manteca...it sounds nicer than LARD...LOL

Any comments on using fresh lard in place of store-bought, processed shortening products?

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