What Is Lard and How Do You Use It?

Rendering lard isn’t exactly my favorite farm task, but it’s an important one. 🐖 When our pigs go to the butcher, I ask to have the fat ground instead of sent back in big chunks — it melts down faster and makes the process a whole lot smoother at home.Because our processor doesn’t offer rendering, I do it myself the old-fashioned way in small batches.And just to be fully transparent — while our lard is pure, clean, and rendered with care, I can’t sell it for human consumption yet, since it’s no

Great Grandma's Lard Pie Crust