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To Manufacture Lard Oil to Stand 42° Test

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Manufacture Lard Oil to Stand 42° Test

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Ensure stock is clean and sweet.

  2. Prepare the press room to 52°F (11°C).

  3. Layer stock in canvas with plates in between.

  4. Apply steady pressure until all oil is extracted.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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