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To Extract the Salt From Lard

A method to separate salt from lard by dissolving it in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Extract the Salt From Lard

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place 1 tablespoon of lard in a tin cup.

  2. Pour 1 pint of boiling water over the lard.

  3. Set aside to cool.

  4. Once cooled, the lard will form a cake on top, and the salt will remain in the water.

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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What each ingredient does

Lard
Forms a solid fat cake on top as it cools, separating from the water below.
Boiling water
Dissolves the salt out of the lard so it can be separated in the water.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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