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To Melt Lard

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the skin from the inside fat of a freshly killed pig and slice it thinly.

  2. Place the fat into a new or well-scalded jar.

  3. Set the jar in a pan of boiling water and let it simmer over a clear fire.

  4. As the fat dissolves, strain it into small stone jars or deep earthen pans.

  5. Once completely cool, cover with the skin that was removed or with thoroughly washed and dried bladders.

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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