Posts Tagged ‘rendering lard’

Handmade Soaps at Home

Domestic arts, homesteading and urban agriculture play a very big roll in the day to day life of me and my family.  In addition to scratch cooking, preserving of all kinds, and making our own beer, we also raise a small flock of backyard chickens, garden extensively and make our own soap.   Read more ›

Rendering Pastured Pork Lard

Rendering your own lard is a snap.  Lard does wonderful things to food, making pastries flakey, deep fried foods crispy and sautés profoundly flavorful.  But the most important component of good tasting lard is the source of the pork fat.  Read more ›

A chronicle of my adventures growing, preserving, cooking and eating from my garden and everywhere.

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