Today I'm rendering lard from some fat that my sister gave me. They had a hog butchered last fall and I asked her to get me the fat from the locker. It's been in my freezer and I decided that today was a good day to get it cooked down. I use lard for making soap and in cooking. It's the very best thing in the world to fry chicken with! You need a big ole cast iron skillet with some hot lard and you'll have the crispiest, juiciest fried chicken you've ever sunk your teeth into! Home rendered lard isn't bad for you either. Anything that you can make at home in your own kitchen is preferable to something you bought at the grocery store that you can't even pronounce the ingredients!!
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In a few hours, when it's cooled, these jars will be full of snowy white lard, ready to be used! Whether for fryin' chicken or sweet potato fries, seasonin' my beloved cast iron pans, makin' soap, or makin' delicious corn bread, biscuits, or pie crust it's ready and rarin' to go, just like me!
Well that's something I've never done. I bet it makes a mean fried chicken!
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