tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post7904840118782356013..comments2024-03-21T22:26:02.955-04:00Comments on Gardening along the creek...: Fine-Tuning Methods of Rendering Lard, Part 1dariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905692094664443489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-56419714746251199072011-02-04T11:54:59.308-05:002011-02-04T11:54:59.308-05:00gaias daughter... that's very gratifying to he...gaias daughter... that's very gratifying to hear, Thank You! <br /><br />I decided it is important to write about errors (or terrors!) as well as successes because most of us are not born fully competent in all our endeavors. Some blogs would have you think they never have a failure, implying we must be incompetent if/when we have one. <br /><br />That implication can totally squelch, rather than encourage, too many of us. <br /><br />MFK Fisher said, <i>Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.</i><br /><br />Perhaps the same thing could be said of learning some things to be more self-sufficient?dariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905692094664443489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-59998425591495754762011-02-04T11:33:16.343-05:002011-02-04T11:33:16.343-05:00Darius, I don't often comment but would like y...Darius, I don't often comment but would like you to know how helpful it is having someone share their forays into self-sufficiency with the rest of us. We all benefit from your trials and errors and appreciate all your hard work!gaias daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625781455690205927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-48486875518170773122011-02-04T10:29:30.352-05:002011-02-04T10:29:30.352-05:00Sher, you will love it!
What is shown above isn&...Sher, you will love it! <br /><br />What is shown above isn't leaf lard, just back fat. Nice, clean, fresh back fat. The local (pastured) leaf lard I got last fall was not handled properly, and rendered rancid. Yuck.dariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905692094664443489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603055518123606194.post-87841046051189911922011-02-04T10:06:20.939-05:002011-02-04T10:06:20.939-05:00I'm glad to see someone returning to the stove...I'm glad to see someone returning to the stovetop method. I have been trying to get some leaf lard for about two months and will finally get my supply from a 65 year-old woman who raises, slaughters and cures all her hogs. Finally some lard that hasn't been rendered from cooking that bacon I got from a smaller organic farm who promised me pork and beef leaf fat, but alas I'm still without.Sher in Kynoreply@blogger.com