Cooking with Lard

[Thief]

complete novice here
not a clue

any list of pros and cons?

 

[dybmh]

Con: It's not kosher.

 

[Thief]

but I'm not Jewish

 

[Regiomontanus]

complete novice here
not a clue

any list of pros and cons?

No pros; it's nasty

Of course, I am a vegetarian so....

 

[crossfire]

Pie crusts and pastries.

 

[Secret Chief]

Pros
None

Cons
It's 39% saturated fat from dead animals.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Pie crusts and pastries.

Yes and I hate to admit it (see above), mexican food tastes better with it too (instead of vegetable oil) in refried beans and tortillas.

 

[dybmh]

but I'm not Jewish

in case you have any Jewish guests...

 

[Secret Chief]

Yes and I hate to admit it (see above), mexican food tastes better with it too (instead of vegetable oil) in refried beans and tortillas.

How do you know?

 

[Regiomontanus]

How do you know?

I have a good memory ...however, it has been almost 40 years...so maybe I just think that. Not interested in a taste test now though!

 

[Revoltingest]

Lard is heaven....tamales....pie crusts.....
Life is more than just worth living.

 

[BSM1]

One of the main ingredients for 'biskits'.

 

[metis]

Yes and I hate to admit it (see above), mexican food tastes better with it too (instead of vegetable oil) in refried beans and tortillas.

I fully agree but avoid it like the plague.

 

[Secret Chief]

I fully agree but avoid it like the plague.

Topical.

 

[MNoBody]

coconut is better, but lard is great for pastry
bear lard makes the best pies [flaky pastry], but I haven't had any of that since we moved to the city

 

[InChrist]

complete novice here
not a clue

any list of pros and cons?

I’d say if sourced organically it is supposed to be one of the healthiest fats.

Lard Rated One of the Top 10 Healthiest Foods - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

 

[Brickjectivity]

complete novice here
not a clue

any list of pros and cons?

Unfortunately lard and crisco are the only way to get a pie crust the way its supposed to be. If you use butter or anything else -- absolutely anything else -- you will not get a classic pie crust.

Other than that I would get an air fryer or use something better for you like olive oil, avocado or grapeseed oil.

 

[Wu Wei]

Lard is heaven....tamales....pie crusts.....
Life is more than just worth living.

Your a rabbid bacon eater..what you think about lard does not matter.....you misleader of the poor and defenseless and those involved in defalcation

 

[Wu Wei]

complete novice here
not a clue

any list of pros and cons?

1 table spoon has 115 calories....

The rest I leave to you to figure out..

Lard

1. Lard
When you think of a lard-based pie crust, you might imagine an elderly woman named Ma cutting rendered fat from a dearly departed pig into hand-milled flour, looking out over the old homestead years ago. But lard is a perfectly good fat to use for pie crust in the present day—if you can find rendered leaf lard (made from the high-quality fat around the kidneys and loin of the pig), the only kind of lard I would recommend for pie making.

The pros: Lard produces an extremely crisp, flaky crust. It's also easy to work with, as its melting point is higher than butter, so it doesn't soften as quickly while you handle it, or threaten to dissolve into the flour as quickly as butter before baking.

The cons: Good quality rendered leaf lard is hard to find. Much of the lard widely available in grocery stores has been hydrogenated and filled with preservatives, with a strong piggy flavor, which makes baking with it considerably less desirable than an all-butter crust.

 

[Revoltingest]

Your a rabbid bacon eater..what you think about lard does not matter.....you misleader of the poor and defenseless and those involved in defalcation

Don't get all snippy with me, Yogi....you're the one who defalcates in the woods.