Category Archives: Rendered

Rendering Lard in a Crockpot: The Process

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Cat

by Cat, October 23-24, 2o10 on The EssentiaList; copied on Cat’s Kitchen, May 3, 2019; all photos by Cat. Back in July 2010 I posted Rendering Lard – the Perfect (& Original) Shortening on the sustainability blog, The EssentiaList, which covered the … Continue reading →

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Rendering Lard – the Perfect (& Original) Shortening

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Cat

by Cat, 2o10 on The EssentiaList; copied on Cat’s Kitchen, May 2, 2019 (photo, right, by Cat, originally for The EssentiaList); updated on Cat’s Kitchen, Nov 4, 2019 Back in your grandmother’s (or great-grandmother’s) time, lard was a common staple … Continue reading →

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Duck (About)

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Cat

By Cat (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Poultry & Fowl Menu Includes: 1. Finding duck for recipes; 2. Storage of duck meat; 3. Rendering duck fat When I go out to eat, if … Continue reading →

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Rendering Lard, Suet, or Tallow

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Cat

by Cat, July 2010 (photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons See also: Good fats for cooking; Ghee (Clarified Butter); Essential Fats Acids: A Case of Balance While this article is about lard (from hogs), the same method can be used for the suet/tallow from … Continue reading →

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