PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

Hello Forumites! However well-intentioned, for the safety of other users we ask that you refrain from seeking or offering medical advice. This includes recommendations for medicines, procedures or over-the-counter remedies. Posts or threads found to be in breach of this rule will be removed.
We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

What is Lard used for?

Options
1356789

Comments

  • tootles_2
    tootles_2 Posts: 1,143 Forumite
    Lard.

    Pastry, half and half with marg for excellent pastry. Frying chips, or roasting spuds, making lardy cake or in bread instead of butter when using the breadmaker. It is rendered down pork and or beef fat, so a saturated fat. ok in moderation. I keep a block in the fridge for pastry.



    Living in the sunny? Midlands, where the pork pies come from:

    saving for a trip to Florida and NYC Spring 2008

    Total so far £14.00!!
  • I fry using lard, I know where it comes from, what's in it, plus it's cheap. I feel like I can't say the same about most cooking oils. It's ok in small amounts. Society is way too obsessed with eating the right foods. What makes me laugh is that these ridiculous TV shows basically tell us it's better for us to eat imported food rather than local produce!!! As far as I'm concerned my ancestors ate local produce therefore my body is built to do the same :)
    £4000 challenge

    Currently leftover - £3872.15
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I know what you mean,I get so annoyed with Gillian McKeith when she lays out that spread of imported fruit and veg,seeds,and grains.All those avocados,mangos,quinoa,sweet potaotoes-sooo expensive.Why doesn't she give more emphasis to oats,barley,cabbage,carrots and apples? It just makes healthy eating seem exotic and expensive when it needn't be.

    I'm not sure I'd fry with lard as a matter of course,I do prefer olive oil or sunflower oil,plus a bit of English butter.
  • agreed lard in pastry/roasties/ very nice!!....however as lard is a "fat" and fats are insoluble in water i dont see the benefit of using a lard as a plant food.
  • SallyD
    SallyD Posts: 1,009 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Bread & Dripping sandwiches sprinkled with salt & pepper and a mug of Cocoa.................forgive me if I am wrong, but I have always thought lard was dripping! My Nan and Mum always had a bowl of dripping and I used to hate the jelly but mum always said I would grow up big and strong ...and I did and certainly not over weight.
    SallyD
  • flufff
    flufff Posts: 899 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Lard can be used to make soap as can other fats like cocoa butter or shea and is much cheaper if you starting old soap making.
  • aycor
    aycor Posts: 277 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    super recipe from mary berry

    225g plain flour, 1 level teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon mixed spice, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 150 g golden syrup, 150 gms black treacle, 100g dark soft brown sugar, 100 g lard; 2 eggs, 2 tablespoon milk beaten together.
    oven 160 c gas mark3 grease and line 20 cm sq tin or a 2lb loaf tin put the flour baling powder spice 7 ginger in bowl mix together and make awellincentre place syrup treacle sugar and lard in saucepan heat gently until lard and sugar are melted then stir into the flour with the eggs and milk beat throughly
    pour into tin bake in oven for 45 mins should be shrunk from sides of tin cool wrap and store for 2/3 days in airtight tin do wait its worth it. slice and butter yummy
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    SallyD wrote:
    Bread & Dripping sandwiches sprinkled with salt & pepper and a mug of Cocoa.................forgive me if I am wrong, but I have always thought lard was dripping! My Nan and Mum always had a bowl of dripping and I used to hate the jelly but mum always said I would grow up big and strong ...and I did and certainly not over weight.
    Dripping is the fat that drips off a joint of beef as it roasts..mmmmm
    Lard is rendered pork fat ;)
  • doddsy
    doddsy Posts: 396 Forumite
    I think they have stopped hvf in Stork now, I checked the tubs the other day in Sainsburys.
    We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
    – Marian Wright Edelman
  • Skintmama
    Skintmama Posts: 471 Forumite
    I was just popping in to say the same thing about Stork soft marg Doddsy. Says on the tub there are no hydrogenated fats and virtually no trans fats. I bought some recently to use half and half with butter in my cakes, to try to make baking a bit cheaper.
    Also, bought some lard recently although haven't done so in years, again to use half and half with butter in pastry, same reason as above.
    I am truly awful as I just love the drippings from roasts and often mop it up from the pan with bread before making the gravy. :eek: If not doing gravy I let it set and then have it on hot toast with salt and pepper. My children think I am disgusting :o
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.8K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.8K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.8K Life & Family
  • 257.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.