Lard

Gotabiscuit

I thought I'd post this on here seeing as lard is a good old fashioned British staple.

HAS IT BEEN BANNED?

Following a conversation with someone who runs a small grocery shop who told me they couldn't get from their wholesaler, I went on a mission to find some.

I've been in every supermarket and several small shops where I live but couldn't find any.

You can get blocks of beef dripping but not good old lard.

What's going on?!

vanoonoo

ooer - checked the tesco website?

perhaps its been rebranded under some other fancy smancy name and had loads more money added to the price

rushnowt

I was sure i'd seen lard in Asda recently :-/ but i'll have to have a proper look now, you've got me wondering ???

jaybee

Got plenty on my hips :-/

Seriously, though, I'll look in Sainsbury's tomorrow - sure I've seen it in there.

vanoonoo

Tesco Value Lard 500g £0.30
(£0.60/kg)
Spry Crisp N Dry Solid Cooking Oil 500g £0.48
(£0.96/kg)
White Flora Sunflower Oil & Vegetable Fat 500g £0.83
(£1.66/kg)
Cookeen Cooking Fat 250g Pack £0.47
(£1.88/kg)
Trex Vegetable Fat 500g £0.74
(£1.48/kg)
Tesco Finest Goose Fat 200g £2.49
(£12.45/kg)


thats an edit from the tesco.com site - so they have it?!

Gotabiscuit

Just found a site claiming to be the official British Lard website ;D and several people have signed the guestbook asking what's happened to lard!

http://www.zen8595.zen.co.uk/lard/frameset.html

vanoonoo

oooh - and look http://www.biscuit.org.uk/

Spendless

Fascinating. You've got me wondering now. Will report back next time I go shopping

The Great British Lard Hunt perhaps ;D ;D

MarkyMarkD

There were signs in our local co-op last Monday saying that there was a national supply problem with lard. Very strange indeed.

jaybee

None in Sainsbury's this morning but there was a space where it should have been.

jb84344

I bought a packet of lard about a week ago in Tescos - thank goodness - perhaps with this national shortage it'll be like a few years ago when there was the petrol shortage and everyone queued for hours to get petrol ???

- I can just imagine it being like war time and we'll all get ration books for our lard... ;D