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Lard

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. :o

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

What's going on?!
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  • vanoonoo
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    ooer - checked the tesco website?

    perhaps its been rebranded under some other fancy smancy name and had loads more money added to the price
    Blah
  • rushnowt
    rushnowt Posts: 24,749 Forumite
    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 ???
    Nobody can make you feel inferior, without your permission ;)

    Love doesn't make the world go round, it's what makes the ride worthwhile

    ya still freezing :p




  • jaybee
    jaybee Posts: 1,561 Forumite
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    Got plenty on my hips :-/

    Seriously, though, I'll look in Sainsbury's tomorrow - sure I've seen it in there.
  • vanoonoo
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    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?!
    Blah
  • 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
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    oooh - and look http://www.biscuit.org.uk/
    Blah
  • Spendless
    Spendless Posts: 24,347 Forumite
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    Fascinating. You've got me wondering now. Will report back next time I go shopping

    The Great British Lard Hunt perhaps ;D ;D
  • MarkyMarkD
    MarkyMarkD Posts: 9,912 Forumite
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    There were signs in our local co-op last Monday saying that there was a national supply problem with lard. Very strange indeed.
  • jaybee
    jaybee Posts: 1,561 Forumite
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    None in Sainsbury's this morning but there was a space where it should have been.
  • jb84344
    jb84344 Posts: 85 Forumite
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    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
    4oz rice crispies, 4oz butter, 4 mars bars.
    Melt, mix, cool, eat. Yummy! ;)
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