Lard was once America’s most popular cooking fat. Today there are many substitutes and alternatives on the market, but none perform as well as the original. Crisco, for example, has often been blamed for Lard’s decline in popularity. However, it is not as healthy as we led to believe, and the taste and overall waxy…
Category: Authenticity & Tradition
Beef Fat Popcorn
You don’t need a fancy popcorn popper to make this traditional, back-to-basics recipe. Today we are also going to give your microwave a break. Toss out the artificial butter-flavored bags of kernels, and make this recipe the old-fashioned way – on the stovetop! This snack is perfect for movie or game night. It is simple…
Lard: The Secret Ingredient of Grandmas!
You hear this all the time, right? That your grandmother, and generations before her, used lard for everything! Frying, baking, and cooking with lard was a thing of the norm dating back to the early 1400’s. It was readily available, easy to render in the home kitchen, and the performance and flavor of lard in…