[TigersEye]

I found out about leaf lard here on FR a few months ago. Very interesting information and it looks like they're in stock again. (they were sold out last spring when I first found the site)

[maine-iac7]

I got some leaf lard from my fat back supplier - but I really didn’t like it. I have gone back to the fat back - and I don’t render it on the stove - takes too much tending, stirring to keep from scorching.

Instead, I put it in the oven, in a roasting pan, at 225 degrees and smash it down now and then with a potato ricer. I find this much easier. Takes an hour or more.... I also take the hide off first, don’t care for ‘cracklings, and this make the smashing and straining easier.