Where to find good lard? page

[Phoenixflame]

My friend and I are going to be cooking up a storm soon and we wanted to use lard. But I made her promise (she's not Primal) that we'd use a good kind.

The kind I see in my Latino store is either the bulk kind from the butcher section or the Farmer John's brand. Would either be good or, if not, where should I go? Thankies!

[TigerLily]

There's the best, and then there's the rest.

High-CLA, grass-fed tallow (a.k.a. "lard"):

U.S. Wellness Meats (love them!)
U.S. Wellness Meats — Our Animals Eat Right So You Can Too.

[Lewis]

My friend and I are going to be cooking up a storm soon and we wanted to use lard. But I made her promise (she's not Primal) that we'd use a good kind.

The kind I see in my Latino store is either the bulk kind from the butcher section or the Farmer John's brand. Would either be good or, if not, where should I go? Thankies!

Apparently, in the U.S. some of it is hydrogenated. Don't know if those brands are. A quick google search finds me low-carb forums recommending these as sources of lard from organic or free-range pigs:

Linda's Lard

Pork, Beef, Chicken and Lard Products from Prairie Pride Farm

The thread I found mentioned more than twice that number, but some of them seem to have gone since.

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High-CLA, grass-fed tallow (a.k.a. "lard"):

Isn't tallow ex-cow and lard ex-pig?

[unchatenfrance]

Isn't tallow ex-cow and lard ex-pig?

Yep.

[unchatenfrance]

OP, do you have a place where you can get good-quality natural bacon (or other very fatty pork) from hormone-free or pastured animals? If so, strain and save the fat from that and keep it in the fridge, where it will last for a very very very long time.

[tfarny]

If you can't find real proper lard (ask a real butcher) I'd go to the best butcher in your town and ask them for a couple pounds of pork back fat. Then follow instructions to render your own - its very easy to do the "dry" crockpot method.

[Apex Predator]

You can also make your own very easily from pork fat.

[Phoenixflame]

Ok, thanks guys!

Question about making your own: does it smell strongly? I'd be down to make it in a crockpot but I have some roommates moving in soon and don't want them to forever think of me as the weird pork fat girl.

[TigerLily]

This is what the website says:
"We welcome you to discover the health benefits of cooking with omega 3 and CLA rich grass-fed tallow! Our tallow (sometimes known as lard) is simply rendered beef suet. Naturally pure white in color with omega 6:3 ratios similar to fish and no trans fats. It has not been bleached, deodorized, hydrogenated or altered."