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Ten Oils And How To Use Them

Scott Kustes on 29 May 2008

My guest post on Mark’s Daily Apple last week triggered a few questions about a couple of different oils. Here are seven oils and my recommended uses for them, along with three that I don’t recommend and why.
The Good Guys (In No Particular Order)
1. Lard
Lard is pork fat, the highest grade being “leaf lard,” [...]

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First, We Have to Render Fat

Scott Kustes on 27 Aug 2007

Last week, I realized that I was running a 15 cubic foot freezer to keep about 2 cubic feet of food cold. Not being a fan of wasting electricity (freezers work harder the less frozen stuff there is in them), I decided to consolidate it all into the freezer with the dog food. [...]

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Filed in Recipes and Cooking 6 Comments so far