
04/01/13, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,349
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joebill
I use lard in the machine shop as a grade 2 cutting oil. An open can can sit around for 6 months without going rancid or stinky. Folks used to pack meat in lard at room temps with no loss.
Really, mine is bacon grease, but it's the same diff. I have always heard of grease going "rancid" but don't quite understand the term......Joe
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I can remember Mom frying sausage patties packing them into quart jars, melting fresh white lard and pouring it over the sausages until they were covered then sealing and processing the jars. The sausages would keep for a long while.
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