To Melt Lard

Ingredients

• Inside fat from a freshly killed, well-fed pig

Instructions

1. Strip the skin from the inside fat of a freshly killed and well-fed pig and set it aside.
2. Slice the fat small and thin.
3. Put it into a new or well-scalded jar and set the jar into a pan of boiling water.
4. Let it simmer over a clear fire.
5. As the fat dissolves, strain it into small stone jars or deep earthen pans.
6. When perfectly cold, tie over it the skin that was cleared from the lard, or use bladders which have been thoroughly washed and wiped very dry.
7. Keep the last drainings of the fat apart from that which is first poured off.
8. Store in a cool place.