Just a few suggestions from someone who has done this longer than you have been alive, if you have a grinder, grind your fat it will cook down much faster, no grinder make your pieces as small as you can. Also you can use either a roaster or a crocpot on low and it will be easier to keep it going, just crack the lid off a little to allow the steam to escape. check it about every 15 to 20 minutes once it gets to melting good and keep it stirred. Liquid gold I use it for everything, baking, frying anything you can use either crisco or butter for you can use the lard and it is MUCH healthier for you. Good job and god bless.
@sandrabulluck1896
2 жыл бұрын
Amen! 🙏🏻
@duaneross9271
Жыл бұрын
Hello, I've heard the same thing, that lard is actually better for you than many of the other oils. Plus some like the flavor better, I enjoy cooking finger steaks in the lard.
@keaneu4456
Жыл бұрын
Good suggestions and also for me personally I like to use a wooden spatula
@katharinaprotomanni7297
Жыл бұрын
Great suggestions!!
@Frac.Razoer
11 ай бұрын
This lady in my class says she’s from Baghdad, she tried to convince me to stop cooking with pig fat. To be frank, I almost cried
@hapnewsom9217
3 жыл бұрын
On my grandfather's farm in West Tennessee as a boy I remember "Hog Killing Day" being sometime after the first hard frost. Everything was processed outdoors. Hogs were killed, scalded and prepped on day one, and hung in the smokehouse for few days. Lard was processed on day two, on day one it was gathered cut and frozen, on day two it was coarsely ground (my cousins and I were the "grinders") and rendered. Grandmother and aunts did the rendering, and I'll be honest I do not remember what they put the lard into, but it was kept in the root cellar and my grandmother went through a LOT of it ( Usually there were 4 hogs a year butchered in the fall). I do know it was used in biscuits, pie crusts and for frying but I was a youngster back then (mid 1950's) and my memories may have faded a bit over the years. STILL, a great video Josh, and it does take me back to my childhood!!
@sandrabulluck1896
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your memories!
@Teabonesteak
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing🙂
@patrickphillips2800
2 жыл бұрын
Hello, I actually live in West Tennessee. My father told me about how in his youth he helped his family butcher and process hogs. It's great to hear someone talk about it on KZitem, especially from the same region I live in. With the Highest Regards, Patrick Phillips
@davidklutts2371
Жыл бұрын
I live in west Tennessee my6
@adaptableamy4744
2 жыл бұрын
Lard makes the BEST soap! As a professional soap maker for 20 years, that fat makes the biggest difference in a bar of soap!
@doylemarkham1010
3 жыл бұрын
My mother put a teaspoon in the jar first & this absorbed the heat & kept jars from breaking from the heat.
@calebdicicco1734
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for commenting I will try that if I ever make lard.
@juliegeorge8533
2 ай бұрын
This is a good tip when potting up homemade jams too xx
@teresadevoltz5931
3 жыл бұрын
We used to "process" our hogs when I was a kid. Nothing went to waste. My grandmother used to make our own hog head cheese. Had many cracklin cornbreads. If you have never had CC, it is a must to your viewers. Best part, this is all natural. PS: worst part was scraping the hog after it was dipped in boiling water in a 55 gal drum with a wood fire under it.
@kensampson604
3 жыл бұрын
could eat everything but the squeal.
@davidmorrisii69
Жыл бұрын
Nice! Im from ga, we love hog head cheese!. Its to find the real hard head cheese.
@multiram50
3 жыл бұрын
Chicharrones here in Colorado wrap them up in a tortilla . make my own manteca by going to the meat market "double J's" and get 5lbs at a time. and render in down in a cast iron pot.
@williammoody7819
3 жыл бұрын
We don’t raise hogs anymore but my wife saves the “lard” from frying bacon. We raised Yorkshire Hampshire cross hogs and they were actually quite lean; a 250 pound hog only rendered about a gallon of lard. Our boar, Elmo J. Hogwaller weight a little over 1000 lbs when we butchered him and was about 10 feet long and almost 40” tall. The sows weighed between 450 and 550 lbs. the pigs were 250 lbs at six months old, perfect for bar-b- que and lean meat.
@derkhedemann5606
2 жыл бұрын
in the Netherlands we leave the cracklings in the lard, so that it is deliciously crunchy. we spread it on bread with a little salt and pepper, and we bake the meat in it
@totesmygoats-bq8mk
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds delicious
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
My gram does that too. We also use it in Rice + Beans and also good for dog treats!
@RoderickGMacLeod
3 жыл бұрын
Put those cracklings in cornbread batter with diced fresh jalapenos and make waffles with it.
@donclayton8238
3 жыл бұрын
When I was A kid back in the fifties my dad worked at the local butcher shop. Every Thursday they rendered lard and I would run down there after school to put lids on the lard tubs. my payment was the few cracklins they would leave in the vat for me. Lord I would give anything for a handful of fresh cracklins
@JennyG.COW5
2 жыл бұрын
I've grown up in the suburbs, but when you mentioned that this isn't supposed to be gross, I remember learning from my parents about how to look at these types of situations (such as the process of making lard) as a very practical part of life. Thank you for sharing this instruction video. 😊👍
@danvanhoose6783
3 жыл бұрын
Lard ,self rising flour,and buttermilk makes the best biscuits.
@autryfarris7523
3 жыл бұрын
Cracklings are the best thing since sliced bread. Been eating them my whole life, love em.
@DeonRoberts-v8p
2 ай бұрын
I figure cracklins came before sliced bread😂
@louizivkovic1752
Ай бұрын
Nicely salted ahhhhh
@ad1011000
3 жыл бұрын
Did this then rubbed my wife’s feet and called her a Hog...now I’m sleeping in the shed 😕😕😕
@johnmcdonald8240
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@jashimbaez6716
3 жыл бұрын
What’s a hog and she’s is like basement right?
@jasonrunyon2663
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for all your information on this topic. I just found your KZitem channel last night. I just subscribed. You are doing and teaching processes that I believe we as a nation will be going back to before too long with the way our country is heading. I am from the southern area of West Virginia. Im from coal mining family. So, this channel is awesome. May GOD richly bless you and your family.
@patrickgalla7588
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you saved the caul fat. Cracklins = pork rinds = scratchings
@roadrunner123
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Update: I had 40 lbs. Of pork shoulder for a school fundraising event. I removed all the fat and I actually rendered the lard from the fat scraps. I got a full quart and 1/2 a pint size. (Beautiful fat).The crackling are dangerously addicting so I'm putting them out for the racoons!
@ladycactus110
9 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with cracklings. THEY WON’T MAKE YOU FAT. So they are not “dangerously addictive” 😊
@NorthCountryOffgrid
3 жыл бұрын
That trim piece hasn’t been there in years!!😂😂👍🏻
@RedneckHillbilly-ho9md
3 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@ronniepate4315
3 жыл бұрын
Ok ok I give . Crackling corn bread that's the deal Josh . I have used a wooden boat paddle in a big ole cast iron pot to render lard . When I was a kid . You sure got the memories to flowing this mourning . Thanks Josh !
@FlutyLickHomestead
3 жыл бұрын
Liquid gold right there! Killed a 650 pound hog a few years back and I rendered 8 gallon of lard off him!
@khristionlouvatin6874
3 жыл бұрын
Country
@theheritagehousesc
3 жыл бұрын
Love making lard! Your lard looks great and crystal clear! Good eats!
@swanhill772
3 жыл бұрын
We are getting ready to harvest our first pigs on farm. I’ve been watching your ham videos on repeat. I appreciate your knowledge, and that series is so valuable! Thank you!
@swanhill772
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, and cracklins, or gratons, as we call them in Cajun country, are amazing. I’ll have to try them in cornbread, they never make it that far around here, lol.
@charlessavoie2367
11 ай бұрын
"You don't get lard lessen you boil the hog"--------John Wayne in "The Alamo" (1960).
@robnelson6942
3 жыл бұрын
Crock pot works too.
@BorninVirginia
3 жыл бұрын
I don't watch every one of your videos, but this is my favorite KZitem channel
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much...I too was born in Virginia!
@NorthCountryOffgrid
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched them all...😎
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 жыл бұрын
bhahahaa
@jamesweaver9636
3 жыл бұрын
Good clean living. Thanks for sharing!
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 жыл бұрын
You bet!
@jamesweaver9636
3 жыл бұрын
Porcine gold!
@mikem4481
10 ай бұрын
i'd take my watch off, persoonally
@RoderickGMacLeod
3 жыл бұрын
That stuff'll also take your biscuits and pie crust to a whole new level too. Also refried beans and wheat tortillas.
@ladycactus110
9 ай бұрын
And biscochitos and tamales.
@juliegeorge8533
2 ай бұрын
And for your roast potatoes and home made chips or french fries. xx
@GSS_94
2 жыл бұрын
Keto moonshine 😅
@hoanglinhle4468
2 жыл бұрын
We Asian cook those fats with ginger and spring onion. That helps you clear the smell of pork.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
2 жыл бұрын
yep...ya don't want that in your lard though my friend...unless you want your biscuits to taste like ginger and onions lol
@hoanglinhle4468
2 жыл бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer - Not at all. - Of course, we don't put tons of ginger and onions into it. Just enough amount to clean the smell. - Also slightly cooking the fat with boiled water + white vinegar mix can clear the fat from impurity and make it crunchier.
@markeholbrook
3 жыл бұрын
You can weld a small hole in cast iron with a wire feed welder flux core or solid with gas, just make sure the pot is very warm before you start, like over coals for an hour.
@edwardbryans4623
2 жыл бұрын
Howdo Mark, I've always gently peened the weld after welding complete, preventing the weld shrinking and pulling out of the parent cast iron, preheating is essential as you say
@Rick3196
3 жыл бұрын
We killed hogs for the public when I was a kid. Always had cracklin's , hog jowl, ham hocks and pickled pig's feet to eat, couldn't beat it.
@msweetums7
3 жыл бұрын
We salt the fat down and use it in baked beans or pork buns.
@jaredkean7841
3 жыл бұрын
I have 2 ducks in the smoker and between the smell of the apple wood drifting into the house, and the imaginary smell of this fat rendering... I think Imma run and get some Chicharrons for a snack lol. IMMA GETTIN' HUNGRY! EDIT: Josh you oughta try and see if you can make a quart of biodiesel for a fun DIY project.
@sanfordberg4880
2 ай бұрын
Wife insisted I use an electric knife to use on the refrigerated lard. Didnt have the luxury of a Dexter knife. It worked perfectly. The electric knife was avocado colored circa 1977.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
2 ай бұрын
interesting.....but why would you need an electric knife, just a good butcher knife will do it. Either way it got the job done though! Glad you've got a cool old electric knife....I love vintage cookware especially old Tupperware
@juliegeorge8533
2 ай бұрын
I'm only a minute in and I can taste the flaky pastry I would make with that lard already!
@dandefrancis
Ай бұрын
If I was to ask my local butcher for fat remnants, what do I ask for. Just waste fat? Is there a specific term? Also, if there is any meat left on the fat, is that ok? Will it cook off?
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
Ай бұрын
Leaf fat is best, but any fat will make lard. If there's meat on the fat it will be left behind in cracklins...but best to just get fat trimmings. Pretty easy my friend...often they'll just give it to ya
@1972BRJ
3 жыл бұрын
We use lard for deep frying fish hush puppies and french fries, nothing fries them any better!
@s.pursell8901
3 жыл бұрын
Making my mouth water at 8:30 in the morning.
@ARCSTREAMS
29 күн бұрын
don't think the wife appreciates bacon smellin feet especially not with scooter around
@timothyhale5908
3 жыл бұрын
Can you use beef instead of pork
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 жыл бұрын
if you want yucky tasting rendered beef fat.....now I hear goose fat is delicious...beef fat is a little strong
@timothyhale5908
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info may God bless you
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
@@timothyhale5908 - We do both, pork and beef. It's hard to find pig fat where I am, in the city. So we buy salty pork or bacon or chunky beef to make "lard". Believe it or not, I find beef fat taste better!
@dannysheppard2882
3 жыл бұрын
Cool video, hey are you goin to post anymore videos of the Willy’s Jeep?
@sic-n-tiredtired4273
10 ай бұрын
I just watched the video again very informative but question did you put already rendered lard in with the pork fat ? It look like the stuff you were scooping in with the label was already rendered lard
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
10 ай бұрын
Heres't the best way I can put it to you.....when ya cook bacon do you have to put anything in the pan to get the grease/oil flowing? Nope....this is the same kinda fat....low heat and it will start to render. If you like put 1/2 cup of water in there...but again...you need nothing but fat....start putting a little in at the time, cook it down then keep on adding and render the fat on low-low med heat. You need nothing to start this other than fat and heat. Hope this helps...it's just as simple as slow cooking bacon
@sic-n-tiredtired4273
10 ай бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer awesome thanks again
@t.8130
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like u missing a board around the window, maybe a super clean pack giveaway if whoever gets correct
@brunosix6794
Жыл бұрын
😂 I am from Transylvania ! We eat cracklings !!!!
@toni1111
3 жыл бұрын
I find that people will waste things then go buy something to replace the item they could have recycled.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 жыл бұрын
we live in a throw away world my friend
@deakzoltan5546
3 жыл бұрын
Josh man thouse crackling next day you put salt ön it and eat it with vinegared Red onions and bread. Must try it.
@lawsonlawnandfarm8073
3 жыл бұрын
Man josh you must not do much cooking.. that amount of lard might last us a year. However that’s all we cook with. And we pre-heat the jars in the oven or next to the wood stove. I’ve saw too many of them things break
@xAoDxNoiseComplaint
3 жыл бұрын
Dude! I have been staring at the mussing window trim, then you ask what you missing. Its trim 😂😂
@IsBanAnnAnha
2 жыл бұрын
Why can’t you just leave those scraps with hair since we will be running everything through multiple strainers anyway? Or does it affect the taste?
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
2 жыл бұрын
do you wanna eat what comes off boiled pig hair? Most lard is from leaf fat...leaf fat is internal...hairs in your food...not so yummy...hair, dirt or any foreign debris...yucky
@IsBanAnnAnha
2 жыл бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer definitely hadn’t considered that part, I was more focused on trying to not be wasteful since meat products are expensive where I am. I’ve clearly never made lard before. Thanks.
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
@@IsBanAnnAnha - Hair will be carbon anyway. YES, it's ok to leave it or doesn't have to be super clean. As long the hair is clean, you are good.
@duaneross9271
Жыл бұрын
I thought if I was rubbing my wife's feet with my soft hands the lard smell in the house may add a fun to that. Great video
@jasonjanssen5699
3 жыл бұрын
My wife uses lard for her grandmother's old fashioned cake donut recipe good stuff
@davidedwards3734
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, brings back fond memories
@MetaView7
3 жыл бұрын
I want to show you the Chinese way --- Put water in the pot . . . about half the fat should be submerged in water. You can put on high heat. Don't worry, it won't splash. The water will speed up the rendering process. About half way through, the water will evaporate, leaving only lard behind.
@MetaView7
3 жыл бұрын
ps. I would put the pot on the ground instead of on the cart.
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
@@MetaView7 - OMG, my gram does that too. Small batches, we just heat it. In large batches, she put water in it and then boil the water out.
@J_Chap
10 ай бұрын
I always recommend heating your jars before putting anything hot in them. I have a jar in the oven right now heating. I had some fat, not much, from our ham I cooked and small bag in the freezer I saved and have it rendered. It's been a minute since I did it last and thought I'd watch a video on the canning part. I will only get about a pint, but, that's ok. That is one pint I won't have to buy and it will make what I've done in the past last longer.
@tinafawcett9569
9 ай бұрын
So does that mean you can render down any fat from the pig? Most of the video show only the internal leaf fat.
@chriskoch1241
7 ай бұрын
My father-in-law's family used to use hog fat as a preservative, keeping bacon or other meats in jars or crocks filled with the far. It kept the air out, apparently.
@dougdavis4439
3 жыл бұрын
I love your kitchen shoes Josh! lol. I live barefoot when I can too! Nice to have neighbors to trade with, that was a haul of good living you got! Hope your doing great man! Doug
@jasonmckee5030
3 жыл бұрын
I rub lard on my leather work boots. Help to get them to repel water and makes them soft.
@johnnycampbell5234
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up we never had pigs on our homestead so all this stuff is new to me, love the education your channel offers Josh, one of the many reasons SRF is my favorite.always something new to learn. Wooooo!
@ccc822007
3 жыл бұрын
Render fats to make soap as well.
@davidissitt7718
3 жыл бұрын
Josh What make of watch are you wearing?
@jennyjiang8112
2 жыл бұрын
My mother raises a Hog every year. Kill it in winter and also use his fat to heat it into Lard.
@johnsites5105
3 жыл бұрын
What is the shelf life?
@JT-py9lv
3 жыл бұрын
If you run the fat through your meat grinder, you'll get a better yield of lard.
@Anjeecm
3 жыл бұрын
Cracklin cornbread is my favorite 😋
@elena911000
3 жыл бұрын
Recently I bought lard in a store and it is kind of brown. Somebody there can tell me why is brown instead of white? Should I be worry using it?
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
We had that happen to us too. Not too brown though, it may be bad. If you can't find pork fat, try bacon or get the chunky beef and get the fat out of them. Believe it or not, I like beef fat (lard) better!
@ericbarnes9303
3 жыл бұрын
I love some cracklin
@butler386
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, my uncle used to make lard from the hogs he butchered. Great memory. Thanks for the video.
@jrod07
3 жыл бұрын
So what are you all doing to make money?
@royhubbard6579
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Josh, as slippery as Your hands get while handling those knives I think I’d have some shoes on to cover up them little toesies. Love Your channel!!!!!
@ImRicWooo
2 жыл бұрын
I always pour hot oil, grease whatever in a metal pan before into a jar. I let it cool before placing into a jar.
@jessicahughes6964
3 жыл бұрын
Cracklins are the best! We put Tony’s seasonings on them right out the pot and they are delicious! 😁
@edwardverduzco88
2 жыл бұрын
Is that fifth avenue heartache instrumental for the background music? Great vid. I'm hungry.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
2 жыл бұрын
very similar for sure
@dwaynehagle7445
Жыл бұрын
No not yet on the crack'lins.....Yet!
@carolyngaulin8297
3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather used to take the unwanted lard and mix it with seeds for the birds
@adamUDavies
4 ай бұрын
Great video 👍 Have you ever heard of superb sealing lids. Made in Ohio and they are the best lids for canning. Just pennies more than Ball.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 ай бұрын
I will check it out
@peterw7951
11 ай бұрын
You can render any pork fat down to lard. I have been doing it for years. We always left a little bit of meat on the fat and turned it into crackling.
@james10739
2 жыл бұрын
Is cracklens the same as ork rines or Cheecheronus
@onthefarmwithhayden6858
3 жыл бұрын
Hey josh do you like fried pork chops if so they do great in cast iron
@dhansonranch
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! The glare off the window is definitely gone...but I thought this was the front of trailer and so there would be no trees out that window....could be wrong though. If it is the back of house, it should be the shrub brush between trailer and upper garden/cows...so we should see solid bush I figure. Either way, the bottom pane of trees appears to be cut off mid way...bottom not match top. You put a picture over the window perhaps?? Yes, cutting smaller speeds the process..as does grinding it. I quite often use my oven for rendering but have to watch as it can overheat and lard will not be white. A quart of lard would be lucky to last me 8 weeks - bread and baking. lol. Never made cornbread or had it with cracklins! Good job yet again Josh.
@rosamanzo7785
Жыл бұрын
I would like to know if you can make Lord from a cow fat
@jamesbaker9383
3 жыл бұрын
Love cracklins !
@KCSmith1
2 жыл бұрын
Those are the knives we used in our restaurant.
@badmood6030
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve eaten cracklings before. Good stuff. Keep the videos coming.
@julieklysz487
3 жыл бұрын
Great job. I will have try putting cracking in the corn bread. Thanks.
@kawkawmccarvs7802
3 ай бұрын
Dexter knives...... uh, they should have advertised in the show
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
3 ай бұрын
great knives....super strong...still using this knife nearly every day!
@LAusmcprep
3 жыл бұрын
A local boudin and cracklins shop seasons their cracklins and then grinds them up and put in mac and cheese. It is so good. Live in Louisiana
@jmjbedpa
3 жыл бұрын
WATCH OUT on those cracklings, eat to many and ya may get the runs. YES this is good home cooking. Thanks for sharing.
@veronicamoorman2645
Жыл бұрын
You really should use a stainless steel funnel not plastic. Yikes!!! Just subscribed 😊
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@LiaraJane
3 жыл бұрын
Saw another homesteader who recommended grinding it. If you're going to go through this process more frequently a good meat grinder might be a good investment.
@JodBronson
2 жыл бұрын
YES !!!
@busterv333
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Josh it great waterproofing for your shoes and boots too
@LionHeartOG
Жыл бұрын
0:18 window trim on left hand side
@gonzalezpandura
3 жыл бұрын
Moisturizing your hands too
@the32712
3 жыл бұрын
We've fixing to butcher our hogs within the month. We just got 6 inches of snow last night over to the west of you in Ashe County at 3600ft. Neighbors and us getting together with my parents for a good old hog killing again this year. Big hog is probably around 350lb, smaller one around 250lbs with a gimpy leg. Ain't bought grocery store pork, beef, or poultry for years...God Bless Brother. You're welcome up here anything you'uns come up to Ashe. Never done Lard before, might try it this year.
@michelejoyner5136
Жыл бұрын
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪@loves me some cracklin!
@Shahska1
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I know what they are I like the ones made from sheep fat best. Have some red Chile paste and fresh blue corn tortillas and you got some good eating
@daveyoder1436
3 жыл бұрын
What do use the lard for? I remember my dad rendering bear fat down for putting on his leather boots for waterproofing.
@honeyacresfarm5344
3 жыл бұрын
Love it keeping tradition Alive! Thank you Josh
@cdgadea1
Ай бұрын
how do you store it? does it needs to go on the fridge when it cools down? how long does it last before it goes bad?
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
Ай бұрын
if you render the fat down it should theoretically be shelf stable for years and years to come. You're basically sterilizing it, then jaring it up so it's shelf stable...no refrigeration required
@mattbeondi1186
Жыл бұрын
Why are you wearing a fake beard? Are u in witness protection?
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