I believe that if you allow purified lard to deteriorate over time in a closed container, the result is glycerin and some associated fatty material.
Either use the mixture as-is, as a lubricant for tapping and other slow-paced machine work, or strain it to recover the glycerin for the same use.
You can make flour tortillas without using lard by substituting it with vegetable oil or shortening in the recipe.
Lard has more saturated fats
No. Lard is animal fat and shortening is vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated.
an alternative for grease is oil or lard
Good ole BUTTER!
1 cup of cooling oil
No, pie crust is one of the things that has to use a solid shortening.
Yes, or even the same amount in butter :)
No - they used lard which comes from pigs.
An emulsifier binds oil and water in food to prevent them from separating. The most frequently used raw materials for emulsifiers include palm oil, rapeseed oil, soy bean oil, sunflower oil or lard/tallow. You need to read the ingredients on a food product to see if it contains pork or lard, or look for the Kosher symbol which guarantees that the food is free of pork products.
Several groups of people don't eat lard. Lard is made from pig fat. This prevents vegetarians, vegans, Muslims, and Jews from eating products made with lard. A good substitute is vegetable oil shortening.
There is really no such thing as vegetable lard. Lard refers to a fat coming from an animal. There is such thing as vegetable fats, like oil and shortening. Shortening is often called (incorrectly) vegetable lard because its look and consistency is similar to animal lard.