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Swine render in Woodland is lard. Lard is made from melting down the fat of swine. It is then left to cool and used as shortening in cooking.
No, it is a physical change because the chemical composition of the fat molecules are not changing.
Shortening is the same as lard, so the ratio is 1:1.
No. Lard is animal fat and shortening is vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated.
Lard is the rendered fat of hogs. Shortening is any fat product typically a mixture of different fats.
usually, yes. In fact, lard really makes some pastries taste so much better. However, lard is animal fat and therefore, not healthy. If you use it rarely, then enjoy the better taste, but if you cook with it routinely, switch to shortening.
vegetable shortening (CRISCO)
Lard, shortening, butter
LARD
Butter It can be lard from a pig, which can be used as butter.
fat, grease, shortening, suet
Shortening didn't come about until the 20th century, lard was used in place of shortening because it was what was on hand. When making things like biscuits and cornbreads country cooks often used bacon drippings (grease saved from cooking bacon).