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Lard
Lard is the rendered fat from a pig, commonly the internal fat of the abdomen. It is used in cooking and baking, although due to its high fat content, it isn't as commonly used as in the past.
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What does one gram of fat look like Lets pick an easy fat - vegetable lard like Crisco.?
Good question. So one tablespoon of shortening contains 13 grams, according to nutritiondata.com. 1/4 teaspoon is 1/12 of a tablespoon, and about as precise as you're going to get to 1/13 of a tablespoon with kitchen measuring utensils. So a little less than a quarter teaspoon of shortening is what a gram of fat looks like.
If you have an old recipe that calls for a half of a package of lard how much is that?
The lard I remember always came in buckets, I think they were 5 pound buckets. I have seen it in one pound bricks. But adding a half a pound of lard seems like alot of lard, unless one is baking a very large amount.
Cookeen is a block of vegetable oil known as shortening in the US, it is used for making pastry and other baking recipes.
