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If you’re anywhere near a Mexican meat market/grocery store with a carniceria attached, make sure to try the in house rendered lard (and the chicharrones/crackl
by amblingalpaca 7y ago
If you’re anywhere near a Mexican meat market/grocery store with a carniceria attached, make sure to try the in house rendered lard (and the chicharrones/crackling!). The white, tubbed, Armour brand lard simply doesn’t compare.
Should be caramel colored with some bits in it, sold in a bag, and very, very cheap!
- tyingq 7y agoOften labeled as "manteca de puerco" or "manteca de cerdo".
- sridca 7y agoChicharrones are awesome. They call it "pork rinds" elsewhere (eg: in Canada).
- namdnay 7y agoPork Scratchings in the UK
- teilo 7y agoIn-house is the key. The Mexican markets around here sell lard in containers on the shelf, but it's all hydrogenated. And there's just no comparison. I used to be able to get pork fat for next to nothing at local grocery store butcher sections, and would render it myself. Now no one has it. Not sure why.