How much lard does a pound of pork back fat render?

Oh mental retard, he was asking weight for weight. How much does a lb of
back fat translate into a lb. of lard.
Oh, may you do better in the next life.
El Stupidio

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:30:50 -0600, sub
wrote:

How much lard does a pound of pork back fat render?

I've never measured it since it goes from weight into volume (and
don't own a scale), but I would estimate about 63-68% of the original
weight.

-sw

Kent H. wrote:

Oh mental retard, he was asking weight for weight. How much does a lb of
back fat translate into a lb. of lard.

Huh? Backfat yields about 60-70 percent lard by weight. What don't you
get about that?

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I think it may be a bit higher than that. What is your source?
El constipido

Reg wrote:

Kent H. wrote:

Oh mental retard, he was asking weight for weight. How much does a lb of
back fat translate into a lb. of lard.

Huh? Backfat yields about 60-70 percent lard by weight. What don't you
get about that?

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Kent H. wrote:

I think it may be a bit higher than that. What is your source?

Cooking it every night.

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so 60-70% by weight and what would be the volume?

1 pound of fat produces how much lard by volume?


Thanks for the response!

Trying to figure out how much lard I am going to have to render (how
much fat to buy) to fry up some turkeys...peanut oil sux and I don't
want to use the hydrogenated lard available at the store.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 05:16:29 GMT, Reg wrote:

Kent H. wrote:

I think it may be a bit higher than that. What is your source?

Cooking it every night.



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sub wrote:

1 pound of fat produces how much lard by volume?

A lb of pork fat is roughly 500 ml in volume.

Are you buying lard or rendering your own from
backfat, BTW?

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"sub" wrote in message
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so 60-70% by weight and what would be the volume?

1 pound of fat produces how much lard by volume?


Thanks for the response!

Trying to figure out how much lard I am going to have to render (how
much fat to buy) to fry up some turkeys...peanut oil sux and I don't
want to use the hydrogenated lard available at the store.


Right, skip that dairy case lard; home rendered lard is superior.

Jack Grease

Reply at the bottom where it belongs.

"Kent H." wrote in message
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Oh mental retard, he was asking weight for weight. How much does a lb of
back fat translate into a lb. of lard.
Oh, may you do better in the next life.
El Stupidio

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:30:50 -0600, sub
wrote:

How much lard does a pound of pork back fat render?

I've never measured it since it goes from weight into volume (and
don't own a scale), but I would estimate about 63-68% of the original
weight.

-sw

And he gave weight, so what's your problem (other than the obvious one of
stupidity)?

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Remove the crap from my email address before using.

"sub" wrote in message
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so 60-70% by weight and what would be the volume?

1 pound of fat produces how much lard by volume?


Thanks for the response!

Trying to figure out how much lard I am going to have to render (how
much fat to buy) to fry up some turkeys...peanut oil sux and I don't
want to use the hydrogenated lard available at the store.


Wow, that's an ambitious project! But you may want to think about where you
render the lard from. I have heard that best quality lard comes from
specific locations in the pig and not just from any old fat. I do not know
the details but you might want to look into it before going to all that
expense and effort.


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Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

rendering from backfat...I don't want to hit the mexican places
because I want non-hydrogenated lard

what I have seen available in my area is hydrogenated only

In addition, I cannot seem to get back fat easily. The only meat
market around says .99/lb with a minimum order of 60 pounds.

I am not sure where I would store all that or how long it would take
me to render that much. I am guessing a long time. That is why I was
asking about volume after rendering a pound of fat.

The price doesn't seem bad when compared to Niman Ranch backfat at
like $15 for 5 pounds or something. It is just the amound that meat
place wants me to order.

He told me they don't get it fresh anyway they order it frozen. All
the fresh stuff they use to make and sell sausage and he wouldn't sell
any.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 05:51:11 GMT, Reg wrote:

sub wrote:

1 pound of fat produces how much lard by volume?

A lb of pork fat is roughly 500 ml in volume.

Are you buying lard or rendering your own from
backfat, BTW?

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:47:46 -0600, sub
wrote:

rendering from backfat...I don't want to hit the mexican places
because I want non-hydrogenated lard

what I have seen available in my area is hydrogenated only

In addition, I cannot seem to get back fat easily. The only meat
market around says .99/lb with a minimum order of 60 pounds.

The Mexican markets, in my experience have backfat in their cases. I
rendered lard this past summer, for a cooking project. I was in Las
Cruces, NM, and all the mexican markets had backfat readily available.
I made some pretty good lard from that backfat.

It took a few hours to render, but it was worth it. I think I had
about 4 or so pounds of backfat, maybe more. And from that, I think I
got about a pound or so of lard.

Christine

"sub" wrote in message
...
rendering from backfat...I don't want to hit the mexican places
because I want non-hydrogenated lard

what I have seen available in my area is hydrogenated only

In addition, I cannot seem to get back fat easily. The only meat
market around says .99/lb with a minimum order of 60 pounds.

I am not sure where I would store all that or how long it would take
me to render that much. I am guessing a long time. That is why I was
asking about volume after rendering a pound of fat.

The price doesn't seem bad when compared to Niman Ranch backfat at
like $15 for 5 pounds or something. It is just the amound that meat
place wants me to order.

He told me they don't get it fresh anyway they order it frozen. All
the fresh stuff they use to make and sell sausage and he wouldn't sell
any.


Well, if nothing else, you'll find out how serious you are about doing this,
and also find out just how much in reality you detest peanut oil.

Jack Fat

"Jack Schidt®" wrote in message
. com...

"sub" wrote in message
...
rendering from backfat...I don't want to hit the mexican places
because I want non-hydrogenated lard

what I have seen available in my area is hydrogenated only

In addition, I cannot seem to get back fat easily. The only meat
market around says .99/lb with a minimum order of 60 pounds.

I am not sure where I would store all that or how long it would take
me to render that much. I am guessing a long time. That is why I was
asking about volume after rendering a pound of fat.

The price doesn't seem bad when compared to Niman Ranch backfat at
like $15 for 5 pounds or something. It is just the amound that meat
place wants me to order.

He told me they don't get it fresh anyway they order it frozen. All
the fresh stuff they use to make and sell sausage and he wouldn't sell
any.


Well, if nothing else, you'll find out how serious you are about doing
this,
and also find out just how much in reality you detest peanut oil.

Jack Fat

Goddamn dyslexia. I thought this thread was about reindeer lard.




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