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"Nonnymus" > wrote in message
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> Long ago, I recall an old time farmer once described a way they "used to"
> store meat in the summer. I'm going by sheer recollection from many years
> back and would appreciate any insight, anecdote or corrections you all
> could offer.
>
> According to my recollection, the farmers would render out fat to make
> lard or tallow. During the summer months, beef or pork that was killed
> for food was butchered and the meat submerged in the lard or tallow. This
> would prevent deterioration for weeks or months. When needed the wife
> would literally dig out a piece of meat to cook.
>
> Was this just a fabrication, misrecollection or was this an actual
> technique to preserve meat when it could not be frozen and salt curing was
> not desired?
>
> Nonny
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> ---Nonnymus---
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> trying to make others appear shorter.


Folks in these parts used to cook and then store pork chops and such in
lard.
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James A. "Big Jim" Whitten

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