leaf lard
noun
lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
leaf lard
Americannoun
leaf-lard
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of leaf lard
First recorded in 1840–50
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These tortillas are handmade with leaf lard, producing rounds that are flaky, rich and toothsome, perfect for whatever filling you desire.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2020
The other is the fat: a leaf lard from Sylvanaqua Farms in Virginia, which gives the tortillas their flaky texture, almost like Indian paratha.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2020
Lard: Worth stocking up on if you can find the good rendered leaf lard.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2019
Coast Packing is currently testing a treated lard and tallow blend, not yet on the market, that mimics leaf lard; in my tests, I could barely tell the difference from the real thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017
The leaf lard should be rendered by itself, as it does not take so long as that with the skin on.
From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott)
Cook a dozen small onions, sliced, in a saucepan with one cup of sweet leaf-lard.
From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie
He had married, three years previous, a Miss Hindle Higginbothom, the only child of a Chicago leaf-lard magnate of household-word kind of fame, and brother-in-law to his father's one-time law partner, O.J.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
He had grown enormously fat and Rufus G. Higginbothom, dying, had enhanced that glutted look by bequeathing to his only daughter, Hindle, without stipulation, a leaf-lard fortune of some seventeen million dollars.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
That day the authorities—the police—had confiscated twenty dressed hogs, and in each porcine carcass they had found four-quart bottles of whisky, artistically imbedded in the leaf-lard fat.
From The Hunted Woman by Curwood, James Oliver
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