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leaf fat

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leaf fat
n.
Layered fat that encloses the kidneys of a hog, used in making lard.

leaf fat
n
(Cookery) the dense fat that accumulates in layers around the kidneys of certain animals, esp pigs
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Noun1.leaf fat - fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lardleaf fat - fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard
fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"


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We also have local meat producers who sell leaf fat at the Santa Fe Farmers Market so we can make lard at home.
To make lard Take the leaf fat from the inside of a bacon hog, cut it small, and put it in an iron kettle, which must be perfectly free from any musty taste; set it over a steady, moderate fire until nothing but scraps remain of the meat; the heat must be kept up, but gentle, that it may not burn the lard; spread a coarse cloth in a wire sieve and strain the liquid into tin basins which will hold two or three quarts; squeeze out all the fat from the scraps.
 
 
 
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