When we lived in MN, there were little "mom and pop" meat markets everywhere, so finding good fat was easy. I rendered my own lard and tallow, and used the tallow for soap. The lard was used for cooking. Sometimes, I mixed equal parts of lard and tallow with coconut oil, and made the absolute BEST cooking fat I ever tasted. Unfortunately, this is not so easy to do here in Alaska. :o(
What’s the difference in lard and tallow?