What about Crisco? I tried to buy pure Lard at the grocery but it has all been hydrogenated. If that isn’t poison I do not know what is! Gurrr!
You can find real lard at Mexican stores...............
Check your local culture-specific stores such as Mexican and Chinese grocers. Many of them carry pure lard for cooking.
You can also get lard at Asian markets
It’s almost impossible to by “real” lard. Butchers used to sell it but now they don’t even know what it is!
There’s always bacon grease, although that won’t work for baking.
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Industrially-produced lard, including much of the lard sold in supermarkets, is rendered from a mixture of high and low quality fat sources from throughout the pig. To improve stability at room temperature, lard is often hydrogenated. Hydrogenated lard sold to consumers typically contains fewer than 0.5g of transfats per 13g serving. Lard is also often treated with bleaching and deodorizing agents, emulsifiers, and antioxidants, such as BHT. These treatments make lard more consistent and prevent spoilage. (Untreated lard must be refrigerated or frozen to prevent rancidity.)
Consumers seeking a higher-quality source of lard typically seek out artisanal producers of rendered lard, or render it themselves from leaf lard or fatback.
Source: Wikipedia
If somebody gets desperate for sprinkles, and let’s face it, some people do, you could make an art project out of using boiled or fried rice and food coloring. This is if you just had to have something on top. Or cereal; as in Rice Krispies.
I thought all of that was now a vegetable concentrate, not lard.
Buy Manteca at your local Hispanic food place.