everyone else. I know it's sarcasm,but lard can still be useful. I remember seeing a documentary on Netflix I think it was called poverty inc. The guy was trying to live off of like 2 dollars a week or something in some South American country. All he could afford was vegetables,but was still hungry. So he ask his neighbor how he did it. He cooked his food in lard. So he went out and bought some lard for himself to cook his food in and it filled the belly,because lard is packed with protein.

it is fat, it IS packed with calories so it may help some starving person living on vegetables but they probably DO need to add some actual protein to their diet unless they are eating some beans (and a few other high protein vegetable sources).

lard is probably a bit healthier than vegetable shortening and it definitely makes for some of the best frying and baked goods, but it isn't really a health food by any stretch.

So basically you need lard to survive (or some other nutritional source of linoleic acid).

not vegan.

There are two kinds of lard on the market, hydrogenated lard and non-hydrogenated lard. Hydrogenating lard, like hydrogenating any other fat, produces trans fats. Which are evil, m'kay?

Lard needs to have a certain percentage of the total mass hydrogenated to make it shelf-stable. Armour Lard, which is the most common lard in stores, contains hydrogenated lard.

You want non-hydrogenated lard, which comes from the meat department. And if you're not offended by really high-priced fat, what you REALLY want is non-hydrogenated leaf lard. Every animal with kidneys has a layer of fat around them, which pads them and protects them from damage. Leaf lard is this layer of fat.