My Search for The Lard
Saturday, November 8th, 2008A good number of you I know, have followed and even participated in, my Search for The Lard. Notable efforts were supplied by Jennifer, who searched, photographed and posted her search. My father-in-law bought lard for me in St. Louis, where he said there are entire grocery store aisles devoted to the stuff. The lard he delivered to my home (by car, 800 miles) never got put into a crust, however. I put it in the freezer downstairs and then there was an incident where someone left the freezer door ajar which naturally went unnoticed for several days. The lard was among the many unfrozen items we had to throw out.
In June, we went to a Jaggers Family Reunion in Rockport, Massachusetts where my husband’s uncle found some lard in the local grocery store. That’s him there on the left, posing with The Lard. If you’ve ever lived in Memphis, Tenn. you may think you recognize him. You do.
THIS lard got left behind at the house in Rockport. I was officially vacationing and so didn’t bake a pie while it was in my possession and then forgot to pack it in the cooler before we began our long drive home.
I know there’s lard out there — even here, in Charlottesville, but something has stopped me from making the trip to Reid’s (or any of the other lard-stops my readers have pointed out. I haven’t been baking much at all. In fact, the last from-scratch pie I created was in August — the delicious Peaches ‘n Cream Pie I baked for my friends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lard








