Shortening vs. Lard

Shorteningnoun

Solid fat, such as margarine, lard or butter, used to make shortcrust pastry

Shorteningnoun

- a reduction in length

Shorteningnoun

The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

Shorteningnoun

That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

Shorteningnoun

fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

Shorteningnoun

act of decreasing in length;

Shortening

Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. Although butter is solid at room temperature and is frequently used in making pastry, the term shortening seldom refers to butter, but is more closely related to margarine.

Lardnoun

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

Lardnoun

(obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

Lardverb

(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

Lardverb

To smear with fat or lard.

Lardverb

To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardverb

To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lardnoun

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

Lardnoun

The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.

Lardverb

To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To smear with lard or fat.

Lardverb

To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardnoun

soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

Lardverb

prepare or cook with lard;

Lardverb

add details to

Lardnoun

fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.

Lardnoun

excess fat in a person

Lardverb

insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking

Lardverb

smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage

Lardverb

embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions

Lardverb

cover or fill thickly or excessively

Lard

Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep.