My mom uses lard for desserts (empanadas or pies), tamales, tortillas, etcetera and I always found a pig like flavour when eating them, hahahaha. Maybe it´s the type she uses?
I’ll have to try using it for savory food, I found a really good butcher shop a few blocks from my house and they have tallow and lard at really good prices.
Lard can be made from back fat or the fat around the kidneys. It is the fat around the kidneys that creates a mild flavored lard. It is called leaf lard. The lard rendered from the back fat has a stronger flavor. I believe it is leaf lard that is used when making pie crusts, etc.
I can only get hydrogenated lard that has preservatives in it at my local grocery stores, so I bought some back fat and rendered my own lard. It was pretty easy. It’s not grass fed pork, but I figure its got to be better than the stuff at the grocery store. And, the fat was only a dollar a pound.
See, you learn something new on keto everyday. I assumed it was to fool vegans.
TJ - now you gotta buy me a new keyboard - spewing diet coke allover mine broke it
Oh, I didn´t knew that! Thank you for sharing.
That’s why I always tasted pig when eating my mom’s food 
Now I’ll have to ask how the lard from the butcher shop was made 
Butter normally. Sometimes coconut oil or lard, but butter is my preference for taste.