[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Allen Hall]

> The Foxfire series is an excellent series on "frontier living". There are 5
> books, if I remember right dealing with most every aspect of life up to &
> including building wagons (it's been awhile since I read them, but they are
> on my "grab 'n go" list). On the question of where does lard come from -
> it's pig fat, rendered until white & clean. It can be used to store meat,
> eggs, etc (mainly because it keeps air from whatever is stored in it).
> 
> Morgan of Hawksreach

Hi Morgan,
 
Good to hear from you, I suspected you'd have some good things to add to this discussion.
 
As I recall the Foxfire Books were oriened around the Appalachian way of doing things.  Some things will directly translate to our area, and some may not.  But good stuff.  Wow, I read them a LONG time ago...
 
I had an old timer tell me that they would take a big can put some lard in the bottom, then take cooked meat and put it in the lard, cover it completely with lard, put in another piece of meat, completely cover it, etc, until the can was full.  They'd seal up the can and it would last a LONG time.  Just take the meat out of the lard, scrape off the extra lard, heat it up and enjoy!  I haven't actually tried it, but apparently it works.  I wonder if it would work equally well with fresh meat?  Thoughts?
 
Alan