Definition of Leaf lard

1. Noun. Fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard.

Exact synonyms: Leaf Fat
Generic synonyms: Fat

Definition of Leaf lard

1. Noun. (US standard of identity) White lard made from fresh, clean, sound leaf (gloss abdominal) fat of swine, reasonably free of blood, free of foreign odors and tastes(,) and having not more than set maxima of (soplink potassium hydroxide), peroxide, moisture, volatile matter(,) and insoluble impurities. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Lard

leaf casting
leaf curl
leaf cutter
leaf disease
leaf fat
leaf form
leaf frog
leaf frogs
leaf gap
leaf gaps
leaf green
leaf hopper
leaf hoppers
leaf insect
leaf insertion
leaf lard (current term)
leaf lettuce
leaf miner
leaf mold
leaf mould
leaf mustard
leaf node
leaf peeper
leaf peepers
leaf protein
leaf protein concentrate
leaf proteins
leaf roller
leaf scorch
leaf shape

Literary usage of Leaf lard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1889)
"leaf lard.—The residue unrendered in the above process is subjected to steam heat under pressure and the fat thus obtained is called leaf lard. ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Bladder lard " is most likely " leaf lard." (d) Choice Lard, Choice Kettle-rendered Lard.—This kind of lard is obtained from the remaining portions of the ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The leaf lard, when it is removed from the animal, is at once placed in cold ... leaf lard.—The residue of lard obtained by rendering the unseparated part ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"No leaf lard is in it as the leaf is sold with the carcass to the butchers. ... There is seldom any leaf lard in it as the leaf can be sold ..."

5. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"Lard may not be labelled "leaf lard" unless it is rendered from the leaf tissue only, unmixed with other fats. Back fat is also considered to be of ..."

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