How to Use lard in a Sentence

lard

noun
  • A hunk of salt pork, the greasy leak of cheese or lard.
    Longreads, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Now plebes rip off their shirts to try to mop the lard away.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 21 May 2018
  • Put the oil and lard in the skillet and heat for 20 minutes.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Those who want to gild the lily cook it in lard in a skillet.
    Michael Ruhlman, New York Times, 18 June 2019
  • In a large stock pot, melt the lard on medium high heat.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • For the duck tamale, it had been infused into the lard.
    Robert Simonson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Put the lard in a large wok or a 14-inch skillet and set over medium-high heat.
    Nick Kindelsperger, star-telegram, 27 June 2017
  • Once the lard has melted add the onions and garlic and cook for five minutes.
    Naveen Kumar, CNN Underscored, 9 July 2020
  • Dough that was deep-fried in cauldrons of lard had been served to sailors on the seas for centuries.
    Fox News, 3 June 2022
  • Heat the suet and lard in a heavy pot over a medium-high flame and brown the meat, working in batches.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • And thick, greasy bacon, and more supple lard in sausages.
    Julie Wernau, WSJ, 28 July 2017
  • Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350°F.
    Minerva Orduño Rincón, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
  • At Tommy Tamale, the tamales are lard-free and are filled with beef, pork or chicken.
    Dallas News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Make the meatballs: Melt the lard in a medium nonstick sauté pan set over medium-​high heat.
    Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 23 Feb. 2020
  • In a large Dutch oven or casserole, heat the lard or oil over medium-high heat.
    Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
  • For example, want to know when your masa has enough lard in it?
    Twinkle Vanwinkle, Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Chicken fried in lard, in a cast iron skillet, was among them.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2018
  • The other is like being force-fed a bowl of pudding made out of lard and skim milk.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Lupe would have used lard instead of olive oil and raw instead of sautéed onion.
    Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Often tiny crumbs of pork, caramelized to a near burn, are trapped in the lard like fossils in amber.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • For bears, the blocks might include fish and fruit, and might have lard layered in between.
    Erin Davis and Melissa Gray, CNN, 21 July 2019
  • Their cotton, corn, lard, and wheat are export crops and are sold in the world market.
    WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Its skin was pasty white, with a layer of lard at least two inches thick.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Granny’s lard and lye soap could wash your clothes, hands, hair and anything else, and the recipe hasn’t changed much in a thousand years.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Put the lard, cracklings and garlic in a wok or 14-inch frying pan, and set it over high heat.
    Nick Kindelsperger, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017
  • In a wok, heat oil or lard over highest heat until very hot.
    Georgia Freedman, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • Place butter, lard or oil in a large saute pan over medium heat.
    Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • An omelette au lard is made with pig belly (poitrine in French, pancetta in Italian).
    Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2020
  • At the trenched front line the next day, soldiers sat around jars of borscht and cured lard that volunteers had brought them.
    Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • And that this is potentially going to sort of lard up the whole process.
    Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023

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