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**Mike Irwin** · May 2, 2005, 01:41 AM

I doubt that the buffalo hunters would have used lard, unless they had stocked up at the nearest town. Lard is rendered from a hog. I suspect they would have used tallow, which is the hard fat obtained from cows or bison.

May 2, 2005, 01:41 AM	#15
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	I doubt that the buffalo hunters would have used lard, unless they had stocked up at the nearest town. Lard is rendered from a hog. I suspect they would have used tallow, which is the hard fat obtained from cows or bison.