Home Made Fat Compound

Name: Home Made Fat Compound
Ingredients: one part of oil (cottonseed oil or corn oil, etc.); two parts of warm rendered suet

From War cook book, 1918

This makes a good and satisfactory compound with a texture similar to lard, but at a lower cost per pound.

Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from War cook book (1918) by Mary E. Sweeney, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOME MADE FAT COMPOUND. Mix one part of oil (cottonseed oil or corn oil, etc.) with two parts of warm rendered suet

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.