From hurricanes to massive crop failures and foreign trade issues, there is a very real chance that we will be facing either short or long term food shortages.
From what I saw, storing meat in lard or another fat would be effective for the same reason that waxing it is – it keeps the bacteria locked out of the
Back in the day, people knew the importance of using what you had instead of always buying more. Because food was scarce, they didn’t want any of it to go