Kent <Kent >> wrote:

> Try bacon fat. It alters the taste a bit, depending on thte bacon, but
> usually in a positive way. Lard and bacon fat and salt pork fat give a bit
> of richness to a dish that vegetable oils do not. They also tolerate higher
> heat.

Lard (bacon fat/salt pork are just forms of unrefined lard) do
tolerate heat nearly as well as refined vegetable oils.

-sw