Storm Turns Up lard From WWII Shipwreck

From the Jan. 18, 2013, Live Science.

Holiday storms in Scotland caused decades old lard from a shipwreck to wash ashore.  Four large chinks of lard came up on land.  They were originally in barrels which have long since rusted away, but the lard kept its shape.

The lard washed up on St. Cyrus Beach about 100 miles north of Edinburgh.

That lard was still a bright white under the barnacles.  The merchant ship (name not given) was sunk in the war and every few decades the lard washes ashore.

The lard first started washing ashore during the war.  People collected it, boiled it tio get the sand out and then used it as lard was in short supply.

I doubt that this really old lard will be used.

--GreLard.