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It's hog rendering time in Green Hills

Cracklins are a bonus for Orby Yarberry, in addition to the tasty lard

Orby Yarberry busied himself Thursday afternoon practicing an old time cooking experience outside his vegetable stand on Green Hills Road.

The fire under the heavy cauldron kept him and a few onlookers warm enough to sit outside and keep the pot stirred.



Yarberry says it takes two hours for about a 20 gallon kettle and says this is his second batch this year.

He says its typically done when a hog is killed, he just chose to do it the old fashioned way.

Another bonus to this method, besides the tasty cooking lard, are the cracklins, which can be eaten just about any way possible. In fact, Mrs. Yarberry made cracklin bread this morning!


This story was posted on 2008-01-17 16:09:10
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Orby's hog rendering operation means more than tasty lard



2008-01-17 - Green Hills Road, Adair County, KY .

THAT GRIN ON COLUMBIA PRODUCE MAN ORBY YARBERRY'S face is in anticipation of some of wife Lucy's good cracklin bread, and added benefit to the lard he's making. Yarberry, took time out from his lard rendering to have his picture taken with, left, Kenny and Janet Brock. The operation is on Green Hills Road, with Westlake Regional Hospital Hill and the Lindsey Wilson water tower across Russell Creek in the background.

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Lard making: the master's touch



2008-01-17 - Green Hills Road, Adair County, KY .
MASTER LARD MAKER Orby Yarberry has a deft touch stirring the melted hog fat to get achieve lard with a perfect texture and taste. The paddle is, as it would have been in olden times, of his own making. He's always been known as one of the handiest men in Adair County, but, until this revelation, many didn't know he had a talent for this ancient art.

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