The Homemade Chicken Soup...

...is delicious. Even if I can't taste it much thanks to the stuffy head. It's thick, full of noodles, chicken, veggies, garlic and onion, among other seasonings.

And fresh bread as a side dish :o)

Oh -- no, these noodles were high gluten flour, not Prairie Gold. They brought out the wrong bucket and, well, I didn't pay attention until I was mixing.

And yes...the lard I use is the real deal. I buy from the meat market when I can and they have it available, but other times I keep a 5 gallon pail of lard in the pantry from the store. You can find that size around here, but most grocery stores have just the 1# blocks and "crisco" sized lard containers.

We use lard in everything...though I am starting to use coconut oil more often. It's hard to find here other than the small container at WalMart.