[Sca-cooks] Butter? Lard? Tallow?

[Radei Drchevich]

Probably not helpful, but.  I have a box of lard in the freezer that reads 
"manteca"

>From: lilinah at earthlink.net
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Butter? Lard? Tallow?
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:05:09 -0800
>
>Lady Brighid ni Chiarain wrote:
>>I consulted two of the oldest Spanish dictionaries: Covarrubias' 1611 
>>"Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana o EspaÒola" and the 1734 edition of the 
>>RAE dictionary.  They both agree that the primary meaning of "manteca" is 
>>animal fat, especially the fat of suckling pigs.  The word "manteca" by 
>>itself, with no qualifier, is assumed to be pork lard.  The term "sebo" 
>>(tallow) also appears in Covarrubias.
>>
>>The secondary meaning of "manteca" is butter. Covarrubias says that 
>>"manteca de ganado" is the fat of the milk from cattle.  "Ganado" is a 
>>term that can encompass sheep and goats as well as cows.  The RAE says 
>>that by extension, the term also refers to the "butter" of almond mik and 
>>of cocoa.
>
>Thank you for the interesting and erudite answer. But i'm still not 
>clear...
>
>Does "manteca de vaca" mean butter or tallow or some other form of fat from 
>a cow?
>
>Anahita
>
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