What is the difference between lard and butter?

Answer by  Latin4 (11170)

Lard is used in frying or making soap. Butter is used in cooking to flavor. You can't mix them. With the new butters with olive oil or canola oil you are getting a lower fat butter that will flavor as well as give you a lower fat dish. You can use olive oil instead of butter in some recipes.

Answer by  myaiya (82)

Lard is basically the same thing as pig fat. Butter is a dairy product usually made from cow's milk but other mammals milk may be used as well. Both are unhealthy but lard is the worse of the two because it is pure unsaturated fat. Butter begins to melt at room temperature while lard being hydrogenated stays in solid form.

Answer by  Roland27 (16334)

Lard is animal fat. Butter is made from the cream that comes off the top of cow's milk in it's raw form. Lard can be used for butter in thing like crusts, but for the most part you should only use what the recipe calls for. You can find alternative recipes with lard online if you look.

Answer by  technogeek (6640)

Lard is made from animal fat and butter is a dairy product made from milk. Each can be used in cooking, but butter is better for baking than lard and lard is more preferable for frying.