That's funny, just the other day I needed some lard for a paté. I called around without luck and eventually bought suet from a specialty butcher and left it in the crock pot on low overnight.

Then I needed another half-pound and tried calling up the butcher at our local grocery store. He said he could set aside some suet for me, and I picked it up later that day. It was less than a dollar a pound. He said as long as I called in the morning he should have some for me, but otherwise they just tossed it.

When I was Googling for how to render lard, the recipe I landed on had a long story about how it was Canadian canola farmers who killed lard. I guess it's always nice having someone to blame. :-)

Anyway I'm saving the paté for Sunday, so I can't yet tell you how it turned out. :-)