Every winter, we try to get some pig fat, and render the lard for my year's-worth of cooking. Last year, I didn't really pay attention, but I probably rendered 1-2 dozen jars of lard, and put them in the freezer. I use that almost exclusively for cooking (there's a few things that just have to be sauteed in butter, but otherwise it's lard for us), so I go through quite a bit in a year. About 2 weeks ago, I realized that we were about out of cold weather to be cooking down large pots of fat, so I told Caleb to see about getting some.