Suet [...] so that would be lard I'm guessing?

Lard, at least in the UK, refers to any pig fat, and isn't the same thing as suet at all.

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Beware of vegetarian imitation suet: http://www.britishsupermarket.com/shop9.htm (and nor should you be paying five bucks, ideally; it should be a dirt-cheap byproduct of the beef industry)

http://www.tripewriting.org/archives/2001/12/000038.html (if you have to make the suet from scratch then I guess it's suddenly not such an easy dish to make)

Peter