Country Fried Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 to 3 lb. chicken, cut up
1 c. buttermilk
4 Tbsp. lard
4 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Preparation

Put flour into a flat dish and mix in salt and pepper. Dip each piece of chicken into buttermilk, then dredge in flour.
Set aside.
Put lard and butter into a large skillet.
Heat until hot. Very quickly, put in pieces of chicken.
Brown on both sides, then reduce heat and cover with a tight lid.
Fry about 20 minutes or until tender.