Funny Timing that this thread comes back up today
I found a source of Fat to Render here, I am going to attempt making my own Real Lard
I found the Goya brand up here which is a little more "real" then the Armour brand but it is still "Hydrogenated" and has additives
The difference in the Biscuits cane together for me with three things
#1 Using actual "Self Rising Flour"
#2 Buying an actual Pasty Cutter / Dough Blender
#3 Using Lard even the so so Lard improved the outcome
The wife has now banned me from ever using Bisquick again for biscuits she and I officially like the homemade one better now :) which was my overall goal..
Will update once I try rendering my own Lard :p