Preheat oven to 450°.

Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the cold butter and lard cut into small pieces and using a pastry blender or your fingers until you have pea size pieces.

Add the parsley and 1/2 cup of the parmesan cheese. Quickly stir in the buttermilk, stirring just long enough to mix everything together. Form this mixture into a ball and put on a floured surface and knead 5-6 times until you have a smooth piece of dough.

Using a floured rolling pin, roll out to about 3/4-1" thick and cut with a 2" cookie cutter. Put some bacon grease or shortening on a rimmed cookie sheet. Take the cut biscuits, put one side down in the grease and then flip, getting some of the bacon grease (or shortening) on both sides of the biscuit. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and bake at 450° for 10-15 minutes until nice and brown on top and bottom.

Serve immediately.