Marinated Pork Ribs from the Oven Marinated pork ribs, with a beautiful marinade. Marinated pork ribs with added spices in lard. Why lard and not oil? Well, precisely because it is natural pork fat without factory processing, and it absorbs flavors better overnight, and therefore healthier. I remember as kids at school we all ate bread on fat with allspice and nobody was fat. Lard has positive fats compared to oil. I see that nowadays everyone mainly uses oils for marinades,