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RobinInOR
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Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:01pm » |
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This was kind of a fun project - time consuming, but still interesting.
I got some free fat from Safeway. It was just the subcutaneous fat from steak trimmings, not the better organ fat, but it worked just fine. It was in long strips, so I just cut it into chunks w/ a kitchen shears.
I used Cyndi's (Muller Farm) technique of dry rendering - putting the fat in a 200F oven. Set the timer and every 1/2 hour dipped out the oil that had liquified. Here it is after a couple of hours, mostly done.
I drained it into one of my gallon oil containers. Rubberbanded a sheet of Bounty paper towel over the opening to filter it - Bounty help up fine without tearing.
Next pictures aren't too good, my camera doesn't do white really well. But here's the fat after it cooled
And the plain no color no scent bars. I just took my regular recipe and sub'd out the palm, substituted the tallow, so the tallow is at 25%, the rest being RBO, coconut, PKO, castor. A bit whiter than my usual bar.
The fat in the can smells a little meaty, but the soap doesn't have any smell at all - much nicer than the lard I tried last month.
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Elizabeth
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #1 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:05pm » |
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Thank you very much for the pictoral on this Robin. I've often wondered how fats were rendered. I've yet to try tallow myself but hope to try out some deer tallow this fall. I've heard it makes a really great soap.
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #2 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:36pm » |
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Wow, that is so cool, thanks for showing us. 
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #3 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:46pm » |
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That's neat Robin! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #4 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:46pm » |
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I used to make soap this way years ago. I used to "clean" the rendered tallow by putting it in a big pan of water and bringing to a boil. Leave cool and the clean tallow rises to the top and all the impurities are below in the water. I remember having to scrape the bottom of the tallow also to get it real clean but it was a nice neat way to do it.
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #5 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 6:50pm » |
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on Jul 11th, 2005, 6:46pm, coogs wrote:I used to make soap this way year ago. I used to "clean" the rendered tallow by putting it in a big pan of water and bringing to a boil. Leave cool and the clean tallow rises to the top and all the impurities are below in the water. I remember having to scrape the bottom of the tallow also to get it real clean but it was a nice neat way to do it.
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Connie, are you saying that after you've performed the process robin described, you then put the rendered fat in boiling water to "clean" it?
What do you mean by your statement "having to scrape the bottom of the tallow also to get it real clean"? I'm a little confused lol
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #6 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 7:05pm » |
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Thanks so much for sharing this. I hope to get some deer fat when deer season opens,
Anita
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Re: Rendering Tallow (w/ pics)
« Reply #7 on: Jul 11th, 2005, 7:06pm » |
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Yes,
After I rendered the oil out in the oven I removed the large pieces of singed meat particles. Don't remember straining it or if I did I probably used a wire strainer. Then I boiled it all in a big pan with several inches of water. When it cools all the small particles of debris are in the water. A small amount would stick to the bottom of the tallow block where it touched the water so you scrape it off and have a lovely block of clean tallow. I'm about to try all of this stuff again. When I made soap (DD has very dry sensitive skin) I just followed the directions on ReD Devil Can no extra oils and fragrances (didn't know about FO'S in those days). Made a very natural bar. The only addition was a tbls. of 20 mule team borax to make it lather. I tried cinnamon once for scent but it didn't make any fragrance. Probably get much nicer bar with all the diff recipes out there now.
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