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Making Tallow
10-05-2015, 07:27 PM,
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RE: Making Tallow
(10-05-2015, 04:37 PM)Ironramrod Wrote: Kurt, What do you think your rendered buffalo fat cake weighs? Just curious, but it looks heavier than it probably really is. I have several lubes that I use rendered deer fat in, and I like the way they perform compared to the ones that don't have the deer fat in them. Deer that live around irrigated corn fields really can "pork up."

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I don't know what it weighs. That Cake is 3"x10" after working it twice. I have it working now again to get it a little dryer and harder so I loose a little more bulk when I get done with it.
Straight Deer tallow alone does not stay in the lube grooves to well. I cut it with Vaseline to keep in the grooves. Works great for lube cookies. I use it straight when I can.

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10-05-2015, 07:44 PM,
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(10-05-2015, 05:25 PM)Gussy Wrote: Kurt,
How did you get the fat?? Will the shop in Valentine set it aside for you? Sounds like something I'd like to do.

I'm still debating keeping the hide. No one locally wants to mess with it.

Gus I told them to save the hard fat and also the hump bones for my flint knapping tools. I forgot to pick up the leg bones for making a big billet.

I was going to save the hide and brain tan it, but changed my mind because it would be pretty ripe before I got home and It would be hard to get enough hog or chicken brains together to get the job done. I just didn't have enough room in my jeep for everything.
Just tell Martin you want the fat and they will save it.
The Bison fat is really good stuff. I ran it through my Chard #12 meat grinder first to get the most out of it when rendering it down. At clean up the plated where so slick I could not pick them up.
Good stuff.

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10-09-2015, 11:30 AM,
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RE: Making Tallow
It's done. It is not quite the quality hardness I was working for but it is a very good tallow for using straight with out adding wax or oils.
I got three nice bread loaf bricks from this batch. It should last till I render the next Buff. Smile

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10-09-2015, 04:32 PM,
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You do good work Kurt... maybe I should just drop my fat off at your place (:>))))
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10-09-2015, 05:39 PM,
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Come on over Smile I need some one that can get some of their fresh blood in the fat LOL.
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