Great video as always. Just a tip, when you get to the last bit of tallow and water, pour it into a jar put the lid on and place it in the fridge, but upside down. That way when it sets the tallow will be at the bottom of the jar and the water at the top, so you can just unscrew the lid and pour out the water.
I just learned about beef tallow, I am glad I found your channel, tallow is very expensive to buy! Thank you, I am now following you, I am learning to live naturally.
You got yourself a new subscriber. This is an absolutely well put together instructional video on rendering and purifying tallow using the method. Bravo and thank you from Atlantic Canada 🇨🇦
I render my own beef Tallow for years, your video just came a cross my feed, so I watched. You did an excellent job on teaching people how to do this the proper way! Great Job!
I’m so thankful for this video, I am getting the fat from a cow next week and I am going to be making Tallow for the first time. I’ve done pork fat before, but I want to make tallow the best I can
Quick tip, when you get to the last bit of separating, pour the tallow/water mix into a jar. Put it in the fridge upside down, once the tallow has set, turn it correct way up and the tallow is at the bottom and water at the top, remove the lid and pour out the water.
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska - I bought 12-13 pounds of ground beef to can this coming Friday and I knew I would have excess beef grease leftover. In the past, sadly, I threw it out and I didn't want to waste it again like last time. I even save my carrot tops now to be used as dehydrated "parsley" instead of wasting that, although it would be good compost if I don't truly need it preserve anymore of it this year. My mother came from a farming life and always talked about Grandma keeping a crock of lard/tallow in the basement area that she never preserved that they used all winter-long, but she never explained the process of rendering it down so it keeps without canning or even refigerating; she just kept it in the cool basement of the farmhouse and used it daily for cooking. Sure wish Mom, Grandma, and Grandpap were still around to teach these skills, but I'm lucky enough that we all currently have internet to find folks such as yourself to "re-learn" these skills and practice them before something prevents us from having electric for some reason. Thank you again for such an in-depth turorial and clear explanations on how to do this task. It was a fantastic explanation you provided. Don't ever worry about the length when you're explaining such things. Those interested will certainly take the time to watch & learn from you.
@@susannehubbell2799 💕💕Once I figured that out I HAD to share. I have spent too much time and too many clean jars re-rendering to get the water out. I hope it helps! Be blessed friend
This was a long video but it didn't seem like it. You cut to the chase and gave important tips. You also answered my question about the addition and release of the salt. Excellent! Thank you! This was a long process but you made it fun to learn! 👍😊
Why do I find her so funny? Boy I loved watching this. I'm surprised I've never heard of this channel but everyone I know will now know about this channel
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this fantastic tutorial on making tallow. I have made it twice before, but now, after watching this, I am much more confident. I just laugh how you put the warm bowl outside the door in the snow. Here in South Africa, it is 30 degrees, and I had to put the coldroom on to do the same
This video was AMAZING!! Rendering tallow is a long and difficult process! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. It's greatly appreciated. I subscribed!
“Didnt die so that’s good” 😂😂😂 Fellow Alaskan here! Thank you for saying the time frames! I was panicked cause it’s been 6 hours and I didn’t think it would take this long! No one else explained the timing. So thank you!
Thank you for all of the pictures that you showed me because I had that gooey gelatinous stuff on the top I was waiting for it to turn brown and I was concerned it was going to burn so I stopped so I'm glad that I did that thank you so much from Indiana
Just found you! I am thankful!!! I rendered tallow to make soap once myself years ago. It is a process! Thank you for your clear directions! Just keep being you!! You have a new subscriber who cares!!!! Laura
I really love how you use simple knowledge that we learned in school to create a beautiful product. The thought of clarifying the fat was incredible scary to me for some reason and now it is not. Thank you
I’m enjoying this video so much! I rendered beef fat for the first time last night (before I saw your video). I definitely should’ve waited longer before I started straining. What I found funny this morning was realizing I had dreamt about rendering fat all night long 😊. I dreamt about all the things I was going to make with this beautiful fat. Weird I know. Keep up the hard work!❤
Holy wow! I'm impressed! For a normally, self described "impatient" chickie, you really hang in there with this process and the result is amazing! Watching you go through the whole process, I have to confess that the only really scary times were taking the open top bowl outside. Those steps would make me leery of slipping & getting covered in liquid on my way down!! (That IS how my life goes though) 😖 Minnesota gave me my love of all that extra freezer/quick fridge opportunities. I'm gonna have to watch it again to make a list of all your "technical terms". Things like flibbity-floppity, schmoo, etc. You've added these to my favorite: BAH BAAAH! HUGE project, but I bet your soap is wonderful!!! ♥️ Fun video. Thanks!
Thanks Miss Sandi! I did say a little prayer every time we carried that bowl of boiling oil. Ha! The process is pretty simple, but takes a long time. Must of it is just waiting though, for it to heat or cool. I’m here if you have any questions. 😘
This is a great video, I just got through doing the rest of my beef tallow, and I think I did just fine. I use my tallow for soaps, but, sometimes I cook with it too and I did it just the way you did, about 3 times and it turned out good, I let it sit out and let the fat come to the top, but, there was very little water left in the bottom, but I should've put a little more water as you did, so, there still may be a little tiny bit of water in it, but, I store it in fridge anyways 😊. Thanks for the video.
That’s an amazing process! I never thought of people in Alaska using the out doors as a refrigerator!!! 😂 I’m a Florida girl and it’s been cold for me here this winter. I Love my Down Coat! Peace
@@Trejoivettec I’m so glad you found it helpful. I know…it takes such a long time doesn’t it? Worth it in the end I think though. Especially if you can get the fat for free. 🫶
Healthy stuff if yall didn't eat the flour and sugar, youd be super humans, im eating Ketovore now for only 3 months , off insulin and BP meds, down 38 lbs, wished I'd known the value of healthy meat and fats when I was 30, back then eating this fat was said to be deadly, truth comes out its not the animal products,it was stuffing with plants,grains,roots and sugar that made me so overweight and sick, good video, I just got a case of freah beef fat trimmings
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska happen to know a good place to find leaf fat? I don't have the privilege of having a lot of farming friends that raise their own cattle.
@@Gardenofme83 not really…you might contact the meat processing facilities around. There are very few unfortunately. Other than that, you can purchase beef fat at the grocery stores for about $3 a pound. You might try 3 bears.
I followed your instructions and when I got to the end of the rendering, I took the immersion blender and ground everything up and it was so easy. I only used the kidney suet so I didn’t have any meat pieces in it at all really really nice smooth tallow Have you tried an immersion blender to get all of the fat?
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Hubby raises cattle and you’d think I would’ve jumped on the tallow wagon years ago but doing my first batch very soon. That’s how I found your channel! The processor we use, gladly gave me 25 lbs for free. She said I can get more but my research shows this should be enough for awhile. We’ll see!
Hey friend, I’m glad you found it useful! I’ve not mixed pork and beef. They will end up with different textures. Pork can sometimes be a little bit tricky in that different breeds of pig will create different textures of rendered fat, or lard. I’ve rendered down regular commercial grower breeds and their fat comes out soupy no matter how many times you render. It just doesn’t have the same structure as tallow in any way, shape or form. And I’ve also rendered down our own Kune Kune Lard and it comes out beautiful and hard. Not as hard as the tallow though. I would never mix them, just because I want to have an expected consistency in the end. And if it always comes out a mess, I’ll never know if anything went wrong. I do, however, render all of my fat this way. Tallow will always come out hard and white like coconut oil in the end when it’s done, right. Lard, as I said before, it can come out many different consistencies when finished. I do find this way to be the best way to ensure there’s no water in the finished product. Simply, because when it’s in the melted stage, you can clearly see the division between the fat and the water. In all other methods, you have no idea how much water and impurities are still left in that in the fat. I hope that helps. Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you need help. I’m always here. Good luck friend.
Time intensive but the result looks really good! Love learning new things. I watched almost the whole video in 360p too lol before HD was done processing, I liked it that much.
Wow! You are impressive. Thanks for your dedication Matt. 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed it. I should probably be more patient and make sure it’s done processing before posting. 😬
This is a really great website. I've been watching homesteading websites for years on TH-cam and I really love these guys, they know what they're doing and I love their personalities. You should try their homemade ginger ale recipe.
thanks for the video. When removing the tallow from the stainless steel bowl, is the tallow frozen? is it easier to remove when frozen? I struggle getting the tallow out of the bowls and usually make a mess
@@davidrod1969 it’s just cold, but not frozen. I don’t want the liquid underneath to be frozen. The flexibility in the bowl makes it much easier to pop out. But it’s definitely not a super clean job. Ha!
It can totally go down the drain. Sometimes I pour a little over the dogs' food. It's essentially a mild version of bone broth. It's boiled down connective tissue in all that water.💕💕
Another thought! I was told that the only way to make it shelfstable is to not do the water process. If I use water then I have to keep it refrigerated or frozen. I don’t have the space for that and I want to do shelf stable only and then put them into canning jars and vacuum seal them. Do you know a way of doing the water process that also makesit self stable?
yes but you mentioned in the basement under 50°. I don’t have that it sits in my pantry in my kitchen and my little single wide in Bellingham, WA where my house is 68° so shelf stable at room temperature not shelf stable at storage room stable @@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
@ I’ve had one sitting in my kitchen window since last spring and it is doing great also! I think if you are dealing with warmer temps for long periods, the vacuum sealing of the jars should give you the extra protection you need. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska perfect thank you I’ll give the saltwater bath a try!!! Do you have a trusty soap recipe that works really well with tallow? I’ve never made soap before, and I looked at your website, but I didn’t see any tallow Soap so if you are open to sharing, I would really like to try to make soap for the first time using my fresh tallow. I have a really great source with a friend of mine who is a rancher down in the Skagit Valley with grass fed beef.
@ hey friend! All my shampoo bars have my home rendered tallow and lard in them. But I don’t have a full tallow soap…yet. Ha! If you’re looking for a full tallow, Soap, I really really like this lady. She’s super down to earth and a great teacher. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CUjCcAwegaYLAzmK
@ I think if we had running water, especially running hot water, I'd be more apt to use cheese cloth. But for now i avoid it. I'd just end up having to throw it away with it covered in fat. 😊
thank you so much for this video. I was told I couldnt use regular beef fat pieces for skin care. I need to use the suet only. I cant seem to find just the suet around here. I did a dry render as I am brand new with this. then i did a wet then another wet (with salt) my fat still smells stinky. Do i just keep doing the wet render until smell is gone? Its pretty white already. Not different coloring on the underside now either but smell so beefy. Oh and its not real hard like the one you are showing. But I let it sit on the couter to harden so maybe that is why.
@@sarendafilbin1861 Hello! You can continue to render it down until the water is clear and theres no gunk underneath the solid tallow when cooled. Different fat, even from different cows at different times of the year will vary. I recently did a batch where the tallow didn't get rock hard but ended up more like the consistency of lard. It's all ok. It still made the same beautiful shampoo bars. Some people add baking soda to their tallow water when rendering for skin care tallow in order to get a little bit more of the smell out, but I'm not exactly sure how much is left if any in the fat. i've never tried it this way, but if I was going to do direct skin care products, I definitely would try a small batch. If I was trying to test, whether there was baking soda left in the tallow, I would pH test the finished product of a batch without the baking soda and then Ph test a finished batch that I did use baking soda. If there's any baking soda left in the final product of the baking soda batch, the pH will be higher, or more basic, then the batch without the baking soda. Hmmmm....this is a great idea! I might actually try this.! Thanks for sparking my creativity.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Im sorry. I should have said Hello in my last question. Hi there!! WV Mountaineer girl here. Lots of snow this week here and single digit temperatures. We had a good bit of rain that turned to sleet before the snow. So several outtages with ice covered everything and now snow over the ice. Nothing new to you though. Lol. Anyhow, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I will give it a try with baking soda. Have a fantastic rest of the week. (youre welome)🙂
You’re the only video I’ve seen process it this many times to get really clean tallow. Was wondering if this helps with smell? I just bought some whipped tallow already made and it didn’t have any smell. I want to try and make this myself now. Thanks for all the detailed info! I subscribed!
I’m so glad you found it useful! It will smell better and better each time you process more gunk out of it. It will however still be animal fat scented. When I use it in soap, it retains no animal smell whatsoever. But it does undergo chemical change in order to become soap, so it’s not really fat anymore and is not an equal comparison to whipped tallow. I’m curious if the product you purchased had any deodorizers added. I know store bought lard does. I’m interested in how your adventure turns out. Please come back and let me know if you don’t mind. Be blessed sweet friend. 😊
I’m new to this and I’d like to use tallow for face products. I have used this method and purified the tallow at least 3 times in multiple occasions and I can never get rid of that beef smell. The tallow is nice and white, but I don’t know if it’s just my strong sense of smell, or what, but I can’t fathom to use it for beauty products because of the smell. All I smell is beef. Is this normal and I’m just sensitive to the smell or am I doing something wrong? Help.
@@LB-tn8pz hey sweet friend. It will still smell like fat. It shouldn’t smell like cooked meat though. Are you adding any other fats like coconut oil or essential oils? That may help reduce that animal fat smell. There are synthetic deodorizers, but I just can’t justify adding them. When I make soap there is definitely no animal smell. But Soap is going to be significantly more processed than a facial product. I would say that if a customer is looking for a preservative-free, synthetic additive-free product, they are going to expect that is going to have a natural smell. -- I stopped in the middle of responding back your comment and did some to research. I have not tried this method, however, if I wanted to get the smell out completely, this would be the next thing I would try. Add some baking soda into the water instead of the salt and render it again. Bring it up to melting temperature, and just let it sit there, maybe for eight hours. Once is completely cooled, separate the liquid from the fat like you did during the other processes, then do it one more time again with just pure clean water to get out whatever baking soda might be left in the fat. If you decide to do this, come back to this, please let me know how it goes. Be blessed.
OK, so I’m a little bit confused when you remove the water from the towel was that for the towel that you’re going to be cooking with or for soap making? Do I need to go through that extra step of removing the water after the third render if I’m going to just make it for soap we talked about.
@@erykaolsen7614 the water removal is for tallow that you're going to use for any reason. If you leave the water in it, it will mold and destroy your product, regardless of what you plan to use it for. You always want to remove all the water. 😊
I have rendered tallow and clarified it four times now. There was a little spot on the bottom and the water was mostly clear. My tallow does not look as white as yours does. It also still smells like beef. Did I render it down too long at too high of a temperature? My cracklings were crispy when they were removed from the tallow at the end of the render.
@@LadyPeter sometimes the color is depending on what the cow has been eating. And also spring grass will cause the tower to be a little bit more yellow than fall grass. I usually don’t render the bits all the way down to cracklings The longer they cook and get crispy, the more it will impart that taste. Hope that helps. 💕
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska YES, it helps a lot. I no longer feel like it looks like pink mold in my shower. As for the flavor, oh well maybe essential oils will work with it.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Well the smell decreases with each clarification attempt. Maybe, I’ll just do it one more time. I can always use it for cooking.
@@happywanderersherbrooke3943 there might not be much to do once it’s gets a burnt smell in it. You might try warming it up to liquid and adding the water and salt one more time. I think once it’s burnt, it’s burnt. It may have been overheated.
Was this tallow grass fed or regular beef? I’m just trying to get honest answers and I can’t find them. It’s hard to get grass fed before I live as far as the fat. I only have access to regular fat right now. If I render it a couple of times will that make it safe for skin care and soap?
@@erykaolsen7614 great question. I generally take whatever I can get. Ha! Here in Alaska theres no large cattle or dairy farming. Animals are fed mostly hay throughout the winter and grain and hay in summer. I always always render it till there's no more goo in the water and there's no brown stuff at the bottom of the tallow when its cool just like I did in this video. Are use the tallow as one of the main bases for my shampoo bars, which are essentially Soap. If you want to use it for straight skincare without turning it into Soap , you may have a hard time getting the fat smell out of it. This method will get the tallow very clean, but it will still smell like fat. Some people say that if you use the equivalent of the leaf lard that it won't have as much sent in it. I find that, the biggest factor of whether there's a smell left in the tallow or not is whether I cut all the tiny bits of blood and meat out of the fat before I start rendering it. If this didn't answer all of your questions, don't be afraid to send me some more specific questions because I'm happy to help.
@@deborahhodge3186 I normally put it in 2 gallon square buckets to save for soap making, but for the purpose of this video I wanted to put it in jars so you all could see it cool and harden. Those jars I just put in the fridge and use for cooking and I get it out with a spoon. Be blessed friend.
@@Julia-n9o4r There’s definitely lots and lots of ways to render fat going around. I’ve done it many different ways, but this is definitely my favorite. I’ve never had a problem with not adding salt in the last round. But you definitely could. I don’t want anything left in there that could react when I make soap. Salt would be a huge problem for Soap making. Be blessed friend.
Thank you so much for this thorough video! I have watched quite a few others, and they all left me with unanswered questions and a lot of what ifs. You answered every question I had and then some so than you!
Hi there! This video has gotten me through my first ever rendering and is awesome!! However, I have a small concern... in the video your tallow looks hard - mine is solid but still seems a little soft and can be easily broken up by hand. Is this normal? Any advice to get it harder or is it ok to be this way? I've rendered it 4 times now. Thanks so much!
@@AmandaKing-m6s I found that some tallow is softer than others based on what season the cow was butchered in and what they were eating. The same as true for lard. As long as you’re 100% sure all the water is out of it then you are good to go. It will be perfect.
@@AmandaKing-m6s if it doesn’t get all the way hard, it’s still safe, but keep in mind that some of your recipes may be relying on the hardness of the tallow to create the right texture. Using the soft tallow for soap will be no problem at all. But it might affect the hardness of your balms.
@@AmandaKing-m6s I did find one batch I made where it started to emulsify. That’s where the water and the fat tried to make its own homogenized suspension. So, when it cooled, it was a sloppy mess. I put some in a glass measuring cup and heated it until the tallow melted, and I was able to see that there was still a little bit of water left in there. Now, I always always always melt it down at the end and let it separate in a glass container and only pour off the oil into my final vessels. That’s how you can double check if your batch has any water in it. 💕💕
Hey friend, I’m sorry to hear that. The best way to get the least smell starts at the very beginning get all those little meat pieces out. I found that using leaf lard tends to be easier since it has less muscle connections. I use this lard for savory cooking and soap and the fat smell doesn’t seem to affect the taste. Be blessed sweet friend.
@@mrsbethanyelise you can surely try this water method. If the water comes out clear after the first rendering, then there's nothing you can do about the smell. But, if the water comes out cloudy or gross then you have a chance of removing some smell from the tallow. Good luck friend.
Thank you so much for this! I want to render some for soap making, and have it ready while I'm saving my wood ashes for the lye water. Now I feel confident that I know what to do!
Hey Miss Donna! I was so happy when I found this method. Before, I had rendered it down with water and cooked and cooked and cooked it out forever and a day until it was so over cooked it taste rancid just because I was terrified there might still be water in it. Then, I decided to do the no water method and was so upset at how bad my house smelled after cooking down the fat without the buffer. This method is by far my most favorite. And it’s really easy to make sure there’s no water left in it. You’ll have to let me know how it goes. Have a blessed week friend.
Fried into cracklings those bits make good people snacks. 😊 I just recently used my tallow that isn't for cooking to make soap. One batch I rendered twice so it could also be used for body butter. I'm in Fairbanks and I get beef fat from Safeway.
Your video was very helpful. Have 15lbs. of tallow on the wood stove now in my workshop... wife doesn't like me "messing up the kitchen" much. LOL I've used lard for deep frying, but I'm told tallow is better... gonna find out real soon.
I just stumbled across your channel and this was the first video I watched. You gave a lot of great info that I didn’t see in other rendering of tallow videos. Thank you so much! Quick question. Where are you from? I’m originally from eastern PA (PA Dutch country) and haven’t heard anyone from outside the area use the word schmutz (sp?). I no longer live in PA but it was nice to hear a bit of home.
Glad you found us! We are lifelong Alaskans building a Homestead on 40 acres of wilderness. But my parents were from Cape Cod, so that’s a little bit closer your way. 💕I kept their “idear” “pocktbook” and “yesta’day” and maybe schmutz. 😊
In the next month or so, I’m hoping to start a soap channel. And all my free time…ha! I’ll make sure to make a community post when that happens. But I did do a short soap making segment in the middle of this video ⬇️ starts around 17:45. Be blessed friend. th-cam.com/video/TAAEBVWiGXY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mmPDnBrEd0SkrlzA
Lard is from pork... tallow is from beef. They can be interchanged for some things. I'm not a pastry chef, but I don't think you'd use tallow in pie crust, just lard. Rendering lard is a bit more exacting, but certainly not difficult.
You have an Eagle eye friend. It’s my favorite knife. Wooden handle, straight edge and it has a rooster engraved in the blade to boot! Mr. Reeve is always sharpening it for me. It knows no limits! Ha! I get we could get the brains from sone friends that have cattle. It’s on our list to do…a very long list however and it’s not at the top. 😊 I’m going to get a highland skull with the big horns (like on Boss Hog’s car) to hang over on garden gate header! That’ll look cool, right?!
I purchased grass fed Buffalo tallow, I was intimidated to embark on this process but you have given me courage, thank you. I am rendering it down today. I just found your channel today and you have a new subscriber ❤
This was so informative and entertaining. Can the water in the bottom be used for anything so it's not wasted? I've never rendered fat, but want some for skincare so I bought a jar of rendered tallow grass fed/finished from a health food store. I'm going to do this process on it.
If you didn’t add the salt, you could use the water to feed the dogs. All that connective tissue gooey water would be good for them. If you used a high quality salt, like Redmond’s you could make ice cubes out of the water and feed chickens the cubes on a hot day. Good question. Made me have to think about it. Ha!
Thanks friend! I’m glad you enjoyed it. My first batch of soap from this tallow is almost cured and ready to try. I’m super excited. Have a great weekend and thanks for watching.😊
This is a wonderful video for me as I render our own beef fat. Am here due to the frustrating processing I have to go through. I use every pot, large and medium that I have, and this year I would like to simplify it. Looking at your tools, I see a LARGE pot will work wonderful, along with the huge bowl, will greatly ease the process for me. I give up after 2 renderings usually, but the large tools will allow me to render it to purity. Thanks very much❤
You are so welcome my sweet friend. This is exactly why I made this video. Because I was so tired of it being a messy messy process. Once I figured out how to do it this way, it made my life so much easier. I’m glad to share it. Be blessed friend.
Hello, this is my first time watching you. I am impressed and happy I found you. I had to stop in the middle of the video because you keep saying “shmoo”. I use this word to call my dog when he is not listening. “Come here you little shmoo”. I remember a character on the cartoon Popeye. It was all white with no shape really. I thought that was Shmoo. Do you know where this word comes from?
Ha! Glad you found me and enjoyed the video. That's a great question, I think it just came from one of the wild goose chases in my head. Ha! Sorry I don't have some cool reference for you, be blessed friend.
Yay!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this. The tallow that I rendered in this video is still perfectly shelfstable, and has been at room temperature ever since. I’m so happy with it.😊
@@sabx345 hey friend, I should be starting a soap channel sometime soon here. In the meantime, Marissa does a really great job of explaining how to make a pure yellow soap and she renders her fat similar to me. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p6A8BTOk8UmQZ6A5 Be blessed. 💕
Hey friend! I don’t usually make pure tallow soap, but Bumblebee apothecary has a great video and we render similarly. Here’s the link. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oCWFNVSMx8qvntTg
Ok I have a question; so on the very last round, can you not just melt the chunk of tallow down on low heat with no water just to pour it into the container that you are storing it in?
Yep. You can absolutely do that. It also gives you an opportunity to double check that there’s absolutely no water that separates out at the bottom. Great job!
Can u do the clarification process with bone broth tallow that forms when making bone broth ? Is it ok to do this? I did!! Thinking it was ok!!?? Made tallow balm and it’s wonderful on the skin? Processed it 2 times but I think I would do it more times next batch. This video is full of information and really enjoyed watching it. Hope u have the time to answer this. I will be watching your channel from now on. Thank you
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska so u think it’s ok to do this with tallow from bone broth. Some people say not to because of the water but U clarify with water!! New to all of this so would appreciate ur opinion thanks
@@theSharondun if it comes our all hard and white in the end, I don’t see an issue. Because you are cooking it with the bones, you might end up with a more beef scented tallow than without. But, if it’s what you have, no scents in wasting it. 😊
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Great video as always. Just a tip, when you get to the last bit of tallow and water, pour it into a jar put the lid on and place it in the fridge, but upside down. That way when it sets the tallow will be at the bottom of the jar and the water at the top, so you can just unscrew the lid and pour out the water.
I just learned about beef tallow, I am glad I found your channel, tallow is very expensive to buy! Thank you, I am now following you, I am learning to live naturally.
@@andrewgilblom1741 glad to have you along friend. Don't be afraid to ask if you have any questions. Be blessed.
You got yourself a new subscriber. This is an absolutely well put together instructional video on rendering and purifying tallow using the method. Bravo and thank you from Atlantic Canada 🇨🇦
@@nutsforthebeach Thanks friend!
i watched your video on you tube Feb. 4/2025. thank you Glad to watch your rendering video
I render my own beef Tallow for years, your video just came a cross my feed, so I watched. You did an excellent job on teaching people how to do this the proper way! Great Job!
@@Sammie_Jo_1982_Homestead awwww! Thanks friend. 💕
I’m so thankful for this video, I am getting the fat from a cow next week and I am going to be making Tallow for the first time. I’ve done pork fat before, but I want to make tallow the best I can
@@countycalling yay! Don't be afraid to ask if you have questions. 😊
Quick tip, when you get to the last bit of separating, pour the tallow/water mix into a jar. Put it in the fridge upside down, once the tallow has set, turn it correct way up and the tallow is at the bottom and water at the top, remove the lid and pour out the water.
what a great video , thank you so much 💕💕💕
Excellent informative video. Congrats.
Excellent tutorial! And you even explained WHY the process is done the way it is so it makes sense and certain steps aren't skipped
Thanks!! Glad you found it helpful. Be blessed friend.
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska - I bought 12-13 pounds of ground beef to can this coming Friday and I knew I would have excess beef grease leftover. In the past, sadly, I threw it out and I didn't want to waste it again like last time. I even save my carrot tops now to be used as dehydrated "parsley" instead of wasting that, although it would be good compost if I don't truly need it preserve anymore of it this year.
My mother came from a farming life and always talked about Grandma keeping a crock of lard/tallow in the basement area that she never preserved that they used all winter-long, but she never explained the process of rendering it down so it keeps without canning or even refigerating; she just kept it in the cool basement of the farmhouse and used it daily for cooking.
Sure wish Mom, Grandma, and Grandpap were still around to teach these skills, but I'm lucky enough that we all currently have internet to find folks such as yourself to "re-learn" these skills and practice them before something prevents us from having electric for some reason.
Thank you again for such an in-depth turorial and clear explanations on how to do this task. It was a fantastic explanation you provided. Don't ever worry about the length when you're explaining such things. Those interested will certainly take the time to watch & learn from you.
@ you are so sweet. You made my evening. 💕💕
Your video is the only one i have seen so far that actually talks about further separating the water!
@@susannehubbell2799 💕💕Once I figured that out I HAD to share. I have spent too much time and too many clean jars re-rendering to get the water out. I hope it helps! Be blessed friend
This was a long video but it didn't seem like it. You cut to the chase and gave important tips. You also answered my question about the addition and release of the salt. Excellent! Thank you! This was a long process but you made it fun to learn! 👍😊
@@yolandahebert2350 yay!! I’m so glad you found it useful. I’m here if you have any further questions. 😊
This is the best explanation of the process I have seen. Thank you.
You are most welcome friend. I hope it was helpful for you. Be blessed.
"We didn't die, so that's good." 😂🤣😂 Quote of the day! 😁 Another cool and informative video, thank you! ❤️
Thanks Miss Katt, Have a great week friend. 😊
Thank you for your time and knowledge. I appreciate all your hard work in making this video.
@@beverlybullock4150 awww! Look how sweet you are! Thanks!
Thank you so much for doing a step by step for making tallow. I feel a lot more confident attempting to make it! 🎉
@@ladyprepared 💕💕💕
You explain the "why" so well. This video is very helpful!
Oh awesome! I’m so glad you found it helpful! Be blessed friend. 😊
Thank you so much, this will be my first time doing tallow from fat very good video. you explained it very well.
@@vicckk56 yay! I'm glad it was helpful friend. Let me know if you end up with specific questions. I'm happy to help.
Why do I find her so funny? Boy I loved watching this. I'm surprised I've never heard of this channel but everyone I know will now know about this channel
Thanks friend!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this fantastic tutorial on making tallow. I have made it twice before, but now, after watching this, I am much more confident. I just laugh how you put the warm bowl outside the door in the snow. Here in South Africa, it is 30 degrees, and I had to put the coldroom on to do the same
@@rianajansevanrensburg2444 I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Be blessed friend. 😊
I am not living off grid I am a university student but I watched and enjoyed this video.
We are so glad you enjoyed it. 😊
This video was AMAZING!! Rendering tallow is a long and difficult process! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. It's greatly appreciated. I subscribed!
@@carmenmarcinkiewicz7149 yay!!!
“Didnt die so that’s good” 😂😂😂
Fellow Alaskan here! Thank you for saying the time frames! I was panicked cause it’s been 6 hours and I didn’t think it would take this long! No one else explained the timing. So thank you!
You are so welcome friend!
Thank you! I watched the whole video! Just got my first batch of tallow from our beef order. Can’t wait to start
@@NicoleAllen-y1d yay!! I’m glad you found it helpful
I like leaving a bit of meat in, as I like a stronger beef flavour in it.
Thank you for all of the pictures that you showed me because I had that gooey gelatinous stuff on the top I was waiting for it to turn brown and I was concerned it was going to burn so I stopped so I'm glad that I did that thank you so much from Indiana
@@belendorsett5092 So glad you found it helpful. 💕
This is a most excellent video. Lots of help and it has been great to go back and reference. Thank you so much for all your work. New subscriber.
@@patiencekates5975 yay!!! So glad you found it helpful!
Just found you! I am thankful!!!
I rendered tallow to make soap once myself years ago. It is a process!
Thank you for your clear directions!
Just keep being you!! You have a new subscriber who cares!!!!
Laura
Hello Miss Laura! Glad to have you along on our crazy adventures. Thank you for your kind words. Have a blessed week, friend. 😊
I really love how you use simple knowledge that we learned in school to create a beautiful product. The thought of clarifying the fat was incredible scary to me for some reason and now it is not. Thank you
You made my evening Miss Mindy. I’m glad enjoyed it. Be blessed my friend.
Can you process pork fat the same way
@jameslamm9315 absolutely. 😊
I’m enjoying this video so much! I rendered beef fat for the first time last night (before I saw your video). I definitely should’ve waited longer before I started straining. What I found funny this morning was realizing I had dreamt about rendering fat all night long 😊. I dreamt about all the things I was going to make with this beautiful fat. Weird I know. Keep up the hard work!❤
Yay!! How fun for you. 😊
Will last you “forever and a day” , that was another good one ! 😊
Ha! So far so good. It’s still beautiful and hanging out on the shelf. Be blessed friend. 😊
Holy wow! I'm impressed! For a normally, self described "impatient" chickie, you really hang in there with this process and the result is amazing! Watching you go through the whole process, I have to confess that the only really scary times were taking the open top bowl outside. Those steps would make me leery of slipping & getting covered in liquid on my way down!! (That IS how my life goes though) 😖 Minnesota gave me my love of all that extra freezer/quick fridge opportunities.
I'm gonna have to watch it again to make a list of all your "technical terms". Things like flibbity-floppity, schmoo, etc. You've added these to my favorite: BAH BAAAH!
HUGE project, but I bet your soap is wonderful!!! ♥️ Fun video. Thanks!
Thanks Miss Sandi! I did say a little prayer every time we carried that bowl of boiling oil. Ha! The process is pretty simple, but takes a long time. Must of it is just waiting though, for it to heat or cool. I’m here if you have any questions. 😘
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thank you!
Love your descriptives... Shmoo... Jiggly bits LOL
Ha! I’m glad you enjoyed my… Technical terms. 😊
This is a great video, I just got through doing the rest of my beef tallow, and I think I did just fine. I use my tallow for soaps, but, sometimes I cook with it too and I did it just the way you did, about 3 times and it turned out good, I let it sit out and let the fat come to the top, but, there was very little water left in the bottom, but I should've put a little more water as you did, so, there still may be a little tiny bit of water in it, but, I store it in fridge anyways 😊. Thanks for the video.
Awwww! Glad you found ot helpful! Be blessed
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
I have a friend that lives in Anchorage, he teaches Bible classes, you may know him.
@@steelersgirl071961 maybe, Anchorage is a ways away from here.
That’s an amazing process! I never thought of people in Alaska using the out doors as a refrigerator!!! 😂 I’m a Florida girl and it’s been cold for me here this winter. I Love my Down Coat! Peace
Glad you enjoyed it friend. 😊
It’s been 5 days and I haven’t finished watching this video 😂
Really helpful video! Thank you.
Ha! That’s some dedication friend. Ha! Have a blessed weekend and stay warm out there. It’s a snowstorm here. 😊
@@Trejoivettec I’m so glad you found it helpful. I know…it takes such a long time doesn’t it? Worth it in the end I think though. Especially if you can get the fat for free. 🫶
Healthy stuff if yall didn't eat the flour and sugar, youd be super humans, im eating Ketovore now for only 3 months , off insulin and BP meds, down 38 lbs, wished I'd known the value of healthy meat and fats when I was 30, back then eating this fat was said to be deadly, truth comes out its not the animal products,it was stuffing with plants,grains,roots and sugar that made me so overweight and sick, good video, I just got a case of freah beef fat trimmings
Glad you enjoyed it, friend
Hey! I used to make your coffee at Espresso cafe! Found you while trying to teach myself how to render tallow. ❤
Hey beautiful friend!! 💕💕
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska happen to know a good place to find leaf fat? I don't have the privilege of having a lot of farming friends that raise their own cattle.
@@Gardenofme83 not really…you might contact the meat processing facilities around. There are very few unfortunately. Other than that, you can purchase beef fat at the grocery stores for about $3 a pound. You might try 3 bears.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thanks Chrystal! 💖
I followed your instructions and when I got to the end of the rendering, I took the immersion blender and ground everything up and it was so easy. I only used the kidney suet so I didn’t have any meat pieces in it at all really really nice smooth tallow
Have you tried an immersion blender to get all of the fat?
@@fourwindsflowers I have not, but that’s genius!!!! I’m doing that next time! Thanks!
great!
I found it quite handy very easy to pour, and I think I got almost every little bit out @@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
@ nice!!
So down to earth, background, The young lady , love the studs, so glad to have found you.
We didn’t want to borrow money to build our house, we did as we go while raising three children, took almost 25 years which means no mortgage no debt, didn’t make a lot of money either. Both of our salaries amounted lower middle income bracket. Our children are now ranging 44-38, living very successful lives. It can be done if we are willing to abstain from keeping up with the Jones’s mentality along with other reasons. Do I want other people to live and endure the guaranteed life of hardships like that, ABSOLUTELY NOT!, it wasn’t easy. But with tremendous blessings from The Lord of Heavens and the Earth He brought us through till now as we approach close to 70s, BLESSED. I applaud this young lady how she lives, God bless you.
Awwww! Thanks friend. 💕
I pray that you will grow in 100s and thousands of subscriptions, people need to learn from you, we will check your show always if we need info in the area of your expertise.👏👏👏
You are so kind. 😊Be blessed sweet friend.
Hubby raises cattle and you’d think I would’ve jumped on the tallow wagon years ago but doing my first batch very soon. That’s how I found your channel! The processor we use, gladly gave me 25 lbs for free. She said I can get more but my research shows this should be enough for awhile. We’ll see!
Yay!!
This is the best video I’ve watched so far! Now I’ve watched it 3x while doing it! Thank you! Also…can you mix pork and beef fat?
Hey friend, I’m glad you found it useful! I’ve not mixed pork and beef. They will end up with different textures. Pork can sometimes be a little bit tricky in that different breeds of pig will create different textures of rendered fat, or lard. I’ve rendered down regular commercial grower breeds and their fat comes out soupy no matter how many times you render. It just doesn’t have the same structure as tallow in any way, shape or form. And I’ve also rendered down our own Kune Kune Lard and it comes out beautiful and hard. Not as hard as the tallow though. I would never mix them, just because I want to have an expected consistency in the end. And if it always comes out a mess, I’ll never know if anything went wrong. I do, however, render all of my fat this way. Tallow will always come out hard and white like coconut oil in the end when it’s done, right. Lard, as I said before, it can come out many different consistencies when finished. I do find this way to be the best way to ensure there’s no water in the finished product. Simply, because when it’s in the melted stage, you can clearly see the division between the fat and the water. In all other methods, you have no idea how much water and impurities are still left in that in the fat. I hope that helps. Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you need help. I’m always here. Good luck friend.
Time intensive but the result looks really good! Love learning new things. I watched almost the whole video in 360p too lol before HD was done processing, I liked it that much.
Wow! You are impressive. Thanks for your dedication Matt. 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed it. I should probably be more patient and make sure it’s done processing before posting. 😬
This is a really great website. I've been watching homesteading websites for years on TH-cam and I really love these guys, they know what they're doing and I love their personalities. You should try their homemade ginger ale recipe.
I REALLY appreciate this video. Exactly what I needed!!!❤❤❤
@@beckyborgeson5375 yay!!! I’m here if you have any questions. Good luck, friend.
This was a great comprehensive video. I just started making soap and we are getting 1/4 cow in a month! Thank you!- subscribed!
Glad to have you along! Thanks, friend!
Thank you for all the detailed information!!
You are very welcome. I hope it was helpful. Be blessed friend. 😊
thanks for the video. When removing the tallow from the stainless steel bowl, is the tallow frozen? is it easier to remove when frozen? I struggle getting the tallow out of the bowls and usually make a mess
@@davidrod1969 it’s just cold, but not frozen. I don’t want the liquid underneath to be frozen. The flexibility in the bowl makes it much easier to pop out. But it’s definitely not a super clean job. Ha!
What do you do with the old water? It has the beefy smell...ok to throw outside? Probaby not down the sink? Thank you!
It can totally go down the drain. Sometimes I pour a little over the dogs' food. It's essentially a mild version of bone broth. It's boiled down connective tissue in all that water.💕💕
Another thought! I was told that the only way to make it shelfstable is to not do the water process. If I use water then I have to keep it refrigerated or frozen. I don’t have the space for that and I want to do shelf stable only and then put them into canning jars and vacuum seal them.
Do you know a way of doing the water process that also makesit self stable?
@@fourwindsflowers that’s what this video is all about friend. 💕 It has sit on my shelf for up to 3 years without spoiling.
yes but you mentioned in the basement under 50°. I don’t have that it sits in my pantry in my kitchen and my little single wide in Bellingham, WA where my house is 68° so shelf stable at room temperature not shelf stable at storage room stable @@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
@ I’ve had one sitting in my kitchen window since last spring and it is doing great also! I think if you are dealing with warmer temps for long periods, the vacuum sealing of the jars should give you the extra protection you need. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska perfect thank you
I’ll give the saltwater bath a try!!!
Do you have a trusty soap recipe that works really well with tallow?
I’ve never made soap before, and I looked at your website, but I didn’t see any tallow Soap so if you are open to sharing, I would really like to try to make soap for the first time using my fresh tallow. I have a really great source with a friend of mine who is a rancher down in the Skagit Valley with grass fed beef.
@ hey friend! All my shampoo bars have my home rendered tallow and lard in them. But I don’t have a full tallow soap…yet. Ha!
If you’re looking for a full tallow, Soap, I really really like this lady. She’s super down to earth and a great teacher. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CUjCcAwegaYLAzmK
Wouldn't using a fine organic cheesecloth reduce the amount of times that you'd have to purify it?
That might work. If you try it, let me know how it goes. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska I use a very fine grade 100 unbleached cheesecloth for the 1st and 2nd strainings.
@ I think if we had running water, especially running hot water, I'd be more apt to use cheese cloth. But for now i avoid it. I'd just end up having to throw it away with it covered in fat. 😊
thank you so much for this video. I was told I couldnt use regular beef fat pieces for skin care. I need to use the suet only. I cant seem to find just the suet around here. I did a dry render as I am brand new with this. then i did a wet then another wet (with salt) my fat still smells stinky. Do i just keep doing the wet render until smell is gone? Its pretty white already. Not different coloring on the underside now either but smell so beefy. Oh and its not real hard like the one you are showing. But I let it sit on the couter to harden so maybe that is why.
@@sarendafilbin1861 Hello! You can continue to render it down until the water is clear and theres no gunk underneath the solid tallow when cooled. Different fat, even from different cows at different times of the year will vary. I recently did a batch where the tallow didn't get rock hard but ended up more like the consistency of lard. It's all ok. It still made the same beautiful shampoo bars. Some people add baking soda to their tallow water when rendering for skin care tallow in order to get a little bit more of the smell out, but I'm not exactly sure how much is left if any in the fat. i've never tried it this way, but if I was going to do direct skin care products, I definitely would try a small batch. If I was trying to test, whether there was baking soda left in the tallow, I would pH test the finished product of a batch without the baking soda and then Ph test a finished batch that I did use baking soda. If there's any baking soda left in the final product of the baking soda batch, the pH will be higher, or more basic, then the batch without the baking soda. Hmmmm....this is a great idea! I might actually try this.! Thanks for sparking my creativity.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Im sorry. I should have said Hello in my last question. Hi there!! WV Mountaineer girl here. Lots of snow this week here and single digit temperatures. We had a good bit of rain that turned to sleet before the snow. So several outtages with ice covered everything and now snow over the ice. Nothing new to you though. Lol. Anyhow, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I will give it a try with baking soda. Have a fantastic rest of the week. (youre welome)🙂
@ if you do the baking soda idea, let me know how it turns out! Be blessed friend
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska 😘 Absolutely. God Bless.
The karate chop 😆 you trying to be a homestead ninja 😆 Bless your hands
Homestead ninja! Yes!!
You’re the only video I’ve seen process it this many times to get really clean tallow. Was wondering if this helps with smell? I just bought some whipped tallow already made and it didn’t have any smell. I want to try and make this myself now. Thanks for all the detailed info! I subscribed!
I’m so glad you found it useful! It will smell better and better each time you process more gunk out of it. It will however still be animal fat scented. When I use it in soap, it retains no animal smell whatsoever. But it does undergo chemical change in order to become soap, so it’s not really fat anymore and is not an equal comparison to whipped tallow. I’m curious if the product you purchased had any deodorizers added. I know store bought lard does. I’m interested in how your adventure turns out. Please come back and let me know if you don’t mind. Be blessed sweet friend. 😊
I’m new to this and I’d like to use tallow for face products. I have used this method and purified the tallow at least 3 times in multiple occasions and I can never get rid of that beef smell. The tallow is nice and white, but I don’t know if it’s just my strong sense of smell, or what, but I can’t fathom to use it for beauty products because of the smell. All I smell is beef. Is this normal and I’m just sensitive to the smell or am I doing something wrong? Help.
@@LB-tn8pz hey sweet friend. It will still smell like fat. It shouldn’t smell like cooked meat though. Are you adding any other fats like coconut oil or essential oils? That may help reduce that animal fat smell. There are synthetic deodorizers, but I just can’t justify adding them. When I make soap there is definitely no animal smell. But Soap is going to be significantly more processed than a facial product. I would say that if a customer is looking for a preservative-free, synthetic additive-free product, they are going to expect that is going to have a natural smell.
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I stopped in the middle of responding back your comment and did some to research. I have not tried this method, however, if I wanted to get the smell out completely, this would be the next thing I would try. Add some baking soda into the water instead of the salt and render it again. Bring it up to melting temperature, and just let it sit there, maybe for eight hours. Once is completely cooled, separate the liquid from the fat like you did during the other processes, then do it one more time again with just pure clean water to get out whatever baking soda might be left in the fat. If you decide to do this, come back to this, please let me know how it goes. Be blessed.
OK, so I’m a little bit confused when you remove the water from the towel was that for the towel that you’re going to be cooking with or for soap making? Do I need to go through that extra step of removing the water after the third render if I’m going to just make it for soap we talked about.
@@erykaolsen7614 the water removal is for tallow that you're going to use for any reason. If you leave the water in it, it will mold and destroy your product, regardless of what you plan to use it for. You always want to remove all the water. 😊
@ thank you for carefully explaining this. I’ve seen several videos and read post and no one ever explains this.
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I have rendered tallow and clarified it four times now. There was a little spot on the bottom and the water was mostly clear. My tallow does not look as white as yours does. It also still smells like beef. Did I render it down too long at too high of a temperature? My cracklings were crispy when they were removed from the tallow at the end of the render.
@@LadyPeter sometimes the color is depending on what the cow has been eating. And also spring grass will cause the tower to be a little bit more yellow than fall grass.
I usually don’t render the bits all the way down to cracklings The longer they cook and get crispy, the more it will impart that taste. Hope that helps. 💕
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska YES, it helps a lot. I no longer feel like it looks like pink mold in my shower. As for the flavor, oh well maybe essential oils will work with it.
@@LadyPeter when I use this tallow and soap, there’s absolutely no smell. I think it would be difficult to use it in lotions and such though. 💕
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Well the smell decreases with each clarification attempt. Maybe, I’ll just do it one more time. I can always use it for cooking.
Do you know if rendering can be done at lower temps and result in no infused flavor if it is take to the crackling stage?
Oh my gosh!!!!! I can’t stop laughing at your karate chop to the tallow! 😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Hey Miss Tina! I’m glad you got a laugh out of this one. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend. 😊
This was very helpful thank you!❤️👵😇
I'm so glad!
What can I do If my tallow smell burning oil?
@@happywanderersherbrooke3943 there might not be much to do once it’s gets a burnt smell in it. You might try warming it up to liquid and adding the water and salt one more time. I think once it’s burnt, it’s burnt. It may have been overheated.
Was this tallow grass fed or regular beef? I’m just trying to get honest answers and I can’t find them. It’s hard to get grass fed before I live as far as the fat. I only have access to regular fat right now. If I render it a couple of times will that make it safe for skin care and soap?
@@erykaolsen7614 great question. I generally take whatever I can get. Ha! Here in Alaska theres no large cattle or dairy farming. Animals are fed mostly hay throughout the winter and grain and hay in summer. I always always render it till there's no more goo in the water and there's no brown stuff at the bottom of the tallow when its cool just like I did in this video. Are use the tallow as one of the main bases for my shampoo bars, which are essentially Soap. If you want to use it for straight skincare without turning it into Soap , you may have a hard time getting the fat smell out of it. This method will get the tallow very clean, but it will still smell like fat. Some people say that if you use the equivalent of the leaf lard that it won't have as much sent in it. I find that, the biggest factor of whether there's a smell left in the tallow or not is whether I cut all the tiny bits of blood and meat out of the fat before I start rendering it. If this didn't answer all of your questions, don't be afraid to send me some more specific questions because I'm happy to help.
How do you get the tallow out of the canning jars?
@@deborahhodge3186 I normally put it in 2 gallon square buckets to save for soap making, but for the purpose of this video I wanted to put it in jars so you all could see it cool and harden. Those jars I just put in the fridge and use for cooking and I get it out with a spoon. Be blessed friend.
I heard you are supposed to use salt in the rendering every time.
@@Julia-n9o4r There’s definitely lots and lots of ways to render fat going around. I’ve done it many different ways, but this is definitely my favorite. I’ve never had a problem with not adding salt in the last round. But you definitely could. I don’t want anything left in there that could react when I make soap. Salt would be a huge problem for Soap making. Be blessed friend.
Thanks! That’s very helpful!
Buying a side of beef and am going to ask for the fat to make tallow.
That’s great! Let me know if you end up with any questions. Happy rendering friend. 😊
Wonderful, you don't even notice the time.🎉
@@mkenyahalisi8837 thanks friend. 💕
Thank you so much for this thorough video! I have watched quite a few others, and they all left me with unanswered questions and a lot of what ifs. You answered every question I had and then some so than you!
Oh yay!! I’m so glad you found it useful. 😊
When it comes to cleaning the gunk off the bottom of the tallow I run it under the sink under the sprayer and it’s gets it all.
Great idea friend! That would totally work if I had running water. Ha! We live in a dry cabin off-grid.
Have you used your tallow to preserve raw meat?
@@momontoya2778 Hey friend, I have not. I prefer to can meat 😊
Hi there! This video has gotten me through my first ever rendering and is awesome!! However, I have a small concern... in the video your tallow looks hard - mine is solid but still seems a little soft and can be easily broken up by hand. Is this normal? Any advice to get it harder or is it ok to be this way? I've rendered it 4 times now. Thanks so much!
Also forgot to mention I plan on making soap & balm with it 😊
@@AmandaKing-m6s I found that some tallow is softer than others based on what season the cow was butchered in and what they were eating. The same as true for lard. As long as you’re 100% sure all the water is out of it then you are good to go. It will be perfect.
@@AmandaKing-m6s 💕
@@AmandaKing-m6s if it doesn’t get all the way hard, it’s still safe, but keep in mind that some of your recipes may be relying on the hardness of the tallow to create the right texture. Using the soft tallow for soap will be no problem at all. But it might affect the hardness of your balms.
@@AmandaKing-m6s I did find one batch I made where it started to emulsify. That’s where the water and the fat tried to make its own homogenized suspension. So, when it cooled, it was a sloppy mess. I put some in a glass measuring cup and heated it until the tallow melted, and I was able to see that there was still a little bit of water left in there. Now, I always always always melt it down at the end and let it separate in a glass container and only pour off the oil into my final vessels. That’s how you can double check if your batch has any water in it. 💕💕
Thank you ,this was awesome. ❤
Awww! Thanks! I’m glad you found it useful. 😊
I made this last weekend and rendered down 3 times. It still smells 😢
Hey friend, I’m sorry to hear that. The best way to get the least smell starts at the very beginning get all those little meat pieces out. I found that using leaf lard tends to be easier since it has less muscle connections. I use this lard for savory cooking and soap and the fat smell doesn’t seem to affect the taste. Be blessed sweet friend.
We bought tallow and it smells like beef. Can I render it myself to remove the smell?
@@mrsbethanyelise you can surely try this water method. If the water comes out clear after the first rendering, then there's nothing you can do about the smell. But, if the water comes out cloudy or gross then you have a chance of removing some smell from the tallow. Good luck friend.
Really enjoyed this video
Thanks friend! Hope you found it helpful. 😊
Thank you so much for this! I want to render some for soap making, and have it ready while I'm saving my wood ashes for the lye water. Now I feel confident that I know what to do!
Oh yay! Please let me know if you end up having any questions. I’ll answer them back as fast as I can. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Will do! Blessings to you and yours.
@@oneperson5760 😊
Excellent video
Thanks friend! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Have a blessed week.😊
How do u make soap with the tallow?
Here’s a great video on it from a great lady. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CmEaPExsXtgQPcHa
I've been rendering lard forever but the next time I'm going to try your water and salt method on the wood stove. I have lard Envy now...
Hey Miss Donna! I was so happy when I found this method. Before, I had rendered it down with water and cooked and cooked and cooked it out forever and a day until it was so over cooked it taste rancid just because I was terrified there might still be water in it. Then, I decided to do the no water method and was so upset at how bad my house smelled after cooking down the fat without the buffer. This method is by far my most favorite. And it’s really easy to make sure there’s no water left in it. You’ll have to let me know how it goes. Have a blessed week friend.
Fried into cracklings those bits make good people snacks. 😊 I just recently used my tallow that isn't for cooking to make soap. One batch I rendered twice so it could also be used for body butter. I'm in Fairbanks and I get beef fat from Safeway.
Awesome friend! What are they charging up there for a pound of fat?
1.97/pound. They're the cheapest I've found so far. I wish I had access to some free esp. while it's cold enough to keep on the porch.😊
Very interesting! Can’t wait for the soap making video! Or other products 😉
Soap making is definitely on the list. Actually it’s been in the list for a while…hopefully I can get to it before the summer craze. 😊
Your video was very helpful. Have 15lbs. of tallow on the wood stove now in my workshop... wife doesn't like me "messing up the kitchen" much. LOL I've used lard for deep frying, but I'm told tallow is better... gonna find out real soon.
Yay! I think you’re wonderful already. So cute, not being allowed in the kitchen. Let me know how it goes friend. Good luck!
I just stumbled across your channel and this was the first video I watched. You gave a lot of great info that I didn’t see in other rendering of tallow videos. Thank you so much! Quick question. Where are you from? I’m originally from eastern PA (PA Dutch country) and haven’t heard anyone from outside the area use the word schmutz (sp?). I no longer live in PA but it was nice to hear a bit of home.
Glad you found us! We are lifelong Alaskans building a Homestead on 40 acres of wilderness. But my parents were from Cape Cod, so that’s a little bit closer your way. 💕I kept their “idear” “pocktbook” and “yesta’day” and maybe schmutz. 😊
I would love to see a soap video
In the next month or so, I’m hoping to start a soap channel. And all my free time…ha! I’ll make sure to make a community post when that happens. But I did do a short soap making segment in the middle of this video ⬇️ starts around 17:45. Be blessed friend.
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@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Thanks for answering my comment
Love the video I’ve got to do this so I love to use lard but it would be a lot cheaper to render down myself thanks for a great idea
Hey friend! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting. 😊
Lard is from pork... tallow is from beef. They can be interchanged for some things. I'm not a pastry chef, but I don't think you'd use tallow in pie crust, just lard. Rendering lard is a bit more exacting, but certainly not difficult.
Happy New Year to you as well. Thanks for making the video painless.
That knife looks like your garden knife. LOL Can you also get the cow and pig heads for the brains for tanning? Great video thanks for sharing
You have an Eagle eye friend. It’s my favorite knife. Wooden handle, straight edge and it has a rooster engraved in the blade to boot! Mr. Reeve is always sharpening it for me. It knows no limits! Ha!
I get we could get the brains from sone friends that have cattle. It’s on our list to do…a very long list however and it’s not at the top. 😊 I’m going to get a highland skull with the big horns (like on Boss Hog’s car) to hang over on garden gate header! That’ll look cool, right?!
I purchased grass fed Buffalo tallow, I was intimidated to embark on this process but you have given me courage, thank you. I am rendering it down today. I just found your channel today and you have a new subscriber ❤
Oh yay!! You will be so proud of yourself when it’s completed. Let me know if end up with any questions. Be blessed friend. 😊
Awesome video! Thank you. Do you know why my tallow looks yellow ish? Should I keep purifying it to get it more white?
Hey Miss Heidi! The colors can be different when rendering tallow based on what the cows eat. The yellow is just fine. 😊
This was so informative and entertaining.
Can the water in the bottom be used for anything so it's not wasted?
I've never rendered fat, but want some for skincare so I bought a jar of rendered tallow grass fed/finished from a health food store. I'm going to do this process on it.
If you didn’t add the salt, you could use the water to feed the dogs. All that connective tissue gooey water would be good for them. If you used a high quality salt, like Redmond’s you could make ice cubes out of the water and feed chickens the cubes on a hot day. Good question. Made me have to think about it. Ha!
Very educational video, thank you
Thanks friend! I’m glad you enjoyed it. My first batch of soap from this tallow is almost cured and ready to try. I’m super excited. Have a great weekend and thanks for watching.😊
Great video! And karate chop lol. Have you ever had an instance where you just couldn’t get the smell out?
I don’t think so. It will always smell a little like fat, but not gross like dead meat. Ha!
This is a wonderful video for me as I render our own beef fat. Am here due to the frustrating processing I have to go through. I use every pot, large and medium that I have, and this year I would like to simplify it. Looking at your tools, I see a LARGE pot will work wonderful, along with the huge bowl, will greatly ease the process for me. I give up after 2 renderings usually, but the large tools will allow me to render it to purity. Thanks very much❤
You are so welcome my sweet friend. This is exactly why I made this video. Because I was so tired of it being a messy messy process. Once I figured out how to do it this way, it made my life so much easier. I’m glad to share it. Be blessed friend.
Hello, this is my first time watching you. I am impressed and happy I found you. I had to stop in the middle of the video because you keep saying “shmoo”. I use this word to call my dog when he is not listening. “Come here you little shmoo”. I remember a character on the cartoon Popeye. It was all white with no shape really. I thought that was Shmoo. Do you know where this word comes from?
I found The Shmoo !
Ha! Glad you found me and enjoyed the video. That's a great question, I think it just came from one of the wild goose chases in my head. Ha! Sorry I don't have some cool reference for you, be blessed friend.
You did? Whoop! What did you come up with, you have me intrigued now, Ha!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska look up on TH-cam “The Shmoo”
Can you make soap? And ehip beef tallow for body cream? I really enjoyed watching you.
I do use it in soap making, but I have not tried to whip it. I have whipped lard and added seasonings to use like compound butter though. 😊
I am just rendering some beef fat. Thank you for your video
Glad to help. 💕
Thank you I love this video
Yay!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this. The tallow that I rendered in this video is still perfectly shelfstable, and has been at room temperature ever since. I’m so happy with it.😊
do you have video on how to make tallow soap?
@@sabx345 hey friend, I should be starting a soap channel sometime soon here. In the meantime, Marissa does a really great job of explaining how to make a pure yellow soap and she renders her fat similar to me. th-cam.com/video/Q4w5lSTIFJQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=p6A8BTOk8UmQZ6A5
Be blessed. 💕
Can you please do a video on making soap from the tallow? Thanks for the great step by step on rendering!
Hey friend! I don’t usually make pure tallow soap, but Bumblebee apothecary has a great video and we render similarly. Here’s the link.
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Great video.
Thanks friend. We hope you found it useful. 😊
Ok I have a question; so on the very last round, can you not just melt the chunk of tallow down on low heat with no water just to pour it into the container that you are storing it in?
Yep. You can absolutely do that. It also gives you an opportunity to double check that there’s absolutely no water that separates out at the bottom. Great job!
Can u do the clarification process with bone broth tallow that forms when making bone broth ? Is it ok to do this? I did!! Thinking it was ok!!?? Made tallow balm and it’s wonderful on the skin? Processed it 2 times but I think I would do it more times next batch. This video is full of information and really enjoyed watching it. Hope u have the time to answer this. I will be watching your channel from now on. Thank you
Oh that’s awesome! I hadn’t done that before. Nice job! I’m this was helpful for you. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska so u think it’s ok to do this with tallow from bone broth. Some people say not to because of the water but U clarify with water!! New to all of this so would appreciate ur opinion thanks
@@theSharondun if it comes our all hard and white in the end, I don’t see an issue. Because you are cooking it with the bones, you might end up with a more beef scented tallow than without. But, if it’s what you have, no scents in wasting it. 😊