Deer tallow

We try to use every part of the animal when we hunt animals. This time while I was making bone broth from an elk my husband shot, I got beautiful tallow! After doing some research I found out ways to render tallow and finally got to experiment with a tallow soap recipe! This soap is extremely conditioning and my husband and I just love it! #homemadesoap #hunting #elktallow #renderingtallow #useeverypart

Deer tallow is one of the most under-used and most versatile parts of a deer! Rendering the fat from your deer is worth the effort for its many uses.

Tallow candles have been used since ancient times and they're still relevant today. Learn how to make these candles for emergencies or every day use.

It's easy to learn how to render tallow using the crock pot method! There are a few tips to know to make sure the process is easy and the beef tallow turns out well.

If you have a supply of beef fat, you might consider rendering it into tallow. Here are sixteen uses for tallow in your kitchen and home.

The first time I tried to make soap from some deer fat I had rendered was nearly a disaster. I used the cold process method (more on that later) and for some reason the soap began to harden almost immediately after I mixed it. Like a bunch of expanding foam, the mixture rose, bubbled (I…

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Nutrient dense, versatile… tallow is amazing stuff. This is my method for how to render and purify tallow so that it is odorless and white. This is the wet rendering method for making tallow, with some extra purification steps. It is the best method for how to render and purify tallow for soap, tallow balm, or candles. Or you can cook with it! It turns out so beautifully. Tallow balm made with tallow rendered using this method has no beef smell at all.

So now that I've got the art of soapmaking down pat I wanted to see if I could take it the most logical next homesteading step...generating the fats needed to make the soap on the farm. My husband is a deer hunter and every year we have been lucky enough to have several deer to harvest. This year I asked him to save all the fat so I could render it. He got 4 deer this year which yielded enough fat to make 3 batches so far and enough left in the freezer to make 2 more. Deer tallow combined…