What Is Tallow Fat?

Tip 1 - Make Your Own Tallow

Before I go telling you how to make tallow, let me first tell you what it is, and why you’d want to make it. You’re probably starting to see “tallow” around the Paleo/Primal blogosphere in the “eat this” category. Tallow is rendered fat from meat other than pork – often beef. (Rendered fat from pork … Continue reading →

Tip 2 - Traditional Uses of Tallow and Other Animal Fats & Oils

Being freely available to humans throughout the ages, animal fats have traditionally been used in all manner of ways. It’s only been relatively recently that they've fallen out of fashion and we've moved towards plant oils as a basis for both our nutritional intake and our skin care. For centuries, animal fats and animal grease were used for cooking, to produce light, to make medicinal salves and poultices, to waterproof skin and garments, and for cosmetic purposes. In our great grandmothers time, animal fats would have been rendered at home from animals raised by themselves or in their local community, as they simply didn’t have access to the vast array of plant and seed oils that we have nowadays.

Tip 3 - How to Render Tallow (Step-By-Step Guide)

A step-by-step photo tutorial that explains how to make tallow at home.

Tip 4 - What is Beef Tallow? Includes Recipe for Rendering Tallow!

In short, beef tallow is a rendered cooking fat made from the fat of a cow. Yes—beef fat. But saturated fat is awful right? There are many posts out there ...

Tip 5 - How to Render Tallow | The Prairie Homestead

Learning how to render tallow is a time-honored skill which will enable you to make your own soaps and candles. It's easier than you think!