Beef Tallow

With so many harmful climatic changes happening around us, biofuels are the best alternative resources of fuel that can help reduce the harms we inflict on our environment. Biofuels are made though esterification of fats or oils with alcohol like methanol. With so much being discovered in this sector, it can be said that biofuel [...]

Making soaps, especially laundry soaps, requires a little patience and some basic knowledge in soap making. All soaps are basically foaming salts which are the result of mixing animal fat or vegetable oil with an alkali like lye. A soap is the combination of fat, lye and water. When you make a laundry soap, you [...]

People usually buy a food stuff based on its packaging, appearance or brand. Whether they buy it again depends on the taste of the food. A person’s food preferences, especially with regard to taste is established right in the beginning of childhood or what are called the formative years. While babies usually prefer sweet food, [...]

The modern world treats animal fat as garbage and foods rich in animal fat as potentially harmful or dangerous. Every other ad or health journal or food recipe claims that saturated fat is bad for the body. Many health enthusiasts swear by unsaturated fats. Saturated fats are said to increase bad cholesterol and the rate [...]

Tallow cooking is almost dead in the United States. But it was the traditional way of cooking in the country before the discovery of vegetable oils. Suet, which was once the most-commonly used fat, is taken from the cow’s intestinal cavity and then, rendered into beef tallow. Though tallow was used in cooking in the [...]

It is funny that we tend to think of ourselves to be the most modern, most hygienic and most civilized species of human race. We attribute our grasp of culture and civilization to our personal care habits like washing, cleaning and bathing. But history says that the ancients were more hygienic (at least as hygienic [...]

Beef tallow has been used in industrial applications, especially soap and candle making for centuries. Only during the late 20th century, the United States pet food industry found tallow as a potential food source for pets, cats, dogs and birds. This is partly due to the surplus availability of edible and inedible tallow in the. [...]

There were times when people lived by the schedule of the Sun and the Moon. Especially, the night time pursuits of man were timed based on the rising and setting of the moon. Once it was called the Hunter’s moon, later (as herding became a favorite occupation) it was called the Shepherd’s moon and much [...]

Tallow + Lye + Water = Soap. Anyone who knows a bit about soap making would be aware of this combination. But not all know the details and nuances involved. Only a few understand that making soap demands patience and skill. From the ancient times, fat, ash and water are the key ingredients used in [...]

Soap making is not an art, but a science that requires practice and patience. Some wonder why they should fuss with soap making when they can get them from the stores. There are a few good reasons: Your homemade soap is cheap and far better in quality than your company-manufactured soap. You can scent or [...]