I wanted to share. We slaughtered a cow yesterday and I was shocked at how much fat was in this beast. Not willing to let anything go to waste, we took out about 10 gallons of fat. 7 gallons were frozen for later use and I rendered down the remaining 3 gallons.
After rendering the fat into oil, I then screened out all the left-over stuff (which the chickens were thrilled to eat) and poured the oil through a very fine screen. That was then left to settle and then the top clean oil was again decanted into another container. That was then allowed to settle again and then another pour off one final time.
The result is the absolute purest and cleanest tallow I've ever seen and I'm proud of my work. Trish will use this tallow in her soap making and we will also use it for all the other uses you would imagine tallow is good for.
In that photo of the jar, if you look closely at the bottom you can see (appearing upside down) the stock pot behind it showing through the oil.
