Alex Barlow

These past few months I’ve been researching lard and tallow and rendering more, since we’ll be butchering our pigs by next January (slow-growing Kune Kunes). Anyway, the more I read, the more I learn that if you want a pure white tallow that has no smell or beefy flavor, you purify it with water and salt more than just the once, scrape off the softer, brown impurities at the bottom of the cake before purifying it again, and make very sure there is no water left on the tallow cake anywhere before storing it. I don’t know if that’s useful to anyone here, but Bumblebee Apothecary has some awesome info on tallow and lard.

Och, I'm so pleased for you, Jay! What a success story for you. As one of my favorite book series says, "There is nothing greasier than goose grease." Enjoy the heck out of that!

jordan barton wrote: I always try to get white lard instead of slighly brown lard which has a smell to me.

If I’m remembering correctly, there are 3 different types of pork fat/lard, and only one is a pure white, less odorous variety. Leaf lard, I believe it’s called? Michelle Visser of Homely … Rested or something discusses it on her blog! I’ll see if I can find it…



I’m back. It’s Souly Rested. Ha. Anyway, check this out!! It’s great info.

https://soulyrested.com/2022/03/17/complete-guide-to-rendering-lard/

I’m so grateful you took the time to share your knowledge about reusable canning lids! Thank you… This will bless our family.

paul wheaton wrote:

Wow, you have a gift when it comes to brevity!  

I am mashing a lot of this into the script!

I *do* have a knack for English sometimes, but most of the time I’m an over-sharer. But thanks for the boost. It’s much needed today. Super stoked for this Kickstarter! I will definitely be backing.

Decades ago I took advanced master gardener courses which, compared to industry standard, were richly informative. (certified! [show cert - direct attention to helen's sig and add text "taught by the amazing Helen Atthowe!"]).

The master gardener instructor [show helen and me; text "me and my instructor Helen Atthowe"] has _____________ (credentials, plus some background about Masanobu Fukuoka [show the playing card])

I got an idea; a Master Gardener program, emphasizing permaculture, Fukuoka, market gardening, commercial food forest care and more.

I convinced Helen to come teach what I call “The Certified Garden Master Course."  The class sold out, and was thankfully video recorded.

A resident video editor offered an amazing sample of what a full-length edit could be. So the big kickstarter question is this: are there enough people wanting video of the whole class to pay for the editing?