I grew up in a Mennonite community. When I was young we would have 20-30 people all going out for opening day. I remember in deer season our garage was turned into a processing station. We had a guy that would take and tan the hides (back when you could get paid for them) we lived off the meat. At that time Walmart wasn’t even a thing. My grandmother used to take the entire fat pile and her and all the other wives and kids would make candles and play bridge for weeks. We still used candles even when most of our community had electricity. Something about reading a book by candlelight before bed I’ve never been able to give up. We just made thousands of candlesticks. Deer tallow is perfect for candles as she used lard from the hogs to cook with. Remembering these things from when I was 5-8yo it’s like a completely different world now.
I got 3 does between Christmas and New Years that had the largest fat caps I’ve ever seen on a deer. We were going to use it to make suet blocks, but after watching you, soap it is! Thank you for walking us through the process.
I can’t believe I just found your channel ! Where have you been all this time? 😂 I’m so glad I did as you are by far the best. So grateful with The knowledge you have and the way you pass this on to your followers ❤
Thank you so much for these videos! In Tennessee we have an amazing amount of foraging, hunting, and soil environments. It makes me inspired to do something similar. The way you two support eachother through these challenges really show me what I might want for my future spouse
Hi thanks for this video! I went hunting with a friend and he got me a doe & showed me how to butcher it. I saved as much fat as I could (she had a lot!). Unfortunately I didn’t save any of the visceral fat this time but for sure next time I will. It was sooooo cold! It’s been in a cooler out on my porch in single digit temps. My friend recommended using a crock pot so I’ve watched a few videos. I chopped the fat and it’s in the 8-quart crock pot now. Wasn’t sure about the water- some folks say absolutely no water and others recommend water. So I will try your method and add water and salt and see how it goes!
I did this last year and made lotion. I added a ton of essential oils because I didn’t care for the smell. My wife and her friends on the other hand have loved it and claimed it is the best lotion they’ve used. Came back to your video today because now she is making more. The more I use natural items and things God has gifted us with, the more I desire to try more and more.
You recently had a short on making pie crust with deer tallow. In it you said how your pies had a "rustic" look to them. Pie baking secret: you can get molds for the edge of the pie crust. You press the mold into the pie and it will leave a pretty design.
Great video, really glad I found your UA-cam videos. I have been saving my deer tallow for about four years now and it really makes a great soap. I also save chunks of it in the freezer and use it on my cast iron after cooking and cleaning before putting away. I use the same method to render. I’ve always just kept the rendered tallow in the freezer. Now I know that I can keep it on the shelf in mason jars. Good to know thank you
Great video! I just collected a big bag of tallow from a deer and I'm planning on making shoe/leather conditioner out of it. Was thinking of mixing perhaps some bees wax and tar in it.
I have a question. When doing it the 2nd time to get rid of the water you found in pockets, why do you not wait for it to solidify again? Wouldn’t pouring it into the jars before it solidifies get some of the water poured in too?
Thank you for this. I’ve just rendered down some deer tallow and apart from using a blender, I did the same as you. I was curious to see how you did it. I use it for soap.
Deer tallow is technically edible, but it's generally considered to taste pretty foul. It has a waxy texture and odd taste compared to other fats, so while it does have some niche culinary uses, cow or pig fat is considered more generally useful for cooking
I did the overnight method in my slow cooker and when i got up this morning it had begun to burn (a heap of brown cripsy bits on the top) is this still usuable if i do a few more purifying runs or not with this batch? I plan on using most of it for skin creams and soaps..
Very informative content. I’ve lately found myself interested in rendering tallow especially for cosmetics and I wanted to know if the water quality matters when using the wet method. I mean, do some chemicals contained in the water make their way through the final product or it is completely safe to use tap water even in regions known to have “hard water”? I sincerely hope you or anyone knowledgeable could address my concern, thank you and keep up the good work.
QQQ: did you cover the crock pot or leave it uncovered? And my fat has a fair amount of little meaty bits in it.. hope that’s ok? I have more fat outside in another bucket and that stuff is pretty clean but I started with the messier stuff.
We leave it uncovered which lets any scent cook off. As for the meaty bits, that’s fine to leave in if you have to, but that’s where most of the meaty smell comes from so you’ll probably have to render that batch again after straining to get it scentless. It can also help to cook it with some lavender to cover the meat smell
Ok it’s in the crock pot for round 2 with water and salt. I didn’t let it harden as all the dark bits sunk right to the bottom of the bowl. I will make tallow balls for the birds with that stuff. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
You skipped over my favorite use for deer (really any cervid) tallow, which is to make bullet lube, using a 50/50 mix with bees wax. It is particularly useful for black powder shooters in that it largely prevents hard fouling from developing.
Awesome video! I rendered down my tallow, but it still had the brown look on the bottom. When I went to re-render it, I added more salt into the water and heated it up. The Tello looks great, and is pure white, but it is pretty salty. Is this normal or is it supposed to be just the fat flavor rather than Salty like this?
Ironically there is a local store nearby me that sells an 8oz jar for like 20-25 bucks. I was able to get some tallow for less than that can do so many things with it.
Thank you for this video! I'm going to be making tallow with moose fat. I have a few questions. I acquired the fat from making broth and scraping off the fat layer and have that in my freezer until ready to start this process. Will that still work? Also, what settings did you use on your instapot? Thank you!!!
Hey, congrats on the moose! As for your question, that will still work, but because it was boiled in the broth, it’ll take a lot of rendering and filtering to get it completely clear to the point where you’d want to use it for anything other than cooking because it’ll have a bit of that meat smell
Hello, my question is about your hand grain mill. I'm in the process of buying one and I would like to know where you got yours. Thanks for your educational channel.
Deer tallow is just the fat of the animal. You can get fat off of most mammals, although how worth it depends on the species. The amount of fat an animal has and the quality of said fat is different depending on species too. When you go to the store, you can buy lard (rendered pig fat) or sometimes tallow (cow fat) for cooking.
first time ive ever seen this. great video. bummed because i usually get 4 deer a year. lot of wasted tallow ive always been told was useless. ugh
Hey, at least you can change now. The best time to start was when you started hunting. The second best time is now
Everything is useful for something 😊
There is not a single part on any animal that is useless it all comes down to how much work you put in and what you can stomach to eat lol
I grew up in a Mennonite community. When I was young we would have 20-30 people all going out for opening day. I remember in deer season our garage was turned into a processing station. We had a guy that would take and tan the hides (back when you could get paid for them) we lived off the meat. At that time Walmart wasn’t even a thing. My grandmother used to take the entire fat pile and her and all the other wives and kids would make candles and play bridge for weeks. We still used candles even when most of our community had electricity. Something about reading a book by candlelight before bed I’ve never been able to give up. We just made thousands of candlesticks. Deer tallow is perfect for candles as she used lard from the hogs to cook with. Remembering these things from when I was 5-8yo it’s like a completely different world now.
I got 3 does between Christmas and New Years that had the largest fat caps I’ve ever seen on a deer. We were going to use it to make suet blocks, but after watching you, soap it is! Thank you for walking us through the process.
I can’t believe I just found your channel ! Where have you been all this time? 😂 I’m so glad I did as you are by far the best. So grateful with The knowledge you have and the way you pass this on to your followers ❤
Thank you so much for these videos!
In Tennessee we have an amazing amount of foraging, hunting, and soil environments. It makes me inspired to do something similar.
The way you two support eachother through these challenges really show me what I might want for my future spouse
Thanks for sharing! Started deer hunting this past fall and also getting into soaping. Wish I’d known the tallow could be used! It looks amazing.
Hi thanks for this video! I went hunting with a friend and he got me a doe & showed me how to butcher it. I saved as much fat as I could (she had a lot!). Unfortunately I didn’t save any of the visceral fat this time but for sure next time I will. It was sooooo cold!
It’s been in a cooler out on my porch in single digit temps. My friend recommended using a crock pot so I’ve watched a few videos.
I chopped the fat and it’s in the 8-quart crock pot now. Wasn’t sure about the water- some folks say absolutely no water and others recommend water.
So I will try your method and add water and salt and see how it goes!
Thanks I render fat from most wild game at the hunt lodge
I did this last year and made lotion. I added a ton of essential oils because I didn’t care for the smell. My wife and her friends on the other hand have loved it and claimed it is the best lotion they’ve used. Came back to your video today because now she is making more. The more I use natural items and things God has gifted us with, the more I desire to try more and more.
You recently had a short on making pie crust with deer tallow. In it you said how your pies had a "rustic" look to them. Pie baking secret: you can get molds for the edge of the pie crust. You press the mold into the pie and it will leave a pretty design.
Great video, really glad I found your UA-cam videos. I have been saving my deer tallow for about four years now and it really makes a great soap. I also save chunks of it in the freezer and use it on my cast iron after cooking and cleaning before putting away. I use the same method to render. I’ve always just kept the rendered tallow in the freezer. Now I know that I can keep it on the shelf in mason jars. Good to know thank you
Starting watching your full length videos. Awsome content on your short videos.
This is an awesome idea there eh! Never heard of this for deer deer fat have used bear fat before... thanks for sharing
This is a wonderful and precise method to produce deer tallow. Thank you.
So excited to find your channel! I live up in Canada and I am trying to live a similar lifestyle.
Thank you so much.... we got a fat healthy deer this year that had so much tallow.... I wish I had known this then....next year is looking good!
Just found your channel and truly like your content.
The deer jumper ! 😂 love it
I've never used tallow for soap. Always just for cooking. This is very interesting
Great video, I will try it out this fall. Thanks!
Great video! I just collected a big bag of tallow from a deer and I'm planning on making shoe/leather conditioner out of it. Was thinking of mixing perhaps some bees wax and tar in it.
I have a question. When doing it the 2nd time to get rid of the water you found in pockets, why do you not wait for it to solidify again? Wouldn’t pouring it into the jars before it solidifies get some of the water poured in too?
Thank you for this. I’ve just rendered down some deer tallow and apart from using a blender, I did the same as you. I was curious to see how you did it. I use it for soap.
Great video! Thank you!!
You’re welcome! 🙂
Do you have to use sea salt?
Hi, I rendered some tallow from beef and I'm still getting a smell off of the tallow. How do I get the odor out?
Do you put it in the slow cooker on high or low setting?
Enjoyed the video. Very informative. What would be the best way to remove the tallow from the jar once you’re ready to use it? Thanks
Amazing! Just curious how do you make salt. Hoping to see more videos about that soon.
Can you cook with it? And compared to wagyu fat for frying a steak how is the flavor and is it better than beef fat?
Deer tallow is technically edible, but it's generally considered to taste pretty foul. It has a waxy texture and odd taste compared to other fats, so while it does have some niche culinary uses, cow or pig fat is considered more generally useful for cooking
It’s fine, but kinda coats the roof of your mouth
I did the overnight method in my slow cooker and when i got up this morning it had begun to burn (a heap of brown cripsy bits on the top) is this still usuable if i do a few more purifying runs or not with this batch? I plan on using most of it for skin creams and soaps..
Did you get an answer for this? I had the same thing happen and the smell is strong. What did you end up doing with it?
Very informative content. I’ve lately found myself interested in rendering tallow especially for cosmetics and I wanted to know if the water quality matters when using the wet method. I mean, do some chemicals contained in the water make their way through the final product or it is completely safe to use tap water even in regions known to have “hard water”?
I sincerely hope you or anyone knowledgeable could address my concern, thank you and keep up the good work.
It would probably depend if the chemicals or compounds are water soluble or fat soluble.
where did you get that big bowl you cooled the tallow in?
QQQ: did you cover the crock pot or leave it uncovered?
And my fat has a fair amount of little meaty bits in it.. hope that’s ok? I have more fat outside in another bucket and that stuff is pretty clean but I started with the messier stuff.
We leave it uncovered which lets any scent cook off. As for the meaty bits, that’s fine to leave in if you have to, but that’s where most of the meaty smell comes from so you’ll probably have to render that batch again after straining to get it scentless. It can also help to cook it with some lavender to cover the meat smell
@@HomegrownHandgathered ok thanks so much!
Ok it’s in the crock pot for round 2 with water and salt. I didn’t let it harden as all the dark bits sunk right to the bottom of the bowl. I will make tallow balls for the birds with that stuff. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Filter it through a tee shirt or rag
Such a beautiful woman.
Inspiring couple - hoping my partner and I can also convert to a more self- sustainable lifestyle someday ❤
You skipped over my favorite use for deer (really any cervid) tallow, which is to make bullet lube, using a 50/50 mix with bees wax. It is particularly useful for black powder shooters in that it largely prevents hard fouling from developing.
what is the orange handled knife name?
What happens if you throw chunks of meat in there too? I didn't realize you have to cut all the tallow off and I froze a large amount of it...
It will separate regardless but the meat will give it more of an off-scent. Which can be removed by doing a second rendering like she mentioned
@@TidesToTerra Thank you!
Great video!
Thank you!
Hi, new here so far I enjoy your content! What kind of salt do you use?
Awesome video! I rendered down my tallow, but it still had the brown look on the bottom. When I went to re-render it, I added more salt into the water and heated it up. The Tello looks great, and is pure white, but it is pretty salty. Is this normal or is it supposed to be just the fat flavor rather than Salty like this?
Ironically there is a local store nearby me that sells an 8oz jar for like 20-25 bucks. I was able to get some tallow for less than that can do so many things with it.
Great cooking 🤩😋👌
I guess my birds are gonna miss alot of deer fat this year. good vid
Thank you for this video! I'm going to be making tallow with moose fat. I have a few questions. I acquired the fat from making broth and scraping off the fat layer and have that in my freezer until ready to start this process. Will that still work? Also, what settings did you use on your instapot? Thank you!!!
Hey, congrats on the moose! As for your question, that will still work, but because it was boiled in the broth, it’ll take a lot of rendering and filtering to get it completely clear to the point where you’d want to use it for anything other than cooking because it’ll have a bit of that meat smell
@@HomegrownHandgathered Thank you so much! It ended up working great!
Hello, my question is about your hand grain mill. I'm in the process of buying one and I would like to know where you got yours. Thanks for your educational channel.
Would this be only used for skin care not cooking?
You can use it for laundry too.
How would I go about rendering emu fat into oil FOR SKIN
I wonder if only deer and able to provided tallow o can we get it from other animal?
Deer tallow is just the fat of the animal. You can get fat off of most mammals, although how worth it depends on the species. The amount of fat an animal has and the quality of said fat is different depending on species too. When you go to the store, you can buy lard (rendered pig fat) or sometimes tallow (cow fat) for cooking.
Can you please provide detailed instructions (i.e. how much water, how much sea salt, what setting on the Insta pot, how long to let it cook, etc.)?
How can I purchase a jar???
I agree, it makes a great soap
Oh my goodness hello Can i buy some of your Deer Tallow...i hope you see this comment blessings to you and family ❤🎉
if it burns your heat is to high
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If you were to use a meat grinder, these glands would end up in your final product, and you wouldn't even notice.
We remove them when we’re butchering
I rub deer tallow on my dry hands and feet in the winter, I don’t mind smelling like steak for a couple hours.
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deer tallow also tastes horrible. perfect candidate for soap
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