[MR] help with tallow candels

[Becky McEllistrem]

This is a great link for all that she just said.

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/soapmaking/79078

EEBO has to have documentation somewhere but I can't remember why I saw it.

Rebecca

--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Brenda Butler <adendra at homesc.com> wrote:

> From: Brenda Butler <adendra at homesc.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] help with tallow candels
> To: aureliadouessant at yahoo.com
> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 7:34 PM
> My experience with tallow has been
> for soap making, but I suspect that it is
> very similar process. It can be done indoors, but you must
> use fresh beef
> fat and it must be rendered over a low to medium flame,
> otherwise it browns
> and becomes more colored. I then filter it through a coffee
> filter or a few
> layers of cheesecloth to catch all the little bits. If you
> are not satified
> with the color, then I would remelt it with an equal amount
> of water to
> rinse it, then set it water and all, in the refridgerator
> and let it
> solidify. Impurities will be contained inthe water layer
> and the purified
> tallow will rise to the top as a solid cake. This is also
> recommended if you
> are trying to reclaim cooking fats, but I have not been as
> happy with the
> fats resulting from that.
> 
> Adendra, Baroness Hidden Mountain
> 
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:55 PM, M M <aureliadouessant at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > I'm trying to find a mid 14th C recipe for tallow
> candles. Any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Aurelia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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