Comments on: How to Render Lard and Beef Tallow at Home (A Traditional Guide) https://ancestralkitchen.com/2026/03/05/how-to-render-lard-and-beef-tallow-at-home-a-traditional-guide/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 By: Alison Kay https://ancestralkitchen.com/2026/03/05/how-to-render-lard-and-beef-tallow-at-home-a-traditional-guide/#comment-5387 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:19:07 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=7222#comment-5387 In reply to Christine.

Hi Christine,

You still have cassette tapes? Wow I’m impressed! 70 lbs. of beef fat is a lot. What a great use for it, though. It makes fabulous soap.

Thanks very much for your note. I loved reading it,
Alison

]]> By: Christine https://ancestralkitchen.com/2026/03/05/how-to-render-lard-and-beef-tallow-at-home-a-traditional-guide/#comment-5386 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:57:17 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=7222#comment-5386 Thank you for this thorough explanation of how to render fat. You answered all my questions! I love how you started it with slowing down… I am hearing that from multiple places that it’s good to slow the hurried pace and enjoy the process. I’ll get to practice that quite a bit as I slowly render 70 pounds of beef fat to use for soap making. Maybe I’ll pull out the cassette tapes to listen to music! 😉

]]> By: Alison Kay https://ancestralkitchen.com/2026/03/05/how-to-render-lard-and-beef-tallow-at-home-a-traditional-guide/#comment-4811 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:12:33 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=7222#comment-4811 In reply to Anna Huey.

Nice! Porridge wouldn’t have been made with oats in that region at that time. Did you find corn or sorghum?

]]> By: Anna Huey https://ancestralkitchen.com/2026/03/05/how-to-render-lard-and-beef-tallow-at-home-a-traditional-guide/#comment-4789 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:48:35 +0000 https://ancestralkitchen.com/?p=7222#comment-4789 Thank you for the information.
I originally looked up what porridge was made of in Daniel Boone’s time. Then I wanted to learn more about lard and tallow.

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