Hi Greg That's interesting, thanks - I started doing this (sometimes, only at need) after someone told me his Yorkshire grandmother had cleaned fat this way.
Best Keith >When I was making soap from scratch, I used a method similar to this. I >would cook down the fat, then strain it through a sieve, to get rid of the >larger stuff, then in a large pot, I would, start some water boiling and add >the warm fat to it, being careful not to cause any spatters. I would not >let the layer of liquid fat get over 1/2 in. deep, I let the water / fat >mixture boil gently for about 20 - 30 min. let it cool and set the entire >pot into the refrigerator, over night for the fat to solidify. The next >day, after the fat had solidified, I would lift the solid piece off the >water and pat it with a paper towel to get the rest of the water off. The >fat would be almost creamy white with few, if any particles, left in it. >The water on the other hand usually wound up a kinda nasty brown, with >floating things in it. > >Greg H. <snip> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
