Two days ago a friend gave me 30lbs of fat. Everyone should have such a generous friend. I didn't even know I needed it, but clearly, he thought I could use a few pounds.
This is the tallow after I rendered it. From 30 lbs of beef fat I got more than 2 1/2 gallons of tallow. I'll use it for cooking and soap making. His beef are raised on grass so the tallow has many healthy benefits. See http://www.minkysfriedchickendiet.com/Healthy-Beef-Tallow.html
He also gave me some homemade scrapple which was delicious. Growing up in PA, I was familiar with scrapple but thought I didn't like it. Mostly it was my mom who ate it.
Last night's dinner was scrapple and potatoes, both fried in tallow with a healthy dose of ketchup, as fried potatoes and scrapple should be served with.
Today I'm wearing sweatpants and no one has told me I needed a few more lbs of fat.
He also gave me some homemade scrapple which was delicious. Growing up in PA, I was familiar with scrapple but thought I didn't like it. Mostly it was my mom who ate it.
Very funny. I'm from Maryland and we grew up eating a lot of scrapple as well. We used to put maple syrup on it, however. But I think my son would be happy with ketchup on it in a pinch.
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it, I think I remember my mom putting maple syrup on it too, or maybe it was served with pancakes.
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