Harness oil / leather grease, old recipe

[billybopp]

1 hour ago, Mulesaw said:

After my initial test I bought 40 lbs of beef tallow food grade. that was just something like 35-40 $ According to a friend of mine who runs a restaurant, it is sometimes used in steak houses for frying a steak, as it gives bit of taste compared to e.g. cooking oil or butter. 
But getting some scraps from a butcher will still give plenty tallow for a nice sized portion (and happy dogs as a bonus).

I have tried to look at a lot of those leather greases that are available over here, and quite a lot of them have got petroleum jelly in them. I can't say that it is bad, I just think that natural grease from the same animal ought to be better for the leather. Plus it is kind of neat to make your own stuff :-)

Back in the day, until about 30 years ago, McDonalds used to use beef tallow for a portion of their fryer oil for french fries.   They tasted wonderful!  I use about 20% tallow in my fryer at home for just that reason.

- Bill

[Mulesaw]

1 hour ago, billybopp said:

Back in the day, until about 30 years ago, McDonalds used to use beef tallow for a portion of their fryer oil for french fries.   They tasted wonderful!  I use about 20% tallow in my fryer at home for just that reason.

- Bill

I have heard that it should also taste really fine if you use tallow when you roast your steak. I think I'm going to try that next time I get the chance (when I get off the ship)

It is funny how such a seemingly small thing can make such a big difference in taste.