Title: To Prepare Tallow or Grease
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Cut up beef suet, mutton tallow or pork scraps and fry over low heat. Strain the melted grease through a coarse cloth and squeeze as much grease as possible out of the scraps.

Clean the melted fat by boiling it in water to which a tablespoon of salt has been added. Add twice as much water as fat and boil 10 minutes. Stir thoroughly and allow to cool. When teh fat is cold it will have formed a hard cake on top of the water. Lift off the cake of fat and scrape the underside clean. Weigh and melt down according to the recipe.

Source: "Making Soaps & Candles" by Phyllis Hobson

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