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Across the Fence:  A 'Duh' Moment  |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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 Posted - Sep 22 2012 : 7:18:25 PM
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It just doesn't take much to excite me, but I had a "duh" moment this afternoon and had to laugh. My hubby and I have been rendering tallow for the past two days, 20 lbs at a time and after I got the last batch strained, this afternoon, I realized that I didn't have to throw out all the fatty glop that is always left over. Soooo, I patted the glop into 5 square cake pans, 1" deep, and sprinkled bird seed over the surface and pressed it into the glop and then put them into our big cooler. Just a little while ago, I got the pans out and sliced the hardened fat into rectangles that fit our bird feeder and put them into ziploc bags to go into the freezer as suet for the birdfeeder this winter. "Duh" We used everything but the "moo"!!
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2012 : 7:22:16 PM
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Cool! You ROCK, Mary Beth!!! :) - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2012 : 7:22:59 PM
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Well, aren't you just a smarty britches? That is brilliant! I need to do that for my chickens. I don't hang any bird feeders because they would be cat food. Not fair to the poor little birds. But my chickens would love this. Great idea!
Kris
Happiness is simple.
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
985 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 05:54:19 AM
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What for you do with the tallow?
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 06:05:33 AM
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Lorena, I use the tallow for making soap and am going to try my hand at making candles just for the heck of it. The tallow is an awesome base for castile goats milk soap. But there is always this gloppy mess left over when you render the fat into the tallow. I had just tossed it until I had my 'ah ha' moment yesterday! :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 06:41:31 AM
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Cool. I do now remember reading about tallow candles FM somewhere. Thank you for refreshing my memory.
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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buzzn bee
True Blue Farmgirl
1061 Posts
Deborah
Muncie
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 2:40:32 PM
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Well, you got me on this one. LOL!
As soon as I opened it up and saw the pan, I said to my hubby "Big Buzz" "I don't know what that is,but it sure looks yummy. Then I
find out, it is for our fine feathered friends. Lucky Birds!
It looks like something with coconut (my favorite). I was getting
all anxious to read the recipe. LOL! Guess the old eyes are not
what they used to be. And to think I had catarac surgery 2 years ago.
LOL!
Now I have to go search my cupboards and make something using coconut.
Chirp! Chirp!..I mean, YUM YUM! LOL!
Hugs!
Buzzn Bee |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17061 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17061 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2012 : 12:36:12 PM
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Oh gosh! what a great idea!
it's getting that time of year when I start amping up the bird feeders and your "Duh moment" is way more cost effective then buying the store bought stuff.
Koolieo!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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