Episode 35 Fat - Liquid Gold

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Listen to "035 Fat - Liquid Gold" on Spreaker.

 


Link to the Episode:

Episode 35 Fat - Liquid Gold

Pictures I got myself from the Boucherie I get to go to! Lard!

A ham from a modern boutique raised lard hog:

Lard cut for rendering:

A giant pile of delicious, salty cracklins from rendering the lard - and a piggy tail... because.

Suet & Tallow - no longer my photos

The suet - particularly hard fat that cushions kidneys - this is from a calf

Grated and Rendered Tallow - not hard to find even in these modern times:




Tallow Candle - notoriously drippy when burning
and squishy in the summer

Though off by an entire century - The Queen Victoria messup with the Tallow Candles is from Season 1 - Episode 1 of the Lush Costume Drama.  Irreverent Recap here: Bow Down
IMDb Info

Cod Livers - available in Northern Europe - even today!


Fun experiments in Viking Lamps with cod liver oil 
at University of Victoria - Canada


Guess What?
(it rhymes)


Here is a plucked chicken so you can see that fatty deposit known as the 
Pope's or Parson's Nose


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