Subj : Animal Fat was: Brisket
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Oct 01 2022 12:12:44

Hi Dave,

 DD> mark. And they (my maternal grandparents) had a farm where cattle,
 DD> pigs and chickens were raised as meat animals (eggs, too, from the
 DD> chooks).

 RH> Farmer's wives can usually cook almost anything out of what's
 RH> grown/raised on the farm. (G)

 DD> It's a survival skill.

Not limited to farmer's wives. Before Steve went in the Army, we were
living on $500./month and about $75. worth of food stamps. This was for
a family of 4 in the early 1980s. Trailer payments & lot rent came to
about $150./month, plus power but no water bill as we were on a well.
Cooking was very low budget, lots of meatless (but complimentary
protein) meals. Yes, it was tight but we never went hungry.


 RH> I've used bacon fat and lard, even refined our own one year when we
 RH> bought a pig & had it cut up. OTOH, I've not really worked with beef
 RH> fat (tallow) so it will be interesting to try.

 DD> Have fun. Here is one of the favourite thing my grandmother made with
 DD> suet (after mincemeat pie).

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Johnny Bull (Suet) Pudding
 DD>  Categories: Puddings, Beef, Fruits, Desserts, Sauces
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

 RH> I've read about suet pudding before, first time I've seen a recipe for
 RH> it. I'd probably make the hard sauce without the brandy tho.

 DD> The alcohol cooks out. You could also use brandy extract (McCormick or
 DD> Watkins) which can be had non-alcoholic.

It's also the taste; we'd rather go with something like a vanilla
flavoring.


 DD> Here's another in the same line which calls out brandy extract in the
 DD> ingredients list. It also shows the ratio of extract to the real stuff
 DD> as 1:3.


 DD>       Title: Old Fashioned Bread Pudding w/Brandy Hard Sauce
 DD>  Categories: Desserts, Pudding, Breads, Fruits, Booze
 DD>       Yield: 1 Servings

Haven't made bread pudding in years! Our bread crusts (from the home
made) go into bread crumbs, for commercial bread, eaten. We've been
buying more bread over the last year or so as my health hasn't been the
greatest (not feeling like making bread). Boughten bread is usually
Wegman's whole wheat loaf bread & their artisnal miche brote. The latter
is very similar to one we got in Germany; it's a mixed grain (but no
corn) sourdough.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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