Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Flipping through a soap-making book at the bookstore, the author goes into great detail and instructions on rendering tallow. ALL her recipes include tallow. Is this for real?? Do you have to use tallow (OMG!) to make soap?? There is no WAY I'm going to melt beef fat with water, and, oh, the whole thing just sounds so gross!! Soapmakers....say it ain't so!! What do you substitute for tallow? I thought soaps were made with palm oil, coconut oil, fats of that nature. Christy BOTANICAL AROMATICS My Company in the Making _______________ Looking to buy a house? Get informed with the Home Buying Guide from MSN House & Home. http://coldwellbanker.msn.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Well, It is a personal preference type of thing. A lot of the soap you buy at the store has tallow in it. So, it really isn't anything you probably haven't used before. But, to answer your question, no, you do not have to use tallow. Just get veggie oils like olive, coconut, palm, palm kernal etc... Rendering tallow is only gross if you let it be. For me, I grew up with using every part of the beef we raised. So, i don't find it gross at all. The smell is overpowering sometimes, but I use the wood stove in the garage to do it, so it isn't bad at all. All my customers love my soap whether it is tallow or vegan. Hope this helps.. Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Hi Christy: I make " some " tallow soaps and have rendered my own beef and buffalo tallow. It's not that gross to me but I just put my fat in my large crock pot, set it on low and it does it all by itself, no water, nothing. When it's done (melted), I just pour it into a jelly bag over a container that I can freeze and that won't melt from the hot tallow, and that's it. If it doesn't look like it's strained well enough, I just repeat the straining part and it's done ! Tallow makes a wonderfully hard soap with little or no effort for me. Lard is more " conditioning " to me and is readily available just about anywhere if you want to just buy it. I rendered my own pork fat for the lard and it was simple doing it the crock pot way too. HTH, Jenn in Oregon - Christy Greenway Oils_Herbs_Etc Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:21 AM Using tallow to make soap???? ALL her recipes include tallow. Is this for real?? Do you have to use tallow (OMG!) to make soap?? What do you substitute for tallow? I thought soaps were made with palm oil, coconut oil, fats of that nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Hi Christy! I make nearly all my soaps with tallow or lard and I render my own tallow and lard too! But you don't have to. You certainly can make soap with vegetable shortening, palm, coconut or any number of vegetable oils. I just prefer them with tallow. :-D Kelly Beers - " Christy Greenway " <fufuno1 <Oils_Herbs_Etc > Sunday, June 06, 2004 12:21 PM Using tallow to make soap???? > Flipping through a soap-making book at the bookstore, the author goes into > great detail and instructions on rendering tallow. ALL her recipes > include tallow. Is this for real?? Do you have to use tallow (OMG!) > to make soap?? > > There is no WAY I'm going to melt beef fat with water, and, oh, the whole > thing just sounds so gross!! Soapmakers....say it ain't so!! > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.698 / Virus Database: 455 - Release 6/2/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Hi Chirsty, Tallow is a preference thing. I haven't ever used it since I like to use vegetable and nut oil and then superfat with shea butter. I have heard from tallow soapers that it makes a very moisturizing bar though, so might be similar to bars made with shea butter, both are very similar in their chemical make up. Steric acid content etc... If you are going to make soap and want non tallow recipes then Susan Miller Cavitch's book is a good one with lots of good recipes. Margaret www.naturalindulgences.com Shea Butter Soaps & Skin Care > >Flipping through a soap-making book at the bookstore, the author goes into >great detail and instructions on rendering tallow. ALL her recipes >include tallow. Is this for real?? Do you have to use tallow (OMG!) >to make soap?? > >There is no WAY I'm going to melt beef fat with water, and, oh, the whole >thing just sounds so gross!! Soapmakers....say it ain't so!! > >What do you substitute for tallow? I thought soaps were made with palm >oil, coconut oil, fats of that nature. > > > >Christy >BOTANICAL AROMATICS >My Company in the Making _______________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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