Also, urgent question:

[conuly]

What should I make for Thanksgiving?

What are you all making for Thanksgiving (or, if you don't do Thanksgiving, for your next big winter event that everybody comes to)?

I want to outdo myself. I probably won't, but I want to try.

Comments

[acelightning]

I love Townsends! I watch every video as soon as I get the notification :-)

You don't need kidney fat for making soap, though; any animal fat, or possibly even a mixture from different animals, will do (if you're using animal fat, of course).

You may certainly add me! I don't post very much myself - I use my journals to read and respond to other people, mostly - but I think you sound interesting too :-)

[gatheringrivers]

I don't need kidney fat for soap, you're right - but I DO need it for pemmican. :) According to Townsends, it's particularly solid at "room temperature", something the regular muscle fat really isn't.

And thank you! I just got done adding you so you're all set to peruse my posts. :)

[acelightning]

That's interesting, because leaf lard at room temperature is still pretty soft. Although I think Townsend's is talking about 18th-century "room temperature", which would usually be cooler than what we consider normal, unless the weather was exceptionally hot.

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