I know someone who uses/has used raccoon grease.wondering if coon fat could make good tallow? got another one today and was looking at the fat I scrapped off on the fleshing board. might have to break out the roaster and try it!
I thought I read somewhere once that the fat from beaver tails was rendered into a fine oil for use on gunscome to think of it, I got some beaver fat also.
It seems to me that coon fat would render down into something very much like bear oil. No it won't make tallow but it would be usable as a lubricant...........watch yer top knot...........wondering if coon fat could make good tallow? got another one today and was looking at the fat I scrapped off on the fleshing board. might have to break out the roaster and try it!
. I found jars of beef and bison tallow at a grocery store the other day and I'm curious as to what the difference is, other than the $1.00 difference between the two. )
It seems to me that coon fat would render down into something very much like bear oil. No it won't make tallow but it would be usable as a lubricant...........watch yer top knot...........
Uhm, you might wanna check on that,,Coon and bear are in the same family.
When I was younger we called them good eating. I always liked them par boiled and then fried . take the juice from boiling and make gravy with home made biscuits. I miss those days.Different family. But the Dutch name for "raccoon" is "wash bear" (wasbeer).
In this area we call them "Trash Pandas"
My tallow is kept in the freeze. I have small tin about the size of shoe polish can that I refill. Now like I said years ago when I was young we kept a stand of lard in the ketchen. It was use for baking and frying everything. To my knowledge it was used up before it went bad. I do know the biscuits were very good. The deer tallow I made worked good this year even though the temp. got below freezing. I used a short starter but after it was in the barrel it went down ok.I am nor sure about coon. I've made patch lube from rendered beaver fat and beeswax. It went rancid within about 8 months. The last batch I made was with beeswax, grape seed oil and a little Murphy's Oil soap. The Murphy's Oil Soap froths up the mixture nicely. We need patch lube to me a little thin for hunting below freezing in the winter.
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