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- From: Alan.Holmes@brunel.ac.uk (Alan J Holmes)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
- Subject: Re: What is Suet??
- Message-ID: <BzprFD.A61@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 13:14:01 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.140105.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu> <alanb.724986941@cheque.uq.oz.au> <1992Dec22.163309.2533@sunova.ssc.gov>
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- In article <1992Dec22.163309.2533@sunova.ssc.gov> jbaron@higgs.ssc.gov (Jeff Baron) writes:
- >Alan Barlow POP a/c writes:
- >-
- >- I had the same problem a week ago. Suet is hard animal fat. The easiest
- >- place to get it from is a butchers. Try to get it already grated if you
- >- can otherwise it can be a real hassle trying to get th fat off the
- >- membranes that surround it.
- >
- >Actually, it's not hard at all. Dump the fat into a large pot,
- >and heat it slowly. After a fair while, you can pour off the
- >rendered fat, and throw the membrane away.
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- The suet used in a Christmas pudding would be minced and used raw.
- Not rendered first, suet rendered is usually used for roasting.
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- Regards
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- Alan Holmes
-