Encyclopedia > Tallow

  Article Content

Tallow

Tallow is rendered beef or mutton fat (suet).

Unlike suet, tallow can be stored for extended periods without refrigeration, provided it is kept in an airtight container[?] to prevent oxidation.

It is used to make soap, for cooking, as a bird food, and was once used for making candles.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
1904

... jet pioneer November 30 - Clyfford Still, painter Deaths: January 20 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic table May 19 - ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 23 ms