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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Health => Topic started by: Techydude on January 14, 2011, 09:53:07 am
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I'm interested in buying some grass-fed beef suet/tallow. But the thing is i'm trying to wrap my mind around this...How do you eat it?
Does it have to be melted? Or do you just chew it? Or...I dunno xD
Can someone who's eaten tallow/suet explain?
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I take it out of the vacuum-sealed plastic and put it in paper bags (otherwise it quickly becomes mildewy--especially if kept in the fridge) and store it in a kitchen cabinet lined with what looks like waterproof shelf paper lining that someone gave me. It dries a little in the paper and is deodorized. When it really goes well, it even develops a hint of cinnamon flavor. However, if it starts out overly moist it doesn't dry as well or taste quite as good. Then I slice it into chunks and slivers and chew it. The longer I chew it, the more enjoyable it becomes. I think the saliva must interact with it and further improve the flavor somehow. Sometimes I chop it further into tiny chunks and mix it directly with meat. Sometimes I render it into tallow, but that isn't "raw Paleo", of course. Lex Rooker provided instructions in this forum on how to make the tallow. Properly heated tallow tastes too burnt to me, so I don't heat it as high, which means I don't get all the fatty acids out of the discarded leftover hard "cracklings", but I don't worry about that because I get fat from plenty of raw suet, marrow, eggs, and ground meats too--and lately avocados.
I only like 100% grassfed suet. I don't care for the taste and texture of the grain-finished stuff at the supermarket, which contains much more connective tissue and odd brown patches. I've never liked the supermarket suet.
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Phil has a good method. I eat it straight occasionally, but most often chop it into little bits and mix it with meat. It's quite easy for me to find suet from grass fed/finished cattle for cheap, so I buy it often and stockpile it in case the doomsayers are right and we fall on lean times.
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100% grassfed suet makes me feel better than any other food, but I also make sure to eat soft fats too, like marrow and egg yolks, because they digest more easily, though I actually prefer the taste of suet. I haven't acquired a taste for marrow yet, despite most people saying that it tastes much better to them. Maybe it's because I don't air out the marrow. Perhaps I'll try that. The marrow fat I buy also is not 100% grassfed, though it is mostly pasture-fed.
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I just chew on suet and try to bite the kidney inside (so much fun). I'm too lazy to make tallow I guess
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Or if your suet is pretty dry and crappy to chew in your mouth, you can slice off pieces and warm them(low) until they soften up and get moist. Then put some spice or whatever you want on the top and have some fat-snacks.. or eat it with a piece of meat. It goes down a lot nicer like this