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Title: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: Techydude on February 17, 2011, 09:19:16 pm

I heard that tallow is rendered suet? But i've also heard it vise versa where people say suet is rendered tallow. Isn't rendering melting something to get it and form it into something else? Wouldn't that involve cooking? I don't know. Can someone tell me: Is suet or tallow truly raw and uncooked or unheated?

Title: Re: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: TylerDurden on February 17, 2011, 09:42:01 pm

Suet is raw, tallow is rendered.

Title: Re: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: Sitting Coyote on February 18, 2011, 04:34:09 am

Geoff (Handle:  TylerDurden) is correct.  Suet is unheated, tallow has been heated and processed.

Title: Re: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: CitrusHigh on February 18, 2011, 05:10:51 am

suet is num nums!

Title: Re: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: moringa82 on May 25, 2014, 01:05:01 am

Quote from: Sitting Coyote on February 18, 2011, 04:34:09 am

Suet is unheated, tallow has been heated and processed.

so basically suet is more healthier because it was not exposed to heat, right?

Title: Re: Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?
Post by: edmon171 on May 25, 2014, 10:12:52 am

presumably, yes. Some would argue that animal fats are unaffected up to their smoke-point temperature, but there is more than just fat in suet, there is a cellular structure and tissue with proteins. If any of this makes it into the tallow or lard, for sure it is bad. Also you don't know if the tallow has been overheated unless you rendered it yourself. From my experience, I notice a big difference in taste between tallow and the fat in suet. The suet tastes much cleaner and healthier, the tallow has a toasted aroma. I would assume the fats in rendered tallow are damaged, unless someone knows for sure one way or the other.