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Default How to render chicken fat?

On Sat, 3 May 2014 07:51:56 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> On Friday, May 2, 2014 9:17:22 PM UTC-7, sf wrote:
> > I've done it different ways, but tonight I tried doing it in a tall
> >
> > narrow pot with the cover on... oh, yes - that's the way to do it.
> >
> > I'm at the point where it's just bubbling (making a lot of noise, not
> >
> > changing color), so it's seems to be done rendering but is it?
> >

>
> The Splendid Table has this advice:
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> http://www.splendidtable.org/story/how-to-make-schmaltz


Thanks, that's almost exactly the way Janet does it. I've made 4 or 5
small batches over the last year and never put water in it. Seems to
me like a lot of fat would be "spitting" out of the pot. The other
thing I haven't done is cut the skin into pieces. I'll try that next
time. Thanks!


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