>Tallow is *not* just rendered or refined beef fat. It is properly used to
>refer to the fatty tissue of animals, or the harder fat of sheep, cattle and
>other animals separated by melting. The word is also used to refer to fatty
>substances in general, such as vegetable tallow.
>
>
>--
>Peter Aitken


So then there isn't a specific term for rendered beef fat? (Lard is always pork
fat but tallow isn't always beef fat) Interesting *laughs*


Barb Anne