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« on: October 14, 2011, 11:31:13 pm »

This evening when I was boneing out a sow that we had caught, I decided to render some fat. I took a double hand full of fat and cut it into small pieces. Then I put the fat in a pot full of water and boiled it for at least an hour, adding water as needed.

 Then I poured it all into my cast iron skillet and let the remaining water cook out and then it started to fry. I put it on a low fire and constantly stirred it. I now have about two cups of lard and some fat cracklins.



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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 11:36:12 pm »

mmmm i aint never had that but it looks good
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 11:38:11 pm »

Looks good to me!!!
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 11:40:44 pm »

This evening when I was boneing out a sow that we had caught, I decided to render some fat. I took a double hand full of fat and cut it into small pieces. Then I put the fat in a pot full of water and boiled it for at least an hour, adding water as needed.

 Then I poured it all into my cast iron skillet and let the remaining water cook out and then it started to fry. I put it on a low fire and constantly stirred it. I now have about two cups of lard and some fat cracklins.





They sell them for $.99 at the gas station. Save yourself some time kiddo.  Wink

Just teasing. Thank you for sharing.
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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 12:00:12 am »

Well I learn by trial and error. I should have let it render a little longer. There is a little too much fat left in the cracklins. Oh well they were free and Im sure we will get some more.  Wink  But the little pieces are ok, its just the big ones that need to cook a little longer.
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« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2011, 12:55:42 am »

looks real good Mrs Dinah... I have been eatin the he!! out of cracklins scince my surgery Cheesy they are about the only snack food I can deal with.
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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2011, 08:41:13 am »

looks real good Mrs Dinah... I have been eatin the he!! out of cracklins scince my surgery Cheesy they are about the only snack food I can deal with.

What did you start at before the surgery?  What's the scale say today?
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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2011, 09:27:16 am »

down home southern gal right there. made my mouth water!!!
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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2011, 11:14:45 am »

cracklin corn bread.MMMMMMM  goood
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2011, 11:33:23 am »

That looks delicious!! I love cracklings but have never had them fresh.  I will have to try my hand at it - how long do you boil it for? 

I am a huge fan of salt pork and the rines....mmmmmm but cracklin corn bread makes my stomach turn  Tongue
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« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2011, 11:52:26 am »

That looks delicious!! I love cracklings but have never had them fresh.  I will have to try my hand at it - how long do you boil it for? 

I am a huge fan of salt pork and the rines....mmmmmm but cracklin corn bread makes my stomach turn  Tongue

I let it boil while supper was cooking ...so probably about 45 minutes. I think that boiling the fat helps to soften it so that it renders easily.
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« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2011, 03:05:13 pm »

Whew Wee. We need to have this TOPIS PINNED at the top and used as a refference and ave everybody add some recipes like his cood be a cookbook or something to raise money for LSWDA!
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« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2011, 03:09:57 pm »


 I think that a feral hog cook book would be great. A lot of people kill them and leave them lay, but maybe they would try it if they found a recipe that they liked. Ive been cooking it for 21 years so I have a few recipes.  Grin
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« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2011, 03:25:55 pm »

East Texas Hog Doggers Sweetheart - MRS. Dinah's Wild HAWG Dawgin CooK Book to benefit the LSWDA in order to CHAMPION hunting dogs rights!

You cold even have a contest to accept submissions of other entries and the winnrs could get a free cookbook and some other stuff maybe Cutter will come be a cheer leader if we get you a cooking show next to Paula Dean. Then yo could have some guest appearances of the Ward family bringing wild caught EMU and mountain oysters!

Who else?
Crockpot curs? would be a good question what will be in the menu kinda like road kill?

yeah I better go clean kennels, before I get to stupid.
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« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2011, 03:30:03 pm »

East Texas Hog Doggers Sweetheart - MRS. Dinah's Wild HAWG Dawgin CooK Book to benefit the LSWDA in order to CHAMPION hunting dogs rights!

You cold even have a contest to accept submissions of other entries and the winnrs could get a free cookbook and some other stuff maybe Cutter will come be a cheer leader if we get you a cooking show next to Paula Dean. Then yo could have some guest appearances of the Ward family bringing wild caught EMU and mountain oysters!

Who else?
Crockpot curs? would be a good question what will be in the menu kinda like road kill?

yeah I better go clean kennels, before I get to stupid.

lol mrs dinah you already know who would give dessert recipes  Wink
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« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2011, 04:12:18 pm »

East Texas Hog Doggers Sweetheart - MRS. Dinah's Wild HAWG Dawgin CooK Book to benefit the LSWDA in order to CHAMPION hunting dogs rights!

You cold even have a contest to accept submissions of other entries and the winnrs could get a free cookbook and some other stuff maybe Cutter will come be a cheer leader if we get you a cooking show next to Paula Dean. Then yo could have some guest appearances of the Ward family bringing wild caught EMU and mountain oysters!

Who else?
Crockpot curs? would be a good question what will be in the menu kinda like road kill?

yeah I better go clean kennels, before I get to stupid.

 Lmao! Im too mean to be a sweetheart but I think a hawg dawgin cook book is a great idea! I bet there are a whole lot of people on here willing to give out their secret recipes to help LSWDA. We could keep it country, you know the kind of food that you cant get in the city.  Smiley  Might have to see who we could get to publish it at a decent price. Hmmmmmm....
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2011, 04:13:03 pm »

East Texas Hog Doggers Sweetheart - MRS. Dinah's Wild HAWG Dawgin CooK Book to benefit the LSWDA in order to CHAMPION hunting dogs rights!

You cold even have a contest to accept submissions of other entries and the winnrs could get a free cookbook and some other stuff maybe Cutter will come be a cheer leader if we get you a cooking show next to Paula Dean. Then yo could have some guest appearances of the Ward family bringing wild caught EMU and mountain oysters!

Who else?
Crockpot curs? would be a good question what will be in the menu kinda like road kill?

yeah I better go clean kennels, before I get to stupid.

lol mrs dinah you already know who would give dessert recipes  Wink

YES SIREEE!  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2011, 07:55:37 pm »

CHICHARRONES!!!!!! MMMMMMMM
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« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2011, 08:25:55 pm »

Well I learn by trial and error. I should have let it render a little longer. There is a little too much fat left in the cracklins. Oh well they were free and Im sure we will get some more.  Wink  But the little pieces are ok, its just the big ones that need to cook a little longer.

DJ,

As a kid I remember how we got the majority of the oil out of the cracklins.

We used a clean toe sack to strain the hot greasy out.

We cut an old broom stick in half and on each end of the sack we made 2 holes which will make a total of 4 holes.

We then weaved the 2 broom stick handles through the holes and we spread open the sack.

We scooped the cracklins out when they were ready and piled them on the sack.

One person scooping and piling them and 2 persons working the sack.

One person would twist the broom stick and sack to the left and the other person twisted the other direction and this squeezed out the majority of the oil into a large container.
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« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2011, 08:31:54 pm »


good stuff right there. Takes a few times to get right, but well worth it in the end.
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