Roosevelt Standard | 1924-12-03 | Page 8 | Save Fat Obtained from Cooking Different Meat

save fat obtained from cooking different meat meal care used in saving and caring for all fat obtained from cooking meat in the homo home will save many a dollar which otherwise would have to be spent for butter lard or other cooking fats fats derived from the cooking of bacon ham chicken beef and other meats should be kept each in its own receptacle to be used tor for different purposes household specialists in the united stat states department of agriculture say an old fashioned method of 0 clarifying fat from the soup kettle or from s cooked meats so that it may be used in the kitchen Is to ad adl the cold fat to lo a liberal quantity of cold water olen hent slowly and let cook for an hour or more when cold the cake of fat Is removed and the lower portion which will contain the small particles of meat should be scraped away and the white vil lite clean fat saved it if the flavor or color or both are not satisfactory the process may be repeated leeral times another method often recommended Is to cook a number of slices of raw potato in the boiling fat when an tee ice chest Is used fat in small quantities may easily be kept hept sweet for cooking purposes if lard Is rendered at home in quantity sufficient for a long time it should be kept covered in tin tins or earthen eart lien lars jars in a cool ary place as in a cellar or storeroom