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Thanks for all the replies!! We had great success and got about 6-7 lbs of clean white/cream colored tallow. :) Kate

My husband and made our first batch of soap last night! Just pulled them out of the molds about a half hour ago and I think they look pretty good. They still seem a little harsh though. And pretty soft so we'll see what curing does to them. I love the color of them. :) moved to photo...

Great!! Thanks so much for the help everybody!! I love how helpful and awesome everyone on the forum is! :) :) Kate

Awesome! So I can substitute it equally? I'm wanting to do my first batch and the only sweet almond oils in my area are in small quantities for not too cheap haha. It's cheaper to buy the almond oil until I can get my recipe how I like and start ordering stuff online. :) Kate

Is there a difference in it for soapmaking? Kate

Thanks ladies!! Ok well it isn't bad then. But I'm with you angelmomma it is making me nauseous. ;) I guess we'll see how it turns out haha. Wish me luck!! Kate

Ok I need help hahahaha I went to the butcher today and got some suet. I've never seen it, besides fresh from butchering deer. It smells kinda gross how do I know if its good or not?? :o haha is it supposed to smell or I guess does it have a smell. I wouldn't think that fat would smell good but...

Thank you for the input angelmomma! That's a good to know for future reference and I can make the best recipe! :) Farmgirl; I'm not sure. This is my first batch so I haven't even done it yet. Maybe you didn't have enough water in it? I'm about to research how to. :) Thank you candybee...

I tweaked my tallow recipe and I like this one better. :) Kate

Thanks Kansas farm girl!! That's what I keep seeing is people, will do blind tests and most everyone is preferable to the AO soaps. I'm actually from Kansas!! :) I live in Virginia right now but that's where I consider home. Kate

Is this a good recipe? I was just playing around. I also have an all vegetable one. But I want to swap out something for the palm any help on that maybe? Kate

Thank you Heartsong!! That's very kind of you to share a recipe! :) I'll have to look up the whole process of actually making the soap haha. I've just been reading and researching before I try it yet! Do you discount the water for the coconut milk? I was actually looking that up earlier...

Wow that's pretty awesome candybee!!! I keep reading different threads on the form here and that's what I'm seeing, is people really love to use the lard and tallow. I can't wait to figure out my basic soap recipe for tallow. I've found a pretty good vegetable one, though I want to tweak it to...

Wow!! Thanks everyone!! I'm not sure how to reply to specific people on here but I appreciate all the thoughts, encouragement and experiences! That's good to hear everyone's reception and your right, I'm doing this mainly for family and close friends and if other people want it too.:) But it's...

Cool! Can't wait to hear how it turns out in the end! :D

@mr_dove Thanks for the input! I've just seen read lots of things where people won't use anything with tallow or lard in it and some even going so far as to not use anything you make because you have other products that have animal products in them. I was just wondering how people respond to...

Im sure this has its own thread somewhere but I'm new here so i thought I'd just ask. :) One thing that I don't understand is why people are so anti-tallow and lard. I’ll be rendering fat from a butcher near me and the only fat that I receive is from organic, grass-fed, HAPPY cows and pigs...

Awesome! I'm gonna have to go with bacon too haha I bet it smells wonderful! :) Kate

Really pretty! Love to see the changes it made. Too cool! :) Kate