Beef dripping

[QUOTE=Artichoke;894260]Called Nortech Foods and spoke to the woman in Quality Control, Leanne, who is going to find out as much as she can about the cattle the dripping comes from and get back to me.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that!

Just an FYI folks, rendered beef fat is called tallow, pig fat is lard, dripping would be what you would have if you had a hunk of meat roasting on a rack in the oven and caught the dripping meat juices and fat in a tray below.
It tends to be softer and more flavorsome than pure rendered fat, at least it does when I make it.

In theory all good sources of fat, though I wouldn't buy it if it has been hydrogenated. To be honest I just wouldn't but lard, tallow or dripping as it is so easy to make your own and it tastes better :-)

Misabi in the UK we can buy 500g blocks of beef dripping in supermarkets.

[QUOTE=Artichoke;895291]Misabi in the UK we can buy 500g blocks of beef dripping in supermarkets.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, we can get tubs of lard & dripping cheap here too. But as I said before, how it's been processed would concern me...
And as dripping is the by product of roasting a big hunk of delicious meat, why not do it at home and then have both to enjoy :D

I can't vouch for this being scientific fact, but it's similar to what I've read in other places: [url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/lard-the-new-health-food]Lard: The New Health Food? | Food & Wine[/url]

Our dripping from the fat the comes out of mutton flaps, pigs heads and rolled roasts.

[QUOTE=Artichoke;888645]You made me curious so I called the manufacturer but the Quality Control person is on vacation this week so I will call next week as I was told she can tell me exactly where the dripping comes from in Uk and how it's made.[/QUOTE]

Any response? I see many versions of this is supermarket but I am not interested if it is processed, thanks

[QUOTE=JonnyH;888547]Hi
So how does the beef dripping in the link below look as a good fat source to cook with or just eat?

[url=http://livingintheiceage.pjgh.co.uk/2012/01/britannia-beef-dripping.html]living in the ice age: Britannia Beef Dripping[/url]

It’s very cheap in our supermarket, my only concern is whether the fat is from grain fed cattle, if it is then is it still ok?
I thought it’s the fat from non-organic meat that is bad for us.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

The Britannia looks a bit white. AFAIK, beef dripping from real grass-fed animals is yellowish in colour, because of the carotenoids in it. Is grain-fed fat a problem and why? Depends who you ask, I guess. One take on it:

[url=http://www.westonaprice.org/farm-a-ranch/splendor-from-the-grass]Splendor From the Grass - Weston A Price Foundation[/url]

Less intensively farmed is always better. AFAIK, Britain is better than the U.S. in that respect, and you can always buy organic, which should be cleaner but will cost more.


Anyway, possible alternatives -- you are paying more for all these, though:

[url=http://www.laverstokepark.co.uk/Pies-Quiches-Stocks/Laverstoke-Park-Farm/Beef-Dripping-400g_ct483bd190pd1848.htm]Beef Dripping - 400g | Laverstoke Park Farm | Laverstoke Park Farm[/url]

[url=http://www.devonrose.com/shop/beef/offal-fats/devon-tender-beef-dripping.html]Devon Rose Beef | Offal & Fats | Devon Tender Beef Dripping[/url]

[url=http://onlineshop.rothervalleyorganics.com/highgrove-beef-dripping---450g-pack-72-p.asp]Rother Valley Organics : Free Range Organic Produce Direct from the Farm[/url]


I guess hardcore primals would render fat themselves at home.

EDIT:

Oh, I'd missed that: Devon Rose sells beef suet. Suet is the fat from round the kidneys and loins, and traditionally the most prized of all.

[url]http://www.devonrose.com/shop/beef/offal-fats/devon-tender-beef-suet-important-informationplease-click-this-link.html[/url]

I have just located this place online. Looks like I will be making my first purchase :-)

[url=http://www.yorkfoods.com.au/grassfed]York Foods | Since 1935[/url]

[QUOTE=TARNIP;901193]I have just located this place online. Looks like I will be making my first purchase :-)

[url=http://www.yorkfoods.com.au/grassfed]York Foods | Since 1935[/url][/QUOTE]

Now that is cool. :-)


This looks good, too:

[QUOTE]Pork Lard is made from selected fat from within a prime Australian swine[/QUOTE]

[url=http://www.yorkfoods.com.au/porklard]York Foods | Since 1935[/url]

Just the thing to fry eggs in.

[QUOTE=Misabi;895251]Just an FYI folks, rendered beef fat is called tallow, pig fat is lard, dripping would be what you would have if you had a hunk of meat roasting on a rack in the oven and caught the dripping meat juices and fat in a tray below.
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I couldn't imagine buying 'drippings' from a store. Where the heck would it come from? Restaurant waste, like biodiesel grease?? Industrial food production assembly lines??

After poking around a bit online, it seems that packaged dripping is more like tallow. Rendered, refined, etc. Not like homemade drippings from cooking meat. Maybe people just don't like the idea of buying tallow, so it's sold as homey old-fashioned drippings.