[Homestead] Preparing your homestead
Robert Walton
waltonrp at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 15:59:02 EDT 2008
> A couple years ago I played around with beef tallow candles. I
> triple-rendered it (boil it with water, let it harden, scrape the dirt
> off, change water and reboil until clean). Tallow alone is soft and
> burns quickly, but I mixed in a little bit of beeswax and it made
> beautifully-long-burning, almost smoke-free candles.
That is very good to know.
Rob - Va
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