On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:55:54 -0700, shirley sommers  
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks , I will ask one of my processors were I get meat for our 9  
>  raw-fed GSDs.
> Any idea how much pork fat I should get ???????? Sounds  like a wierd  
> question  but I have no idea where to start.
2-3 pounds makes a good batch to start with.  You get about a pint jar of  
lard per
pound of fat scraps.  Make sure they're high quality and not full of  
connective
tissue.

I've made pemmican using the rendered pork fat.  It was delicious, but  
never
really hardened up.  I put it in a jar and ate with a spoon.  Properly,  
pemmican
should be made with beef or buffalo fat so it will hold its shape.  You  
would
render it the same way.

	Lynnet