Mary wrote: > I found a market called Gene's Market in Saratoga which caters to an upscale > clientele and they will order it if you ask them. During December, many > people make mincemeat pie and other traditional dishes which require suet, > that's the easiest time to get it. It comes already ground up!! Mary > > You could also order it from Lasaters grass fed beef, but that's an > expensive route. I called them! They told me they didn't have it. But, Whole Foods told me they could order it (from a place in Yuma). So I'm hopefull there. > Does anyone know of any other holiday where there are traditional dishes > made from suet? That would be a good time to go out looking. > > Also, just befriend your local butcher shop, he will have suet aplenty as he > is cutting up sides of beef almost every day. But in this case, do you mean specifically the kidney fat? Some places just hand me beef fat and say, "that's suet -- be happy". WRONG.