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Processing Cow Femur
wolfsire:
Processing Cow Femur
I bought a couple of cow- probably steer- femurs yesterday to make into some bone knives. As at least half of the money went into the joints, and the pair cost me about $30 at about $1.50/lb, I want to get the most I can out of them. I had the joints in a big pot simmering low all night. Because they are so big, I think they will be simmering tonight too.
I figure I can get stock. Maybe I can make that into bone glue. Would that just be filtering and simmering low, being careful not to hard boil, until almost all the water is gone?
I figure I can get fat. Is there something I can use to improve the smell and or prevent rancidity? Something girly. This is for my wife. I though I would rub and heat the fat back into the knife, maybe mix it with bees wax.
I figure I can get marrow. Yummy. Recipes would be appreciated.
I might be able to get a point or two out of the joints, but I'm guessing probably not, wrong shape and weakened by the long heat and coligin extraction.
For the middle sections, I plan on only giving them a quick boil to cook the non-bone bits before scraping them off, so as to keep in the coligin. I know bone dust is dangerous, so I'll cover my eyes, nose and mouth when cutting and grinding.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
mullet:
Knox is easier if you want the glue, and probally equal to or better quality. I just pick the bones up from the dead cows, I never had to buy them.
Justin Snyder:
Find a local butcher. They kill a lot of cows and throw away a lot of bones. You can usually pick up all you want for free. Justin
wolfsire:
No dead cows. This WAS the local butcher. Aparentely there is a demand by big dog for the femurs, they had it priced out. Here LV there are some cattle, but not much. Tried to get some sinew too, but no luck.
El Destructo:
next time you need bone......you just email me......I live in Texas Cattle Country..........I can most likely get all you want form the Slaughterhouses....
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