Fat Density

[quietwatersfarm]

"Fat density is generally due to diet. Aside from kidney fat, I've not seen significant hardness differences throughout the animals"

Read this on another forum.

I have to say that it is not the case in my experience.

Thoughts?.....

[DiggingDogFarm]

It's also not the case in my experience.




~Martin

[Dogfish]

Not in my experience. Caul fat is gelatinous; back fat is hard; belly fat is softer; kidney fat is very hard.

[vagreys]

Nope. Not only are they different, but they have different melting points. Intramuscular fat is vastly different from back fat, and I've noticed there are two layers of back fat that are different from one another.

[yotmon]

On a beef steer, i could tell the difference between pieces of fat and tell you exactly which part of the animal it had come from. Fat from the neck would look and feel different from hindquarter fat. Kidney fat (suet) would be dry and crumbly whereas the 'pap' fat from the fold below the rump would be soft and creamy. The poorest fat would come from the brisket and would feel waxy. I believe that if you took 4-5 pieces of fat from certain parts of the body and cooked them the same way, they would all have a different texture.

yotmon.