Episode 108: How to Make Wild Game Soap

Justin and the crew chat with Kassi Smith about making your own soap from wild game fat. The discuss step by step harvesting fat, storing fat, the soap making process, aging whole deer, processing your own chickens, rooster testicles, and so much more! - Leave a Review for a chance to win a hat! - Love our content? Buy us a cup of coffee to say thanks! - Learn to Cook Wilder with the Harvesting Nature Supper Club’s cooking classes   Special Guest: Kassi Smith: Kassi was introduced to fishing and shooting as a child in Washington and started hunting years later while in graduate school in Idaho. She now lives in Colorado and enjoys all of what the west has to offer.  Visit Kassi on IG: @thefrontfortyfarm  Show Notes: Justin whitetail hunting with the family  Reviewer gets a hat! Updates from Collin - he got an Elk! Stay tuned for his Adventures for Food episode about the hunt Introducing Kassi Bouncing around the west  CO chapter of BHA board member Women in the Woods Kassi's season so far More waterfowl hunting opportunities  Waterfowl frustrations Out of state opportunities What's in Kassi's freezer? Where to find the good stuff Dry aged whole deer  Weird bits of chicken Rooster testicles, feet, and head Pigs and deer processing is very different  Roasted pig head Roasted moose head What you can eat on a head Jesse Griffith's "The Hog Book" Head cheese How Kassi got into wild game soap making  Animal fat and potash Soap is simple: lye and fat Saponification  Fight Club! Treat it like chopping onions Making soap from elk fat How much fat is needed? Getting the fat from the rump Storing and cleaning the fat Everglade soap Rendering the fat Adding other oils How long does the soap last? Adding scents Fat for candles  SAVE YOUR FAT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices