Dahila
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soapmaker, I am in Canada too, it is tough to find tallow, I get 20 pound of tallow from butcher on markets, is already minced so I just render it, it is pretty easy
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Lin19687
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You know I forgot that you all up there may have Butchers that would sell the Tallow.
I don't have many butchers around here anymore. But then again I don't use Tallow.
I don't have many butchers around here anymore. But then again I don't use Tallow.
Yes, I used to render my own when I first started soapmaking 14 years ago. But I stopped because I thought to sell people were going to want vegan which is so prevalent now. Now that I am established in my area I would like to have a lard tallow selection and see how it goes. I have asked around but I haven't found a place that would sell the fat to render. One place I called, they said, "tallow? what's that?"
Now back to Columbus Foods. Still haven't heard from Mike so after 2 days I'm going to try again.
Wow, that's really odd. I've called a couple times and had a quick response.
I called again this morning. The lady that tried to help me was very polite and sorry she couldn't help me. She said she doesn't think they ship to Canada which I assured her wouldn't be the case since I have a U.S. address to send it to. She wrote down all the info and said I will personally hand this to Mike when he gets off the phone and have him call today. That was this morning so I'm.........waiting......
Dahila
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whole sale in Missisauga does carry it, Depends where you live , People love my lard and tallow soap. My vegan do not go as well as I expectedYes, I used to render my own when I first started soapmaking 14 years ago. But I stopped because I thought to sell people were going to want vegan which is so prevalent now. Now that I am established in my area I would like to have a lard tallow selection and see how it goes. I have asked around but I haven't found a place that would sell the fat to render. One place I called, they said, "tallow? what's that?"
Lin19687
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Wow, I too man shocked. He is usually a fast caller back.
Not sure if there is a time difference between you and them.
Not sure if there is a time difference between you and them.
I am an hour and a half away from that. I am closer to Niagara Falls and I contacted wholesale club there. They do not have it. Do you mind to share your recipe?
They are one hour behind us.
Dahila
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Hm you are in the middle of Ontario many farmer markets and a lot of lard or tallow, Sometimes they have combination of tallow and some other oils. I render my own , I only buy lard . Check the local butcher
As I said above the meat shops I contacted didn't have any. I'll keep trying.
A day and a half later and still no call so I am giving up for now. They obviously do not want Canadian customers. I do have relatives in the states though so maybe they will order for me if I can't find anything local.
Hope everybody sees this!! Mike Lawson called from Soaper's Choice. You all were correct about their kindness. I think from what he said they are having some problems. He was not even aware that Country and Province could be selected and that postal code could only accept numerical and ours has letters in it. But he said they hope to get a new website soon, they know it's awful. Neither was he aware that their 1-833 # didn't work from Canada. At any rate he said to fill in all zeros in the postal code area and it worked! He felt they didn't receive the emails that were sent because their spam is super selective. So....just wanted to clear their name!
Edited to say: However they do not ship to Canada
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