By Gazza Butcher | Primal Trail Bushcraft There is a specific kind of silence that only exists in the woods of East Sussex in the winter. It’s a damp, heavy quiet, broken only by the crackle of a fire or the sharp snap of a dry twig underfoot. Whilst taking a much-needed break from the…

A Deeper Connection to my food through Ancestral Practice. Skin, bone, antler, hock, hoof, sinew, internal organs, fat the list is long. When a deer is taken as part of a healthy approach to active ecological managment, the responsibility that follows does not end with meat in the freezer. Through embracing the old ways and…

(For a look at rendered deer fat or tallow in general, and an overview of how to make it, see our related Blog post: ‘Rendering Deer Fat into Tallow’). Rendered deer fat is more than a cooking ingredient. It is concentrated information. Fat records things meat often hides: the animal’s age, sex, season, diet, stress…