Making Hide glue from deer knees and toe joints?

[Ink]

Funny thing is my wife is Russian (not Mail order )and makes a dish that's just basically pig knees simmered into glue. They refrigerate it, cut it into to squares, and eat it cold as a delicacy......yuck. She made me try it once before I knew what it was, I almost puked. Freakin pig jello.

[4dog]

and she calls me crazy!!! sheesh.

[Onebowonder]

Funny thing is my wife is Russian (not Mail order )and makes a dish that's just basically pig knees simmered into glue. They refrigerate it, cut it into to squares, and eat it cold as a delicacy......yuck. She made me try it once before I knew what it was, I almost puked. Freakin pig jello.

...NOT to say, (I'm sure...) that there is anything wrong or a miss with mail order!  Some of the best things I ever had came to me thru the mail!  The traditional methods of aquiring such worked so perfectly for me, that I've never considered such.  ...but if...

OneBow

[Ink]

One bow - finally someone who gets my humor  :p

[caveman2533]

You could probably simmer that glue a bit more and get it a bit thicker, pour it into a pan where it is much thinner and then let it dry for storage purposes. If you store it like that even in the fridge it will spoil and get moldy after while.. Looks good.

[Ink]

 Probably gonna freeze half of it and try to dry the rest. Just for the sake of learning. If the drying works out well ( a lot of stray cats in my neighborhood, worried they'll get into it) I'll dry the rest of it.

[4dog]

you know you looooove that cat!!   

[Ink]

That cats my next quiver if he eats my hide glue

[Onebowonder]

That cats my next quiver if he eats my hide glue

...hmmm I wonder if cat gut, ....fortified with dryed hide glue, would make a good bow string???

OneBow

[Ink]

...hmmm I wonder if cat gut, ....fortified with dryed hide glue, would make a good bow string???

OneBow
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You may be on to something there.