[Sca-cooks] plea for help-- Soup for the Qan

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

The sheep's tail is not for meat, marrow, or bone. The sheep's tail 
is strictly for the fat. This is the tail of the fat-tailed sheep, a 
special breed of sheep known for their very large and fatty tails. 
Once the tail is skinned, the tail is chopped and the fat melted 
(maybe rendered, too). Tail fat is often used as fat to fry things in 
or as fat mixed into a dish.

There are "period" drawings, the authenticity of which i am not 
certain, showing fat tailed sheep with their huge long tails bound to 
a set of wheels so it doesn't drag on the ground or hinder the sheep.

Anahita
Who hasn't found fat tail sheep tail, but maybe if i ask my local 
halal market they'll at least remember it from "the old country".