Making hide & sinew glue from scraps

[Fox]

I just tried making a batch from rawhide dog bone scrapes... and it isn’t at all sticky.. I have stuff that I bought a while ago and it works and it’s real sticky... the stuff I made is a creamy color it’s been cooking for 6 hours at 170 ... it gells but it’s not sticky at all there was one point when it went over 170  could that have been the problem ?

[DC]

Is it about the consistency of syrup? I'm thinking it's too thin and you need to cook it a little longer.

[Fox]

Okay I’ll try... after cooling it’s about the consistency of pudding

[DC]

It should be like light syrup when it's warm. All I've ever used is dog chew rawhide.

[Fox]

Another question... how do you rehydrate it?

[DC]

Add water and wait Usually overnight is how I do it. Then I heat it on one of those little coffee mug warmers. Once I've used what I need I freeze the left over. The last couple of times I used it I microwaved it to warm it up. There may be room to screw up here but I watched it carefully so it didn't boil.