ABSTRACT
The apprentice for a scenic house before the 1950s had a
particularly nasty job at the start of each day. He’d get up
before dawn, make a trip to the butcher shop, and buy all the
hooves, gristle, and carcasses available. Then he’d take that
mess and begin the morning’s rendering-boiling large pots to
cook down the remains to retrieve the proteins for the paint
binder. Ever wonder why the logo for Elmer’s is a bull? That’s
why.
