After watching that video of RFK Jr explaining how fast food restaurants used to cook fries in beef tallow but then switched to oils, I decided to give it a shot. I used to always use vegetable oil for the fries or a little butter to grill the burgers on a griddle. This time I finally caved in and bought a few gallons of beef tallow. Hoo boy, was it amazing. I'm NEVER going back to vegetable oil, I'll only cook fries in tallow from here on out. The burgers were also the best I've ever made.
I wonder, what are the health benefits of tallow? 🤔
The balance between preserving food and poisoning food is narrow. The roots of the FDA lie here. The agency may have done useful things but now they are captured by industry. Just like USDA etc
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/19th-century-fight-bacteria-ridden-milk-embalming-fluid-180970473/
Very interesting article. I think we tend to forget that there was a time when there was a whole lot of ignorance in the world related to keeping products fresh. During the Industrial Revolution people flocked to cities… they wanted the milk from their old farms, but they couldn’t keep it fresh if not local. History is full of these types of stories. Sad that we have the same types of ignorant or malicious types of people running food and pharma industries now.