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? 🤔
I live in Greece and just made 500 kg of natural olive oil from my own trees. I mostly use this oil for everything, but also butter and coconut oil. Beef tallow and lard is also good.
Wow! How long did the process take?
you mean the mechanical pressing of my olive oil? It takes about 90 minutes. I always watch the process at the mill, so I know it is my charge and not another.
That's impressive. How long did it take to procure 500kg?
I did the harvesting on 5 days and each evening I went to the mill. I worked usually with 3 people. To the costs: The harvesting, milling and paying the workers and putting them into canisters of 5 liters cost me 5 Euro and 77 cents per kg. Side note: I pay the workers well. Pricewise I can never compete with Lidl and the big ones, but I have one of the best olive oil in the world, Kalamata olive oil made out of the koroneiki Olives. I sell to people who know my quality, in Switzerland mostly. These are people who have the money to buy the best olive oil.