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? 🤔
Hot dogs are a personal choice. With the red ones, straight boil in lightly salted water with a teaspoon of white vinegar, served with a slash of ketsup. With the plain incoloired sausage style I prefer mine with mustard and katsup, no onion. But my kids prefer them simply char grilled or on cooked on the plate, in the run off from the caramelising onions. With char grilling i lay mine along the ribs of the grill, turning frequently so as not to burn, once the skin is getting crisp, i move the over to the hot plate and finish them slowly in the same oil, or lard, or tallow, that im using to fry the onions. The ultimate here is to have some bacon gently frying on the hotplate at the same time. Put the dog in the bun, add the bacon, dress with onions and any sauce of your preference, crack a cold beer and enjoy. No one can really tell you how to cook your dogs. But the journey to find out can be great. And if it does not work out you can always eat the evidence.
Don't forget the Old Bay!