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? 🤔
Kitchenaid mixer makes butter stupid easy to make. One quart of heavy whipping cream yields 2 lbs of butter.
Hmm - now I have to try this. I've made whipped creme (with homemade vanilla) but haven't thought about butter. My wife got me a really good deal on a used KitchenAid stand mixer a couple of years ago. The person sold it because it was making odd noises and had black stuff leaking out of the top. I just took it apart, cleaned it, and replaced the grease and it works perfectly.
I wanted the mixer because I make low-carb pancakes for breakfast (over 100 at a time), pack them in ziplock bags (3 pancakes and 2 pieces of sausage) and freeze them. Then I can just microwave them for 2.5 minutes, put some sugar-free Mrs Butterworth syrup, some whipped cream, and some blueberries on top and my breakfast is ready to eat in about 4 minutes total. Occasionally I'll just put a couple of fried eggs on top instead of the other stuff, but that is usually on a weekend.
If any of you are doing low-carb and are interested, I get Carbquik from Amazon. It has a pancake recipe on the box, along with waffles, bread, biscuits, pizza - even sausage gravy. It can be a little expensive, but I get the big boxes to take advantage of bulk pricing.
Here’s a quick tutorial. Sorry YT link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBfFpSMvstU
Thanks!
Did you know Walmart carries Carbquick? $12.38 for 32 oz. in the store. BTW they now have the ground nut based breadings too.
I did know they carry it online but I've never seen it in any of my local WalMarts. The one near my house has a awful manager so they are always out of stuff I am looking for.
I keep checking their price before I get it from Amazon but the price has never been cheaper at WalMart. I just bought a 3-pack bundle of 3 lb boxes, so 144oz for $51.99. That makes it 36.1 cents per oz.
The WalMart price you show is 38.6 cents per oz. Not a big difference really, but it is slightly more expensive. That said - if WalMart has the bundles their price pay go down. I'll keep a look out -ran out thanks for letting me know! It would be convenient if I ran out.
I've tried the almond flour and it just didn't taste as good as the Carbquik. I am still stoked I could make sausage gravy and not throw my blood sugar through the roof.
It's been a while since I've used the low carb stuff since I've gotten my blood sugar under control with intermittent fasting. There's another low carb mix I've used that was pretty good. I'll try to remember the name.