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? 🤔
Fried food is bad ...no matter what you fry it in.
Frying in tallow is just a stepping stone... until you don't deep fry anything anymore.
Tallow, lard, butter, ghee and coconut oil are good for you.
Lard and eggs can be just as bad as seed oils if they are fed a heavy grain diet. You are what you eat.
Definitely - you want your milk, butter, and beef to come from grass fed cows, not corn/grain fed.
Yes ...
But FRYING is not healthy cooking... which was the point I was making.
Why not? Modern day frying with garbage highly processed oils certainly is, but what is your argument against cooking/frying with tallow or butter?
A number of reasons, but primarily because you denature the proteins and enzymes, essentially rendering them trash...
All things in moderation
Amen!
I tend to eat fried food in moderation. Most of my meats I grill, and most of my vegetables are fresh. If I cook them it'll usually be steamed or baked. When it comes to fried food I eat, usually it's scrambled eggs cooked in butter or tiny bit of olive oil. Sometimes I won't even put anything in the pan and just cook scrambled eggs on medium heat. Every once in a while I'll make some french fries but tend to limit it as I know how unhealthy fries can be. I used to eat bacon all the damn time but had to stop as the inflammation was unbearable and it gave me extreme sciatica pain.
Wow. Not even close. Animal fats don’t change chemically, below the smoke point, like seed oils.
Deep FRYING food is bad...
If you believe it isn't, your ignorance is showing.
There are countless reasons why, including: Completely denaturing the protein and ruining it.
NO MATTER WTF YOU FRY IT IN - But tallow is DEFINITELY WAY BETTER than any seed oil in this regard, not only for smoke point, but your body's ability to metabolize, eliminate and generally "deal" with it.
But y'all go on believing that frying is a healthy way to cook...SMH
Moderation is a thing.
Sure is... but not in this country. Look around...
Mmm ... deep fried fudge rounds