(Was unsure to put this under food and cooking, but I consider this US News/Political, sooo)
With a new spin on cooking french fries, Steak 'n Shake is joining the campaign “Make America Healthy Again,” made popular by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The company recently made a change and now is cooking shoestring fries in beef tallow instead of vegetable oil. Some Florida locations were the first to start cooking their french fries in beef tallow at the end of January.
But on March 1, the company posted on the social media platform X that all locations nationwide now serve fries cooked in “100% beef tallow… No preservatives, chemicals or additives.”>
Is this actually a bad thing? I don’t know enough about the process. How does beef tallow compare taste-wise to other oils? My first instinct was to think that would actually taste pretty good, but I have no idea.
Beef tallow makes them much tastier but also adds a lot of saturated fat.
Comparably, a good listen about McDs past use of beef tallow in French Fries if you have the time.
https://youtu.be/HVpJAJjDI8U?si=URZgN7WwVw_mmxCq
Not that their fries were a vegan option befor, I wouldn’t know, but they definitely aren’t now.