mcdonalds stopped using beef tallow years ago to cook their chips in. i suspect it's sunflower oil or similar everywhere now.
still definitely use it in the states - serious bang of lard off any burger joint over there still.
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mcdonalds stopped using beef tallow years ago to cook their chips in. i suspect it's sunflower oil or similar everywhere now.
mcdonalds stopped using beef tallow years ago to cook their chips in. i suspect it's sunflower oil or similar everywhere now.
they're gonna put you out of business then if they are using stuff thats less likely to go on fire, no?Yeah, pretty much nowhere uses animal fat for cooking commercially anymore here, especially not in deep fryers.
For one thing it is far safer* using plant fats, the flash point is much higher so a lower risk of fire.
* Those pressure cooker chicken fryer things that KFC and other places use are still pretty dangerous regardless.
I know a bit about it. We mostly supply and fit restaurant fire suppression systems in work.
there was actually a malcolm gladwell podcast about it. apparently they stopped using beef tallow in the early 90s.still definitely use it in the states - serious bang of lard off any burger joint over there still.
they're gonna put you out of business then if they are using stuff thats less likely to go on fire, no?
there was actually a malcolm gladwell podcast about it. apparently they stopped using beef tallow in the early 90s.
Still goes on fire, right? Just at a higher temperature. I've had flaming frying pans at home and we fry everything in olive oilthey're gonna put you out of business then if they are using stuff thats less likely to go on fire, no?
Still goes on fire, right? Just at a higher temperature. I've had flaming frying pans at home and we fry everything in olive oil
edit: or sometimes peanut oil
another edit: or the odd time in butter, hmm maybe that's when it's happened
yet another edit: in fairness we have a gas cooker, so flames aren't necessarily just because of the pan being at too high a temperature
My instinct the couple of times it's happened has been to blow it out. Each time afterwards I've been like "hmm that worked, but probably very fucking dodgy and I should never do that again". Have a fire blanket and a fire extinguisher sitting right there in the kitchen, but who knows what you're going to do under pressure
(saying this as a guy who once accidentally cut a slice off his own finger, and then in a panic ate it)
Not as long as the insurance companies keep requiring them as a condition of coverage.
Re the veggie thing, I assume they just cook the chicken in the same fryers they cook the chips, so technically not veggie.
Eddie Rockets is the same. It used to be anywayBurger kings veggie burger is supposed to be cooked on the same grill as other burgers.
I've been a veggie for about 25 years and have just found out my cholesterol is way too high. But my diet has been shite ( too many takeaways) and I don't exercise. I've switched to vegan for the last while, hoping that'll help bring it down to safer levels.Are all of you people veggies?
I'm thinking of doing it for the last three months of the year - see if it gets my cholesterol down
I've made some pretty good progress, I'm still in the danger zone though (Lanaa!)I've been a veggie for about 25 years and have just found out my cholesterol is way too high. But my diet has been shite ( too many takeaways) and I don't exercise. I've switched to vegan for the last while, hoping that'll help bring it down to safer levels.
Are all of you people veggies?
I'm thinking of doing it for the last three months of the year - see if it gets my cholesterol down
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