I bought some beef tallow for the first time and sautéed some onion, jalapeños (of course) and garlic in it. Absolutely fantastic flavor! That went into a sausage mix for stuffed bell peppers that I’m going to use tomorrow. - Upgoat

Butter tends to smoke too soon, making it kind of bad for you if you arent patient on the stove. Ghee is more forgiving, but Tallow is just better for the same amount of effort.

[ + ] jfroybees

[ - ] jfroybees 2 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 01:35:16 ago (+2/-0)

Get cultured ghee. It smells less ghee-y and healthier.

[ + ] Ragnar

[ - ] Ragnar 1 point 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 23:55:11 ago (+1/-0)

Ghee smells gross

[ + ] dassar

[ - ] dassar 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 00:47:09 ago (+1/-0)

Indeed, i made the switch back to pure beef dripping maybe 5-6 years ago - never looked back.

[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey [op] 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 11:08:14 ago (+1/-0)

Just missing the lard at the moment. Have coconut oil as well.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 5 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 21:46:22 ago (+5/-0)

Both tallow and lard are great. Can be hard to find, but it's definitely worth looking. I get tallow and tallow based soap from the same guy I get my steaks from. Got the fuckin beef based hook-up lol

[ + ] CamelsMiller

[ - ] CamelsMiller 6 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 22:57:47 ago (+6/-0)

DON'T just buy "Lard" read the fucking label. 90% on the shelf is plant based bullshit. REAL lard is expensive as fuck.

[ + ] TheYiddler

[ - ] TheYiddler 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 00:50:58 ago (+1/-0)

Why would lard be expensive? Pork is cheap and I often get a full cup from a typical butt roast.

I know it's hard to find. That armour brand shit is hydrogenated.

[ + ] jfroybees

[ - ] jfroybees 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 01:41:11 ago (+1/-0)

Start with this brand, one of the more affordable fat sites. https://fannieandflo.net/shop
But I use corn and soy free pastured piggie lards and those are much more expensive.

[ + ] Crackinjokes

[ - ] Crackinjokes 3 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 03:32:40 ago (+3/-0)

Lord is not hard to find at all. It's right on the grocery store shelves. It doesn't need to be a refrigerator it's in the fats and oils aisle. It comes in blocks. It's actually not expensive at all. I try not to tell too many people because I'm afraid everybody's going to go out and buy it and it'll become very rare and suddenly it'll be very expensive. It's been one of those little health secrets that I've known for some time but you really have to keep some of this stuff secret or if it comes to popular then it becomes too scarce and then it becomes too expensive.

But I'll tell you you can find it in any grocery store shelf in the vegetable oil aisle and you'll see it in blocks wrapped in wax paper. Like salted butter it does not need to be refrigerated which is another great thing about it and why the Indians also known as native Americans not to confuse them as pet jeans and early American settlers preserved beef by grinding it up into dry little pieces and then putting it in a Big blob of beef fat which they called pemakin which did not need to be refrigerated.

[ - ] Ragnar 4 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 23:54:51 ago (+4/-0)

You have a jalapeño disease

[ - ] Crackinjokes 3 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 03:30:02 ago (+3/-0)

Oh yeah it's incredibly good it makes all the difference in the world. You know all french fries and all the fast food restaurants used to be fried beef Tallow until whoever the hell it is that talks about these things came out and convince people I guess around the 1980s that somehow animal fats were bad for you and it was better to have all these solvent extracted fake weird vegetable oils. And so most of the fast food restaurants I switched but there are still some Hardee's restaurants that still fry french fries in beef tallow. Interestingly not all Hardee's restaurants do it so you have to actually ask but if you ever get french fries from one that does cook them in beef Tallow oh they're absolutely delicious even though I don't think eating carbs is good for you.

[ - ] Storefront 3 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 01:30:15 ago (+3/-0)

Congrats on being slightly less of a faggot than yesterday

[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey [op] 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 11:06:41 ago (+0/-0)

Fuck you very much!

[ - ] uvulectomy 3 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 23:28:26 ago (+3/-0)

Man, I like jalapenos, don't get me wrong (they're fantastic on homemade burgers). But you seem obsessed with them.

[ + ] Sector2

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 13:47:05 ago (+0/-0)

They're okay for a fleshy pepper ingredient, but hot peppers are better. I like the Goat's Weed for their thin skins and medium but reliable burn.

[ - ] dingbat 3 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 22:07:09 ago (+3/-0)

That sounds awesome!!!

[ - ] NeonGreen 2 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 06:24:12 ago (+2/-0)

Now take a mandoline cut a potato into the thinnest setting on it and fry in tallow.

[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey [op] 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 11:05:48 ago (+0/-0)

Oooh, yeah, that sounds good!

[ - ] con77 2 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 22:40:41 ago (+3/-1)

I'll bring the beer!

[ - ] BannedEverwhere 2 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 22:37:23 ago (+2/-0)

How much did the tallow cost? I've never been able to find it except for some suet that was nearly $30/lb

[ + ] CamelsMiller

[ - ] CamelsMiller 2 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 22:59:10 ago (+2/-0)

Ditto. Even real lard is $6-10 / lb last I looked a few weeks ago and said fuck it. I stick with mainly whole butter, and a bit of olive oil when needed.

[ + ] TheYiddler

[ - ] TheYiddler 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 00:52:53 ago (+1/-0)

Butter is about $4 per pound. $7 per for tallow seems reasonable.

[ + ] NoRefunds

[ - ] NoRefunds 2 points 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 23:32:02 ago (+2/-0)

https://a.co/d/ejLSE6O

[ + ] Ragnar

[ - ] Ragnar 1 point 2 monthsMar 25, 2025 23:54:27 ago (+1/-0)

Go to your local ranch

[ + ] BannedEverwhere

[ - ] BannedEverwhere -3 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 01:02:49 ago (+0/-3)

It wouldn't be legal for them to sell it.

[ + ] Ragnar

[ - ] Ragnar 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 09:15:49 ago (+0/-0)

What? Where do you live?

[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey [op] 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 11:07:19 ago (+0/-0)

$13.99 for a 14 oz jar.

[ - ] Trope 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 13:02:25 ago (+1/-0)

Interesting, I just bought some beef tallow for the first time. Using it to cook my carnivore meals since I need to abstain from all dairy.

Lost 11 pounds so far. Although I reckon the first 10 were water weight/glycogen. Mind you, I started this diet last Friday and it hasn’t even been a week yet! Starting to get my energy back from the withdrawal.

Had bacon and eggs this morning with the wife.

[ - ] PORTforceOne 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 09:07:14 ago (+1/-0)

To all the dumbasses who don't use lard or tallow already.

Make lard, it is so easy.

Go to any butcher and ask for leaf fat, if they don't separate just pork fat will do you'll separate it yourself.

Leaf fat is almost stringy, kind of like the good side of a tbone, before its cooked. Cut that in to cubes. Cut the 'bad' fat in to cubes as well but keep it separate.

Put the leaf fat in a slow cooker, on low. Let it break down the fat. Every few hours spoon out the liquid in to jars.

After 10 hours you'll have yourself a tonne of lard, mix the fat once and a while, spoon off the liquid, and throw the jars in the fridge after a few hours.

If you want pork flavored things (like brocolli) - use your 'bad' lard.

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