Comments on: Sustainable Cooking Fat http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/ Because Food Doesn't Have to Come From the Store Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:27:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-3641 admin Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:01:14 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-3641 Jenny I'm so glad! I really need to make some tomorrow. I pick up another 1/2 pig and requested all the lard so I'll be rolling in it this week! Jenny I’m so glad! I really need to make some tomorrow. I pick up another 1/2 pig and requested all the lard so I’ll be rolling in it this week!

]]> By: jenny lisk http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 jenny lisk Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:18:01 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-3633 Hi Annette - just wanted to let you know I tried making the potato chips with palm oil...O...M...G...they were GREAT!!! Such a simple thing, but I never thought of it before, and they turned out fantastic. Both kids loved them, even 6yo who was skeptical because they were made from potatoes and he "doesn't like potatoes"...his comments were "can I have more???" followed by "are all chips made from potatoes? I didn't think I'd like them because I thought they'd be cut up potatoes and I don't like those!" I did them in a single layer in a frying pan with a little oil...maybe 1/8" thick layer...kept them moving a bit with tongs so as not to stick...turned them...removed them to a paper towel and immediately sprinkled with sea salt...WOW! Anyway, thanks for posting this idea! Hope my description of what I did might be useful to others who want to try it! Hi Annette – just wanted to let you know I tried making the potato chips with palm oil…O…M…G…they were GREAT!!! Such a simple thing, but I never thought of it before, and they turned out fantastic. Both kids loved them, even 6yo who was skeptical because they were made from potatoes and he “doesn’t like potatoes”…his comments were “can I have more???” followed by “are all chips made from potatoes? I didn’t think I’d like them because I thought they’d be cut up potatoes and I don’t like those!”

I did them in a single layer in a frying pan with a little oil…maybe 1/8″ thick layer…kept them moving a bit with tongs so as not to stick…turned them…removed them to a paper towel and immediately sprinkled with sea salt…WOW!

Anyway, thanks for posting this idea! Hope my description of what I did might be useful to others who want to try it!

]]> By: jenny lisk http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-3572 jenny lisk Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:45:35 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-3572 Hi Annette - thanks for your reply and the article link. I found it very interesting / helpful! I think I will try with palm oil and see what happens. Hi Annette – thanks for your reply and the article link. I found it very interesting / helpful! I think I will try with palm oil and see what happens.

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-3569 admin Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-3569 Hi Jenny! You would have to check the label on your particular brand since it really depends on how refined an oil is. Palm oil is a saturated fat with a higher smoke point so I would start there. PCC wrote a great article on why animal, coconut and palm oils are the best for you healthwise here: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/1010/sc1010-fats.html and somewhere on there they have a chart comparing smoke points and uses. Hope this helps. Hi Jenny! You would have to check the label on your particular brand since it really depends on how refined an oil is. Palm oil is a saturated fat with a higher smoke point so I would start there. PCC wrote a great article on why animal, coconut and palm oils are the best for you healthwise here: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/1010/sc1010-fats.html and somewhere on there they have a chart comparing smoke points and uses. Hope this helps.

]]> By: jenny lisk http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-3567 jenny lisk Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:29:11 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-3567 If I wanted to cook these in a non-animal fat, could you recommend something? coconut oil maybe? thanks! :) If I wanted to cook these in a non-animal fat, could you recommend something? coconut oil maybe? thanks! :)

]]> By: Pam http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Pam Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:33:57 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-911 Homemade tallow chips and fries are AWESOME! Try them with lard, too -- you won't be sorry. :o) Homemade tallow chips and fries are AWESOME! Try them with lard, too — you won’t be sorry. :o )

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-537 admin Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:28:33 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-537 Hi Alison, They were indeed until some time in the 1980's and man were they good! We made french fries two days ago and gorged ourselves silly. Hi Alison,

They were indeed until some time in the 1980′s and man were they good! We made french fries two days ago and gorged ourselves silly.

]]> By: alison http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-536 alison Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:05:34 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-536 My understanding is that the fries at McDonalds are fried in a frying compound that includes beef tallow, or at least they were in times past My understanding is that the fries at McDonalds are fried in a frying compound that includes beef tallow, or at least they were in times past

]]> By: Beef Bone Broth http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Beef Bone Broth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:44:49 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-484 [...] overnight and in the morning remove the beef fat that has hardened and separated. Reserve the beef fat (tallow) and freeze for frying potato chips and other [...] [...] overnight and in the morning remove the beef fat that has hardened and separated. Reserve the beef fat (tallow) and freeze for frying potato chips and other [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2009/11/05/sustainable-cooking-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-459 admin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=708#comment-459 Rebecca, you get so much of it when you make soup. A few weeks back I posted to several local groups that I had pork leaf lard and got an overwhelming response so I expect I'll do the same with the tallow. Rebecca, you get so much of it when you make soup. A few weeks back I posted to several local groups that I had pork leaf lard and got an overwhelming response so I expect I’ll do the same with the tallow.

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