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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

Plus, they tasted much better then. I didn't have them often, but they
were really good. I'd guess that tallow is as good for you as lard --
mainly a problem if you don't need the calories.

Marie

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
> I wonder if they/anyone is looking at tallow.  That is what Micky Ds used to
> use.  I could care less about fast food and it is the rare occasion when we
> buy any but I did enjoy, many long years ago, the original Micky Ds fries.
>
> Now, for those that never had the experience of the original Micky Ds fries,
> they used to actually use whole potatoes, dump them in a french fry cutter
> right there in the hamburger joints and then fry them up.  They used a
> tallow based frying medium and the fries were, per whatever scientific tests
>  were done, less oily than what you get with veggie oils.