[reedjosh]

What is cooking oil?

Seed oil?

Cause no thank you!!

Luckily everyone seems to think animal fats are no good, so my family gets grass fed tallow for $30 a gallon tub.

Tallow and lard are excellent for frying or fattening bready items.

[bsder]

Grass fed and finished or just fed? A lot of "Grass fed" is then "Corn finished".

I'd love to get "grass finished" tallow for anywhere near that price.

[reedjosh]

Nah just fed.

It's a local farmer. Only the last two months are grain.

I was getting Grass fed and Finished before I moved.

Grass fed and grain finished meat tastes better though the health benefits may be lesser. IDK

[munk-a]

Tallow and lard are definitely excellent alternatives - but yea I was suggesting seed oils like peanut, safflower, sunflower or canola/rapeseed. Rendered fats have a weird reputation as there were health crazes that demonized it in the past but it's like most other oils - use in moderation... it's excellent to keep on hand though as it really makes a difference in baking.