There has been a lot of talk lately about how we should cook or fry foods at certain restaurants and whether said establishments should be using seed oil or beef tallow. It has become a whole politicized debate regarding what’s healthy or not, natural or artificial, etc. There is much discussion on whether we should eat more meat, less meat, or focus on meat substitutes, and I know everyone has their own reasons for how they feel. I am personally opposed to beef tallow for reasons that are not political, ecological, or anything too high-concept. As longtime readers know, I am allergic to beef and anything fried with beef tallow will send me running to, “Blow up,” the nearest restroom, if we’re being blunt.
I do not know where this beef allergy came from as while other members of my family have certain allergies nobody is allergic to beef. I can tell you that it is not due to a tick bite as people who suffer from that cannot eat a variety of meats which I am capable of ingesting. It is easy for me to have a buffalo burger as long as it’s not prepared anywhere by beef— It’s something specific with cows. If food that does not normally contain beef is prepared via frying in beef tallow I will get a miserable stomachache. This isn’t me hypothesizing either. I have experience with this problem.
In the past, I would eat at Buffalo Wild Wings and then usually get pretty bad stomach cramps, diarrhea, and otherwise find myself feeling miserable after eating a bunch of boneless chicken wings and french fries. I was confused about what the problem could be. Eventually, I looked into it and discovered Buffalo Wild Wings was an establishment that fries their food in beef tallow. At that moment everything kind of clicked into place and I realized what the problem was.
It is annoying to see beef tallow versus seed oil become a thing that’s being debated because if a restaurant is going to make a loud proclamation about how they’re going to use beef tallow from this point forward, kind of like how Steak and Shake did, I’m going to plan not to eat there. I don’t have any moral issue with what people fry food in, I just simply cannot eat beef products. Feel free to fry your food in seed oil, chicken fat, or anything else— I just request if you’re going to use beef tallow you make it readily apparent so I know I need to avoid your restaurant. It’s nothing personal, I just would prefer to avoid a stomachache. I’m sure anyone who has to use the bathroom after me will appreciate it too.
Try being allergic to all root vegetables... Love, The Crypt Keeper
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