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flvegan

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5. So don't eat there. Seriously, I'm hard pressed to think of

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 01:43 AM

Mar 2025

something easier to avoid than Steak 'n Shake. It's owned by a Trump supporter, last I checked. It's shit food in a wanna-be throwback "diner" that even Guy Fieri would avoid at all costs.

"BuT iT tAstEs beTTeR!!1" is why obesity is hovering above 40% in this country. How many diabetes medication ads do you need to see every day to eventually say, "a-ha, I should re-think this."

Dumbest timeline ever.

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Steak 'n Shake gets political after switching to beef tallow fries (Nation's Restaurant News) [View all] pstokely Mar 2025 OP

Personally claudette Mar 2025 #1

I can't stand animal fat get the red out Mar 2025 #28

Me too claudette Mar 2025 #32

It would have been the carbs that killed him, not the fat. mucholderthandirt Mar 2025 #48

No claudette Mar 2025 #49

Nothing wrong with fat get the red out Mar 2025 #50

Ugh 😔 Meowmee Mar 2025 #2

Good! The fries will taste better. No ones goes there for healthy eating Wanderlust988 Mar 2025 #3

Okay. Morbius Mar 2025 #4

Avocado oil claudette Mar 2025 #33

So don't eat there. Seriously, I'm hard pressed to think of flvegan Mar 2025 #5

one of the words get the red out Mar 2025 #29

GAG, I'm a vegetarian and can't/won't eat that slop. Raine Mar 2025 #6

I've had French Fries cooked in tallow Retrograde Mar 2025 #7

Fries in Duck or goose fat with garlic and rosemary haele Mar 2025 #23

Duck fat makes all the difference! Initech Mar 2025 #53

Given the amount of fries this country eats relative to the 70s and 80s... BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #24

I do most of my frying in grass fed beef tallow womanofthehills Mar 2025 #38

I air-fry potato and sweet potato fries Retrograde Mar 2025 #47

the right lost their minds when Michelle Obama presented healthier ideas Skittles Mar 2025 #8

The right lost their minds because Michelle Obama exists. Aristus Mar 2025 #25

tru, dat Skittles Mar 2025 #34

Mmmm..... canetoad Mar 2025 #9

Not according to Mayo Clinic Press womanofthehills Mar 2025 #39

Just trying to curry favour and show their concreds. Old Crank Mar 2025 #10

that has long been my "secret" for staying slim Skittles Mar 2025 #11

Seed oils are just bad news. I avoid anything cooked with them like the plague. Seeking Serenity Mar 2025 #12

Lol. Wtf do you think 'beef tallow' is? Nt. Voltaire2 Mar 2025 #16

Well if you buy grass fed beef tallow womanofthehills Mar 2025 #41

Ummmm.... ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #18

Seed oils contain omega-6 polyunsaturated fats which cause inflamation pcdb Mar 2025 #35

From "Medical News Today" Magazine ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #40

Mayo Clinic Press womanofthehills Mar 2025 #42

This isn't true obamanut2012 Mar 2025 #21

gross, I'll pass eShirl Mar 2025 #13

I didn't know this until the guy that talks thru a fan did the photo-op. Norbert Mar 2025 #14

Google "who sells fries with tallow". Morbius Mar 2025 #15

But you need to ask if they are just using beef tallow womanofthehills Mar 2025 #43

Haven't been to one since before COVID. They now have no service and their menu was pared down to a few items. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #17

They've closed a lot since they went to the franchise plan pstokely Mar 2025 #31

The people following the beef tallow trend do not eat at Steak 'n Shake newdeal2 Mar 2025 #19

True - I cook in grass fed beef tallow womanofthehills Mar 2025 #44

"...the infamous Fraktur font that was used in German Nazi propaganda" Wednesdays Mar 2025 #20

Beef tallow is actually reasonably healthy for omnivores. haele Mar 2025 #22

I'll stick with science. radius777 Mar 2025 #26

Vegetable oil is a very processed food womanofthehills Mar 2025 #45

I hope they are required to inform customers, a lot of vegans MagickMuffin Mar 2025 #27

The American Heart Assn. and Cleveland Clinic's opinion of beef tallow: allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #30

Little grill in Durham NC Red Mountain Mar 2025 #36

Here in the UK, many years ago, one time my mother for some reason decided to get some beef dripping Emrys Mar 2025 #37

I thought this was a joke, but it's true. Well, I won't be going there again! That's just gross! LeftInTX Mar 2025 #46

I don't eat fried food or fast food shit so.... CousinIT Mar 2025 #51

Understand that S&S has been teetering on bankruptcy after being taken over by Bluetus Mar 2025 #52

These people are fucking vultures. Initech Mar 2025 #54