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36. Little grill in Durham NC

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:18 PM

Mar 2025

Wimpy's.....family run (32 years) until the owner and his wife retired and sold it. Opened up again under a different name and closed forever shortly after covid. Bad timing for the new folks.

Anyway.....I ate there very occasionally. It was about the same price as but much better than fast food with a side of nostalgia. No idea what they fried with.

I'll never forget the owner saying in all seriousness to a customer he knew.......'You can't eat this stuff every day, you know that, right? It will kill you'.

Moderation in all things. Especially moderation.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ehqs1 skip to 6:27

The garbage burger was good.

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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