Talk:Tallow

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The following sentence: "Amid concerns in the 1990s over high cholesterol content, and protests from Hindus (many of whom do not consume food derived from beef) and vegetarians, McDonald's french fries were cooked in a mixture 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil." is either poorly written or an unreferenced slam at McDonalds.

Frappyjohn (talk) 07:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Frappyjohn. I think it's either implying that McDonald's changed their french fry recipe from the 93% beef tallow blend because of controversy, or their beef tallow blend cooking mixture caused controversy but I'm not sure which point the sentence is trying to convey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.89.103 (talk) 06:06, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Tallow is a term now used primarily in America only. I believe what americans call tallow (i.e. dried, rendered suet) is still called suet in other nations even though it is different from fresh suet.

According to the OED, UK view: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/tallow?view=uk Seems to be the appropriate definition?