# Beef tallow - tell me about it?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-tallow-tell-me-about-it/1029687
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-tallow-tell-me-about-it/1029687 "2026-05-01T03:10:44Z")
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#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-tallow-tell-me-about-it/1029687/6 "2026-05-01T03:41:37Z")

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Just save the fat from the next time you fry up some ground beef for taco meat or bolognese spaghetti or sloppy joes or whatever.

As commom meat fats go, it’s not one of my favorites, coming in well behind bacon drippings, ham drippings, chicken schmalz, and turkey fat.

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