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Potato roasting fat
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Boilermaker Ben
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Roasting up some potatoes for dinner tonight. I usually just use olive oil, but I've got some rendered bacon grease, and rendered beef fat in the fridge.
Cast your vote: which would you use?
Cast your vote: which would you use?
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Depends on how much fat and how many potatoes. Mixed fats should be ok if you need all of it.
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Bacon Grease.
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olive oil. no contest.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
I would use the bacon fat, most likely. Tallow is a stronger, and sometimes off-putting flavor. If the potatoes are to accompany a beef dish, I might try the tallow, but for any other protein, I'd go with the bacon fat.
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Olive oil for healthy, bacon grease for flavour, depends on your priorities!!!
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DUCK FAT
if none, then olive oil or bacon grease.
depends what the main dish is.ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
If you ever get a hold of it, duck fat, by far, creates the tastiest roasted potatoes.
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I like Dcuck Fat
Ross -
Thanks for the input and advice, everyone. I had completely forgotten that brussels sprouts were also on the menu. Since bacon and brussels sprouts go so well together, I used the bacon grease with the sprouts. With the input I got about beef tallow sometimes tasting a little off, I decided to go with the old standby olive oil on the taters. Thanks for that, jeffinsgf.
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