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> "Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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> > "Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> > > IIRC the tallow was never the prime oil used it was a flavor enhancer
to
> > the
> > > vegetable oil. The practice was in broad use when the stores actually
> > > prepared the fries from potatoes right in the store. For years now
that
> > > practice has been abandoned in favor of a frozen product.
> >
> > It just occurred to me that we have been down this road before! I
> apologize
> > for bringing it up again Dimitri. We shall, once again, have to disagree
> > with respect.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Charlie see the last paragraph from Australian Broadcast:
> http://www.abc.net.au/am/s302914.htm
>
> "This announcement has to be put in some perspective. In 1990 McDonalds in
> the USA announced with much fanfare that it would switch to cooking its
> fries in vegetable oil, making them acceptable to vegetarians who will not
> eat food cooked in beef fat.
>
> The company also made a virtue of the fact that its switch to vegetable
oil
> was made for nutritional reasons to offer customers a cholesterol-free
menu
> item.
>
> So, what's the situation in Australia?
>
> Well, McDonalds here would only say that they had never said the oil they
> cooked in was completely vegetarian.
>
> Indeed the potato chips we get here is cooked in a mixture of beef tallow
> and cotton seed oil. Hence the humble vegetarian potato chip may well be
> non-existent."
>
>
> Dimitri

That's fine Dimitri, but I was talking about the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Charlie