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Leo Abstract's avatar

I thnk that the main effect of acquainting men with the idea that butter or tallow could be beneficial per se is that they grill less and saute more. That's what happened with the fellow I mentioned. Guys claim to like how grilled foods taste, but that's partly leftover bias from the low-fat propaganda era and partly trying to stay out of the house so as not to anger the wife. Give a man a steak you've seared in tallow in a cast iron pan at high heat and as long as he hasn't sunk too much cash into his grill he'll admit the pan and tallow are better.

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

I like them both :) There's definitely something to the dry heat as well. But yea there is definitely still stigma, since all the greasy/dirty ways of cooking are now "bad" haha. Everything has to be steamed and who wants that lol.

But seems that a lot of people are taking back control of their health, with stuff like carnivore now. I think all the pictures people post of steak are basically a totem to that idea :) "Here I am, in the kitchen, making my own food."

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