Editing Tallow (section)

===Food===
A significant use of tallow is for the production of [[shortening]]. It is also one of the main ingredients of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] food [[pemmican]]. With a [[smoke point]] of {{convert|480|F}}, tallow is traditionally used in [[deep frying]] and was preferred for this use until the rise in popularity of plant oils for frying. Before switching to pure vegetable oil in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/07/24/mcdonalds-turns-to-vegetable-oil-for-french-fries/|title=Mcdonald's Turns To Vegetable Oil For French Fries|website=chicagotribune.com|date=24 July 1990 }}</ref> [[McDonald's]] cooked its [[French fries]] in a mixture of 93% beef tallow and 7% [[cottonseed oil]].<ref>Schlosser, Eric (2001). ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of All-American Meal''. Houghton Mifflin. {{ISBN|0-395-97789-4}}</ref> According to a 1985 article in ''[[The New York Times]]'', tallow was also used for frying at [[Burger King]], [[Wendy's]], [[Hardee's]], [[Arby's]], [[Dairy Queen]], [[Popeyes]], and [[Bob's Big Boy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/15/style/risk-seen-in-saturated-fats-used-in-fast-foods.html|title=Risk Seen in Saturated Fats Used in Fast Foods|author=Irvin Molotsky|date=November 15, 1985|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Tallow is, however, making a comeback in certain nutrition circles.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ramachandran|first1=Divya|last2=Kite|first2=James|last3=Vassallo|first3=Amy Jo|last4=Chau|first4=Josephine Y|last5=Partridge|first5=Stephanie|last6=Freeman|first6=Becky|last7=Gill|first7=Timothy|date=September 21, 2018|title=Food Trends and Popular Nutrition Advice Online – Implications for Public Health|journal=Online Journal of Public Health Informatics|volume=10|issue=2|pages=e213|doi=10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.9306|doi-access=free |issn=1947-2579|pmc=6194095|pmid=30349631}}</ref>

====Greaves====
{{main|Cracklings}}
Greaves (also ''graves'') or [[cracklings]] are the fibrous matter remaining from rendering.<ref name=tyson/>  They are used in some dishes, and they are also pressed into cakes and used for [[animal feed]], especially for dogs and pigs, or as [[fishing bait|fish bait]].<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/81128 ''s.v.'']</ref> In the past, the practice has been both favoured and shunned in [[Dog food#History|dog food]].<ref name=boyard/><ref name=sports/>