Bacon grease - Remembrances of childhood

[packman]

Read an article (posted below) about frying your morning eggs in bacon grease and it's wonderful (yet, artery hardening flaws) addition to flavor that morning meal.

I recall how my mother always had a Maxwell House coffee can in the fridge with bacon grease for cooking. Seems like we even used it for some medical emergencies like minor burns . I can still remember those potatoes cooked in that wonderful grease.

Ahh, life is too short

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/brief-stern-reminder-fry-eggs-114600627.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Fried chicken using bacon grease.

What they serve for lunch in Heaven.

[doc03]

4. And you will be there a lot sooner with that diet. It is

good though.

[Turbineguy]

7. I ate it once in my life.

The memory sustains.....

[panader0]

31. "Mama cookin' chicken fried in bacon grease, c'mon boys, it's just down the road a piece."

[viva la]

2. I've always fried bacon in a skillet--

But was reading that it's best cooked in the oven. A friend swears by microwaving bacon. What do you think?

[SheltieLover]

3. I nuke it on a bed of paper towels to absorb grease

[Kittycow]

6. I tried baking bacon recently.

I forgot what temperature but it was whatever the recipe said. It seemed to take forever but what really made me mad was there was hardly any bacon grease to drain off. So I was deprived of a precious kitchen commodity

I like to add a dollop in my soups and stews for added flavor

[csziggy]

28. I've gotten a decent amount of grease when I baked my bacon

I think some of the recipes use too high of a temperature, like 450 F. I usually do it at 350-375 F - put aluminum foil down, lay out the bacon, let it cook until almost crisp, take the bacon off the drain on paper towels, then pour off the grease to store. The idea is to render the fat out of the bacon - at higher temperatures it doesn't work the same in my opinion.

I slightly undercook the bacon for my tastes, since I store the baked bacon to use one slice with an egg or in a small omelet. My husband likes undercooked bacon anyway so he's good with that and I can cook mine a bit more to get the level of crispness I like.

[Kittycow]

35. That's probably what happened

Too high a temp. I could hardly believe my eyes that I got about 2 tsp grease from a pound of bacon!

Thanks for the detailed advice; I'll be taking it

[zeusdogmom]

16. I have a hard plastic grooved bottom microwave bacon cooker

Paper towel over the bacon to contain spatters. Grease drains into the grooves so you can pour it into your saving container of choice. Bacon is nice and crisp and not greasy. 2 slices, 2 minutes = perfection. Especially now with ripe tomatoes from the garden. 😋

Wanna make your doggie happy on this National Dog Day? Put a little cold bacon grease just inside the lip of his kong. Zeus Dog is a happy pup! Your dog will be, too.

[Ocelot II]

5. Sounds familiar. My mom did the same thing.

[Kittycow]

9. Same here. Made fried eggs in bacon for my dad every morning.

He turns 94 in a couple months with no heart issues. She did eventually stop doing that though.

[MuseRider]

8. I remember that too

and how good it smelled and tasted. I have been a vegetarian for quite a long time now (with the addition of chicken during the gastroparesis days when I could not eat fruits and veggies) but right back to no meat at once. After 6 years it seemed to heal. The point I am making is that at the age of 67 I have heart failure, not the usual kind but they wanted to check my arteries out to rule that out. After my cardiac cath the Doc came out and said that my arteries beautiful and were as clean as could be. He attributed it to being a vegetarian.

I am happy to have that news because I can sit here and smell that bacon and taste the eggs cooked in it and not feel too nostalgic.

Our can was Folgers but it was always there like your can of Maxwell House. Ahh, those crisp and brown crackled edges on those eggs. Mmmmmm.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Could be bad if on a carb-rich diet American. Fully processed if on a Ketogenic diet in ketosis.

[Bev54]

11. My Grandparents cooked everything in bacon grease

and both lived well into their 90's

[Ocelot II]

20. Same for my grandma, who made it to 98.

[Mme. Defarge]

12. I remember wilted lettuce

salad.

[SamKnause]

14. My mom and dad made wilted lettuce.

Not a fan.

My dad ate many things I was not a fan of.

Scrambled eggs and brains.
Milk toast.
Macaroni and stewed tomatoes.
Goat meat.
Head cheese.
Limburger cheese.
Liver and onions, etc.

I so appreciate they never made me eat anything I did not like. My mother would always make sure

that she had something for us kids to eat if they were having liver and onions. We would always taste new things.

If we asked for seconds, then we had to eat it.

[Mme. Defarge]

15. Remember them all!

My mom tried to get me to eat stewed tongue by telling me it was turkey. I was not fooled. As for milk toast, blech!!!

[SamKnause]

17. Mom baked cow tongue in the oven like a roast with potatoes, onions, and carrots.

I think it is the shape that freaks most people out.

There is no way to deny that it is a tongue.

They should have pre sliced it before serving.

Dad made breakfast gravy with grease that liver was fried in.

He sat it on the table, I smelled it, I didn't eat it.

He was not pleased.

He was always trying to trick us into eat gross stuff.

I so appreciate they never made us eat anything.

Everything I previously mentioned, belch !!!!!!!

[Mme. Defarge]

18. I knew it was tongue

by the texture. It felt like eating my own taste buds.

[SamKnause]

19. I don't remember the texture.

I'm glad.

[ShazzieB]

29. Never had tongue. Never want to!

[Hekate]

30. Thank you for that. Now I never ever have to try it...

Never, ever.

[Mme. Defarge]

32. You'll know it's not turkey!

😱

[Polybius]

22. Here's a cool video on limburger cheese

I have to admit that I had to look up milk cheese though.

[GumboYaYa]

26. My grandma made the best!

Makes me think about her and smile!!!!

[Mme. Defarge]

27. YaYa!

Greek?

[GumboYaYa]

33. Cajun!

GumboYaYa is part of a voodoo curse that means everyone talking at the same time.

[Mme. Defarge]

34. Love it!

[SamKnause]

13. I save bacon and sausage grease.

I use both for cooking and baking.

[GPV]

21. Yep, lard can for pie crusts

[MiHale]

23. Always in my fridge...

Don’t use it often but when you do it’s amazing.
We make deconstructed BLT’s.

Bacon cooked on half sheet on grill (half sheet holds 1lb thick sliced bacon)

1 Romaine head of lettuce per person
Large diced tomatoes or tomatoes diced large.
Diced onion (optional)

Drain off grease from half sheet
Return to grill lightly coated with grease
Grill lettuce till you think it’s ok for you
Break up cooked bacon

Lettuce lays on plate cut side up
Other stuff get placed on top of lettuce.
Dress with dressing of choice we use poppyseed
Enjoy!

[Kali]

24. that is the only way I can eat fried eggs

butter, oil, teflon pan? no way. has to be bacon grease.
also mandatory for canned spinach and green beans. fried potatoes with onions.
pretty effing good added to chicken fry oil, never had enough to use alone for frying chicken.
never tried it in pie crust but I bet it is good.

[onethatcares]

25. ya gotta strain the bacon grease

through paper towels and into the can.

Mmmmmm for anything fried in that.

[Jim G.]

36. I Use A Little Bacon Grease To Cook Hash Browns