do you save the bacon grease when you make bacon?

[Iron Woode]

My mother always did. We used to have a couple of jars of it in the fridge.

Now I find myself doing the same thing.

Do any of you guys do this?

 

[alevasseur14]

Hell yes! You can use that stuff for anything! Frying eggs, grilled cheese... anything! And as a bonus, it adds a little bacon flavor to everything you cook in it!

 

[Key West]

Yes. It's pretty much free all-natural authentic flavored oil.

Save it, make fried rice with it, OMG!

 

[AmericasTeam]

Save it, make fried rice with it, OMG!

Good idea.
I rubbed some on a whole chicken before roasting the other day. Came out great.

 

[JPS35]

Bacon Gravy FTW

 

[lothar]

Yuck.

 

[Key West]

Yuck.

How is using oil to pan fry any different? fat is fat.

 

[nageov3t]

if I'm cooking something along with the bacon, I'll use the grease (eg: bacon and eggs, bacon cheeseburgers) but I won't like jar it up and save it in perpetuity.

 

[Supersonic64]

How is using oil to pan fry any different? fat is fat.

Lie. There is vegetable fat and then there is animal fat.

 

[*kjm]

Biggest WIN.... fry left over spaghetti in it

 

[Born2bwire]

I never save it, but if I cook anything else along with the bacon I use the bacon grease as my oil.

 

[Leros]

Yes, but only because I'm afraid to put it down my crappy sink. I throw it out when the can fills up.

 

[xSauronx]

we save it and use it
/from the south
//cover a baking potato in it before throwing it in the oven

 

[SlitheryDee]

Never occurred to me to save it. I may next time.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Why would I save it? I've found the best use for greases is to throw it on the neighbors kids that wont stop screaming and yelling and generally being annoying.

 

[lothar]

How is using oil to pan fry any different? fat is fat.

Never said it was any different.
It just never occurred to me that people actually saved it.

 

[nonameo]

Cooking with bacon fat is basically the same as cooking with lard. Well, except for the extra flavor.

 

[Gothgar]

bacon anything is great

 

[Xcobra]

not a fan of it..

 

[herm0016]

we save it. love to do eggs with it, or really use it for anything. its great!

 

[Taejin]

How is using oil to pan fry any different? fat is fat.

now see here son that's juss ignorant

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I save it. Bacon grease is the best oil of all for frying. Delicious!

 

[Dirigible]

My mother always did. We used to have a couple of jars of it in the fridge.

Now I find myself doing the same thing.

Do any of you guys do this?

Same deal. Mom did it. Now I saves teh delicious bacon goodness.

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

Pork fat is the best thing there is. Back in the country, pork fat was the only source of fat in daily cooking. No one got obese from it until we came here and start messing with butter.

 

[Powermoloch]

Used in moderation, it's the nectar of the gods. :thumbsup: