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Donna/NM
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Post subject: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:05 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:52 am Posts: 265
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And if so, do you refrigerate, or leave out covered, on counter?
I think my grandmas used to leave hers out.
Also, if you do save them, how do you use them for cooking?
In what dishes?
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Anna1111
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Post subject: Re: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:27 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:14 pm Posts: 8115
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UMM - no, can't say that I do ; )
Mom used to - and left it out on the counter. She didn't cook often, but she used it for frying eggs. I believe I've also seen it used for fried onions & potatoes.
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Tory
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Post subject: Re: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:10 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:58 pm Posts: 5828
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I don't cook bacon too often at all, but my ds loves bacon so I do cook it sometimes for him. I love to keep the drippings for later, however, I'm so scatterbrained that I often end up dumping them in the drain before realizing it! That's NOT good at all for my pipes.
IF (big if) I remember to, I will but them in a coffee cup and put aluminum foil over the top and just leave it on the counter. If I don't use it after a while, I'll have my ds dump it out back for the cats. (We live in the boonies and the cats LOVE it, lol)
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LindaS
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Post subject: Re: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:32 am |
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Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:19 pm Posts: 4143 Location: NE Central Texas
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bacon is not good for your arteries.
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Sis
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Post subject: Re: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:55 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:22 pm Posts: 8837
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We love bacon but I try to only use it as a flavoring - like one strip crumbled into something for both of us. I happen to have some bacon that needed cooked so I put it in the potluck dish I took yesterday and cooked up the rest to put in broccoli soup today. That will be the end of it til dh brings more home.
We save the grease in a small bowl and will put a spoonful or two on the pet's food when we want to give them a treat. Or now, with the cat outside in the single digit weather, I try to give him fat regulary and that's usually the bacon grease we have saved up. I don't use it in my cooking but I think dh will if he's frying. I suppose it could go bad - rancid - if it were out long enuf but I can't remember it ever happening.
SO great to see you on here Tory! 8D
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Anna1111
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Post subject: Re: Do you save your bacon drippings? Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:19 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:14 pm Posts: 8115
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Actually, Pork Fat is a remarkably effective preservative. My European friends tell me that before the advent of refrigeration, prepared pork was submersed in a layer of pork fat to preserve it for the winter (in cool temperatures) and while the top layer might spoil, apparently the fat created an anerobic environment for the meat.
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