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I made bacon for breakfast for the first time in ages today. I have a small amount of bacon grease left over. What should I do with it?
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Fry those Eggs in it..ahhh heaven!!! but if your done cooking with it put it in a coffee can with a lid. Don't put it down the drain unless you want RotoRooter at your door for $80 hour.
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Yeah, frying eggs in it is good. But if you really want a good, artery-clogging time, I recommend fried chicken. My fiance made her grandmother's fried chicken with bacon grease a little while ago. It was amazing.
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What would happen if you used bacon grease as a substitute for motor oil?
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Originally Posted by besson3c
What would happen if you used bacon grease as a substitute for motor oil?
OMG watch this at 1:30 in
YouTube - Chicken Fried Bacon
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Originally Posted by besson3c
What would happen if you used bacon grease as a substitute for motor oil?
I'd imagine the flash point is a little low...
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if i don't use mine for a remaining meal, i save it too in an aluminum can with lid. anytime i saute some onions or peppers, etc...instead of olive oil i snag a little left over bacon fat. awesome.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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Pour it outside in the same spot. Do this each time with your cooking grease. Eventually it will kill all plant life in that spot for a very long time.
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Originally Posted by Dork.
I made bacon for breakfast for the first time in ages today. I have a small amount of bacon grease left over. What should I do with it?
I do what my mom did all through my childhood - keep a clean jar on your stovetop or next to your stove, and dump grease into it. When it gets full enough, throw it out with the regular trash. If it's too hot in your house in the summer, keep it in your freezer, and take it out before you fry something that will produce grease - if you dump hot grease into a frozen jar, it'll make the bottom fall out (which is what happened to my boyfriend once).
You'll probably not produce enough grease from cooking to fill up that jar more than three or four times a year, but it's the cleanest way to get rid of it.
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If you're not going to use it for your eggs or browns, put it in a tin can in the freezer.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
I do what my mom did all through my childhood - keep a clean jar on your stovetop or next to your stove, and dump grease into it. When it gets full enough, throw it out with the regular trash. If it's too hot in your house in the summer, keep it in your freezer, and take it out before you fry something that will produce grease - if you dump hot grease into a frozen jar, it'll make the bottom fall out (which is what happened to my boyfriend once).
You'll probably not produce enough grease from cooking to fill up that jar more than three or four times a year, but it's the cleanest way to get rid of it.
What a complete waste!
I just leave the bacon grease in the cast-iron frying pan - usually I'll follow with eggs, but otherwise whatever will be fried in that pan that evening or the next day will benefit in a very real and tasty way.
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thanks for all the tips! I did, in fact, cook my eggs in it this morning also, but drained most of the grease first and left just enough for yummy eggs.
I'll have to find some excuse to fry some onions soon, that sounds like the yummiest thing to do next. I was going to make something with Eggplant tonight, but I don't think fried eggplant in bacon grease sounds all that appealing....
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you're all wrong.
you use the grease as dipping sauce for the bacon. sheesh.
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Man, do you meaties put this stuff on your cornflakes too?
Remind me not to eat anything which fits in a frying pan at analog and Dork's houses.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Hollow points. Terrorists.
It would be more profitable to build a McDonanlds in their area.
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Pour it in a foil pie plate and leave it out for the birds. Put birdseed in it, if you have some.
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
Pour it in a foil pie plate and leave it out for the birds. Put birdseed in it, if you have some.
Is bacon grease okay for birds?
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Originally Posted by Rumor
Is bacon grease okay for birds?
Only if they don't mind going to hell.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
Is bacon grease okay for birds?
In the wild, survival is all about food. Since grease is 100% fat, and fat has 9 calories per gram, it will be like a tasty treat and easy energy for a creature used to eating bugs and seeds.
It's not likely one meal will cause heart disease in any animal.
Squirrels will probably like it, too.
Besides, what do you think suet is?
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Well, if an animal we care for gets heart disease eating suet, we can always figure out who made the stuff and suet
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Originally Posted by analogika
What a complete waste!
I just leave the bacon grease in the cast-iron frying pan - usually I'll follow with eggs, but otherwise whatever will be fried in that pan that evening or the next day will benefit in a very real and tasty way.
AFAIK leaving grease in a teflon/non-stick skillet is a really bad idea.
It is recommended to season a cast-iron skillet with grease. Few people these days, however, use those. It's a lot easier (and cheaper and lighter) to get the normal non-stick skillets you see everywhere.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Man, do you meaties put this stuff on your cornflakes too?
Remind me not to eat anything which fits in a frying pan at analog and Dork's houses.
You're a vegetarian too?
When I was a meat eater, I'd fry up eggs and bologna in bacon grease. I'd even fry up Filet Mignon in bacon grease and put the greasy drippy thing on a kaiser roll. Peanut butter and bacon (with grease) too.
Of course I was about 70 lbs heavier then.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
AFAIK leaving grease in a teflon/non-stick skillet is a really bad idea.
It is recommended to season a cast-iron skillet with grease. Few people these days, however, use those. It's a lot easier (and cheaper and lighter) to get the normal non-stick skillets you see everywhere.
People who are likely to care about what bacon grease does to the flavor of their cooking are likely to be using cast-iron skillets.
Go ahead and collect the grease in a large jar and throw it away.
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Originally Posted by Sherman Homan
No wonder he died on the shitter.
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HASHBROWNS !!!
Easily the best option.
Easily.
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Originally Posted by hickey
you're all wrong.
you use the grease as dipping sauce for the bacon. sheesh.
Winner!
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
No wonder he died on the shitter.
That, and the half dozen prescriptions he was hooked on.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
AFAIK leaving grease in a teflon/non-stick skillet is a really bad idea.
It is recommended to season a cast-iron skillet with grease. Few people these days, however, use those. It's a lot easier (and cheaper and lighter) to get the normal non-stick skillets you see everywhere.
That reminds me. I need to get a cast iron skillet. Can't make proper friend potatoes without one.
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