Bakin' Bacon

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  1. Denise Evans

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    Not since this a.m. Are you finally here to play with me?? I hope you brought your pole so we can do a duet;)
     
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    Long ago, my co-worker and good friend Paul Gallo called such interchange "nasty-nice". He was referring to the way Management folks lorded it over us peons in our employ.
     
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    We eat the Morning Star soy bacon sometimes at my daughter's as both their girls eat mostly vegetarian. But if they have REAL bacon in the refrig, that's what I go for!
     
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    I am mostly vegetarian now Linda, although I do, still eat some fish, and I have Jenni O Turkey Sausage. I do eat eggs, mayo, dairy in other words:)

    I'm with you on the substitution items, if I'm going to have bacon, I want the real thing. With this sausage I eat, it is really good, and not near as salty. That's why I don't mind eating it;) Hugs, and we'll have to chat about your trip on pm, denise
     
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    I learn to put bacon in the oven from a cooking show I watched on television. And if you like the taste of maple bacon, simply place a little maple syrup on the bacon before placing them in the over. Oh my, but this tastes so good!
     
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    What exactly does one use saved bacon grease for?
     
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    My mom used to save hers all the time. I was a kid so I didn't pay a lot of attention, but I think it was strained to remove chunky stuff and reused as cooking oil or maybe for things where bacon grease would add a taste. I don't know but I know that it was always saved in a Crisco container.
     
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    Yes, if you're not watching your health than you can cook with it.

    There are also some recipes even now, gourmet ones that have you brown the beef tenderloin in the rendered bacon fat that you cooked the bacon in for the other part of a recipe. Just a tablespoon though. It gives a better flavor that's for sure. :)
     
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    Yeah, I know that it didn't replace cooking oil altogether because she was still buying Crisco, which seemed to be the cooking oil of choice at that time, so she used the bacon grease for specific things.
     
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    We always had a little container to save the bacon grease in. I had a salt shaker set that looked like miniature milk cans (the oldtime one), and the grease strainer looked like a milk bucket, but it had a lid and a little strainer across the top so that only the bacon grease went through.
    We used the extra grease for cooking the eggs, of course, but also for just about anything else we were cooking that needed a spoonful of grease to cook it in. I always added some to the pan when I was frying chicken. Sometimes, I also used it when making corn bread, or even biscuits.
    We had not yet gone through that period of time when any animal fat, including butter, was considered unhealthy to use. Thankfully, we are now going back to using these healthy ways of cooking, and most people know that it is the shortning and margarine that are what is bad for our bodies.
    Sometimes, I put leftover bacon grease on the dog's dry food when there is not a lot of it left over. The dogs like that, too.
     
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    You have to remember though that most bacon has nitrates and sodium. I think a little for flavor is harmless just like everything else in moderation.
     
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    We save bacon grease and use it for flavoring, beans, peas, and greens.

    I have a microwave pan that is great for bacon.
     
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    @Debbie Seattle

    Lubricating axles on lawn mowers, wheel barrows, etc.
     
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    @Ken Anderson
    What, exactly, do you know, was Crisco made out of? Lard?
    Frank
     
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    This thread makes me realize that we haven't had bacon for a long time, maybe a year or so. No reason at all, it's just that we have neglected buying. In fact, we were at the supermarket last night and my husband even pointed to the cold cuts section to which I declined. One of our favorite breakfast was bacon and egg plus buttered toast for me and toast with marmalade for my husband. There are eateries that serve bacon and eggs in that fashion but the problem is that the bacon is not crispy in spite of our request for such. The server would reason out that toasted bacon is small hence their cook wouldn't do that. A bacon and egg with soft bacon? That's not for me.
     
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