Am I the only one....

[THEU]

who frys bacon mainly just to keep a coffee can full of bacon drippings in the fridge ready to cook with?

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Yup. Just you.

 

[Luke Duke]

What do you do with the bacon? If you throw it away, you are never allowed to post on this board again.

 

[THEU]

Come on Luke Duke! I eat the bacon. I don't waste good bacon. I said 'mainly' because more than just eating a ton of bacon, which is good in and of it's own, I pour off the drippings and use them in cooking. I know I am not the only one. It is actually something that has been done for decades in the South. Whenever I cook up some spinach or beans or whatever I have drippings ready to go ahead and cook them with. I could say "I keeep rendered bacon on hand", but that sounds about as uptight as can be. Rendered bacon is used in a great number of recipes. I basically just render it beforehand and have it ready to go.

 

[hrhorn]

Oh yeah! You've gotta save the grease. That's what gives refried beans (good ones) that awesome flavor.