My dad grew up on a dairy farm in WI and his mother used to save the grease from breakfast and they'd have bacon fat sandwiches for lunch. Mmmm...gross.
Posted by Jenny at January 21, 2004 4:55 PMwow. what's in a bacon fat sandwich? like slices of congealed bacon fat? wow.
Posted by yi at January 21, 2004 6:02 PMyep, bacon fat is an awesome starter for sauces and gravy. Basically anything that you use oil (olive) for. It really is the missing component in getting gravy just right.
Posted by c9 at January 22, 2004 12:04 PMRecipe for bacon fat sandwich: Fry bacon. Eat the bacon. Let the grease firm up in the pan until lunch. Scoop grease on to a piece of bread. Spread thickly. Eat.
Kroenings are not a skinny breed.
yimay. go to uchi and get their little skewer things -- asparagus wrapped in bacon. morsels of delight! mmm!
Posted by p at January 24, 2004 9:22 AMCame across this site surfin'.
Just thought I'd add my 2˘ worth.
I'm 64 years old and growing up in northern Wisconsin after WWII a regular for us kids was congealed bacon fat spread on a piece of homemade bread with a 1/4" thick slice of raw onion, salt and pepper and this was heaven.
This was a snack, say mid-afternoon, not a meal.
My grandparents raised me for a time and Grandma always had a stoneware bowl on the range shelf (wood burner) with saved bacon fat in it.
In addition to bacon fat sandwiches it was used for frying potatoes, eggs, onions, browning meats and a variety of other cooking.
I still save bacon fat and cook the same way even though everything you hear or read tells you that this is bad for you.
My grandpa lived to be 83 eating these things plus he smoked a pipe and chewed tobacco ‘til the day he died. I suppose there are those that would say “He could have lived to be 100 if he didn’t”. Well, to each their own.
Bacon fat rules.
How long can you keep bacon drippings?
Posted by Richard at September 4, 2006 1:45 PM