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Can anyone in America confirm? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

When mom cooked breakfast, she'd collect bacon grease (as, like, supplemental butter) and add that to subsequent meals. AFAIK, it still happens, but is probably less common.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I know it's bad for me, so I use it very sparingly, but I have a jar of bacon grease that gets used every so often. I'll be honest, I don't know anyone outside my family that still does it.

    I'm also from bumfuck nowhere, so that could be an influencing factor on why I am the way I am.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I don’t use it sparingly and I also have a jar of bacon grease.

    The day I learned to put a coffee filter or paper towel in the jar under the lid ring to filter the hot oil? Game changer.

    My grocery store carries “bulk bacon” which is packs of low quality fatty bacon that’s great for cooking. I buy that sometimes and the grease off a pound fills a pint jar about halfway, sometimes more.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Isn't that basically lard and can't you just buy the lard in a jar or can?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yes and no. Bacon has curing salts and spices and some time in a cold smoker ideally. That all adds some additional flavor to the grease.

    Lard is just plain pig fat that is rendered down and strained to remove bits of meat and skin. No seasoning and no smoke

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