/ck/ - Food & Cooking

no

No, I save all my bacon grease in a mason jar and use it for other shit

DESIGNATED BACON PAN? DON'T MIND IF I DO

No I collect the fat in a small bowl on the side that I always throw out because I never have any use for bacon fat but don't want to pour it down the drain

>>14301351
God I fucking hate bacon. Bacon and all those who like it are Reddit.

I like bacon but I don't eat it often enough to bother designating any particular pan to bacon duty.

>>14301384
Have my up vote

>>14301104
baste
this is what everyone should do

>>14301070
I usually let the grease congeal then scoop it out with a paper towel and throw it in the compost bin.

>buy expensive, fatty cut of meat
>render out fat
>throw delicious, expensive fat away

someone pls help me understand this

>>14301571
>throw away bacon fat
>cook lean meats in vegetable oil

>>14301384
*nods respectfully towards you* Aye I'm something of a lone wolf myself.

>>14301070
>just leave the grease in there for several days until you cook more
Lard can go rancid and it attracts ants and shit.
Keep it in an airtight container.
It is good for the pan though.

>>14301384
i agree, all i've ever had was bacon that will smell the house of chemicals a floor up. all the preservatives on the bag and liquid smoke flavor and what not, I wonder what actual raw bacon is like

>>14301384
F U C K i've been reddit all this time? i've been fooled.

>>14301363
I used to do this, now I use the bacon grease for eggs.

>>14301384
you seem obsessed with reddit, you must go there often.

>>14301576
literally the same thing as using the bacon fat but less flavor. sad.

>>14301636
it's called pork belly and tastes like a porchop wit lots o' fat.

>>14301070
Join the 21st century and get an air fryer.
Its almost a fire and forget operation.

>>14302957

>>14301070
I just put it in the oven on enough parchment paper to cover a baking sheet. I do save the grease but I never leave it to sit for several days. I just pour it in a jar.

I don't eat bacon often.
I'll have it occasionally on a burger.
I love it, but I'm 34 years old now and trying to think about my health

>>14301070
no. here in Australia it's hot enough that the grease stays liquid.
you leave that shit lying out for 5 minutes and its swarming with flies and maggots.

>>14301384
I said fuck off!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

>>14301070
Your friend is just lazy. He doesn't want to pour it out hot into like a coffee can to throw away later, doesn't want to do it cold or even at all until he needs that pan again. There are microbes in the air, you don't leave things open uncovered and out at room temperature, esp filled with bits of meat. He doesn't spend much money on paper towels, etc.
You should probably never eat at his house. It's an example of extreme ignorance.

Much of the time, unless I know I need the fat for a recipe (potato salad, potato pancakes, cornbread), I don't cook it on the stovetop. I microwave bacon on a stack of paper towels (3-4), and another 2 on top. Right into the trash within 5 minutes of cooling. You can layer on a 2nd layer of bacon too if you need up to 10 slices.
Wasteful of paper, for sure, but no mess, nor watching it, and best of all, no spitting grease everywhere in my oven, or stovetop, since bacon is filled with packing liquid nowadays, it's intolerable.