/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5978919
I just pour it down the drain. My landlord can deal with that shit, he makes enough money off me.

strain it, jar it, fridge it.
use it to fry shit.
it's delicious.

>>5978919
use in recipes or explosives

>>5978919
Th-th-throwing away bacon fat? Are you mad?

The next thing you'll be telling me that you throw away goose fat after confit.

Add it to soups, stews, fry in it, spread it on your partner for dat dere extra tasty sex, the possibillities are endless

>>5979071
>mfw I mention confit once and /ck/ goes crazy over it

What else have you guys not found out about under that rock? Wait til you discover sushi!

>>5978919
Boil it mash it stick it in a stew

>>5979041
How would you recommend straining it?

I mop it up with bread as usually when I am cooking bacon, its for a sandwich.

>>5979041
This. Rendered fat lasts pretty much forever, is great for frying up shit, and iirc it's healthier than butter for whatever reason. Less trans fats or something.

>>5979076

>Wait til you discover sushi!

Are you fucking kidding? Half of /ck/ I'd weebs jeering off about some old guy and his son eating sushi.

>>5978919
My grandmother used to cook with it. It's fantastic for browning meat. I wouldn't make a pot roast without it. I'd say most classic American farmhouse dishes and Atlantic coast cooking tastes a little better when you use bacon fat as the cooking oil.

But today's bacon is different than the bacon in my grandmother's time. Old time bacon was smoked, and the meat was brown. Today's bacon is heavily treated with nitrates, and the meat is pink. If all you can get is pink bacon I'd probably not recommend using the fat for cooking on a regular basis, because consuming that much nitrates might not be a good idea.

>>5979109
>Half of /ck/ is people living under a rock overreacting to a movie about a successful restaurant in a foreign country

ftfy

Has anyone tried jowl bacon? How is it compared to regular bacon? There was a bunch on clearance last time I was at the grocery store for like $1.50 a pack but I didn't pick it up because I had no idea what it was like.

Put it on a bread, add salt and paprika, maybe some onion.

>>5979091
either through a fine mesh strainer, or some cheesecloth.

>>5979126
It's good as something to put whole into soups/stews/or braises to just let cook and add some smokey, meaty flavor but it's not great for eating seeing as they're usually about 85-90% fat.
If you're cooking bacon just to get the rendered fat, though, seems like it might be the way to go.

Here's what I usually do:

>make homemade tallow candles
they have a very mild, pleasant, *slightly* bacon-y scent. Not overwhelming at all

>use to stir-fry vegetables instead of butter

>cook eggs
my god, I can't imagine making omelets without it

OP if your just gonna throw it away, send it to me.

Bacon soap?

>>5978919

Open the jars and lay them in a field (out of the sun so the glass doesn't start a fire). In about a week there won't be a speck of fat left. Small animals and ants will clean them out completely. You can collect the jars and dispose of them in your recycling or wash and use them again for the same purpose.

>>5979437
do the ants get fat? or do they just give it to the queen?

>>5979510

They bring it back to the colony in chunks and all the ants eat it. They get it in the late evening or early morning with the fat has cooled enough to solidify. I've been doing this for many years - my grandmother showed me. She also used to clean her cast iron skillets using ants.

>>5978920
shitbag

>>5978919
turn it into soap

>>5979540
>>5979437
haha holy shit I thought you were trolling. Just put it in foil until it solidifies and throw it out.

>>5979541

Oh hey there landlord. A couple years ago, I was on an international trip that got extended by a week at the last minute (work related). As a result, I got back on the 6th of the month and I hadn't sent my rent payment. When I opened my apartment door, you had slipped a letter under the crack threatening legal action against me. For being 6 days late. After being a model tenant for 5 years.

I included an apology and an explanation with my check, but I still have a grudge. Now, I'm going to pour bacon grease down the drain at least twice a month, and you have no way of knowing.

Remember all those chats we used to have in the stairwell when you'd complain about deadbeat tenants? This is what you get for treating me like one. You disrespected me, and I'm going to fuck up your pipes now.

>>5979076
>thinking you introduced confit to /ck

kek

I fry corn tortillas in it all the time.

>>5978919
>>5979410
>>5980116
Make soap.

>Bacon + Drain Cleaner = Soap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_c4HjVGk3I

>>5978919
where it belongs...
down the nearest drain.

>>5979091
Heat it up so it's liquid and run it through a mesh strainer.
It doesn't have to be super-filtered, you just want to get out any bits of food that might go rancid.

>>5980122

What a waste. Either use it or let nature use it.

>>5980623
>natural bar of soap made with processed bacon and drain cleaner
ok

Make soap, and bring down Western society.

>>5979041
>tfw you make baked beans from scratch with the bacon greese you have in the fridge

눈 ͜ಎ눈

>>5980797
That's how soap is actually made though. The drain cleaner is just lye and the bacon grease is lard.

>>5979071
>tfw i larded my lover

>>5980623
that's what i have dr. bronner for.

I'm not making soaps and later writings for the label.

>>5978919
Put it in a greese holder, there are a couple types.. pic related is one.

Once you have it cleared out you can use it for all kinds of stuff like cooking eggs, or add to some rice, or whatever, your imagination is your only limitation!

>>5980962
Make bacon candles!
What guy that's not a fag wouldn't like that as a Christmas present?

For the homo crowd, maybe make some bacon lube.

>>5978919
eat it out of your gf's pussy like >>5977154

>>5978919
Don't throw it away. Strain it and save that delicious shit. Use it to cook vegetables, make eggs ... basically anywhere you'd use a fat for a savory meal.

>>5980623
>that much time and energy wasted for a single bar

>>5981856
Normally, you save up a great deal of lard or oil then make a large batch of soap. But, for showing people how, one bar is enough. /diy/, has many soapmakers: >>>/diy/720194