Mom always had a bacon grease container going on the counter. We have revived that. Hubby bought it and LOVES saving the bacon grease for eggs etc.!
Now I am wondering, is bacon grease like lard? Can I use it in pie crusts instead of lard? I don't want my pies to taste like bacon! OK maybe the quiche.
My Granny saved her bacon grease and cooked eggs and potatoes in it every morning. She’d add it with ham when boiling green beans. Don’t think she used it for biscuits, though, to your point on flavor. She’d use lard or crisco.
We use butter. You can't bake with margarine. Can't fry eggs with margarine. Used butter for years.
You can fry eggs in bacon fat. The fat is hot, it cooks the eggs, but the fat is not absorbed into the eggs, but yes to the bacon flavor!
Yes! I used to do that too
Mom always had a bacon grease container going on the counter. We have revived that. Hubby bought it and LOVES saving the bacon grease for eggs etc.!
Now I am wondering, is bacon grease like lard? Can I use it in pie crusts instead of lard? I don't want my pies to taste like bacon! OK maybe the quiche.
My Granny saved her bacon grease and cooked eggs and potatoes in it every morning. She’d add it with ham when boiling green beans. Don’t think she used it for biscuits, though, to your point on flavor. She’d use lard or crisco.
Yum. That's an idea. Bacon grease for dishes it compliments. No, I wouldn't want my cherry pie to taste like bacon either tho.