Originally Posted By llanatoye My Mom lived to be 87 and she was from Houston, Texas, wow, I remember the fried chicken, peach cobblers and such. I think that she ate healthier as she got older. And you're right, now I do remember her putting a dollop of bacon grease in the green beans.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling << recycled grease from a can ***idea of that gives me the jibblies.>> I think "Jibblies" is the proper name for recycled grease from a can. <<I find if funny that a chicken is asking about grease.>> Yeah, I don't really know much about cookin'. Shocker I know. I'm brilliant at everything else. I think bacon grease was a cooking secret of lots of grandmas back then. <<Moonshine dissolves bacon grease.>> ROFL!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Bacon Grease should be the next secret ingredient on that Iron Chef show.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun My grandfather used to fry bacon then fry the eggs in with the bacon. When it was done he would poor it over his toast. He lived to be in his late 70's and died of emphasyma (sp). go figure.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>My grandfather used to fry bacon then fry the eggs in with the bacon.<< Yum. >>When it was done he would poor it over his toast.<< Ew. Actually, when I am doing lo-carb, I eat a lot of bacon and eggs. My cholesterol and blood fats usually go DOWN, not up.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs My parents used to save the grease from bacon, fried chicken and anything else they used to fry/deep fry. My mom used to fry porkchops when I was little...actually chicken-fried pork chops was more appropriate since she would flour them and then fry them. I've known some people whose relatives actually ate the grease. Suffice to say we don't do that anymore...I usually pour it out.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 Good lord. My mother (and my grandmother for that matter) had ceramic tea pots that they'd pour the bacon grease into and use it for frying any number of things. They didn't keep it in the fridge, either. They had their own little botox factories going. The only thing I can figure is that the act of frying at a high temperature killed anything that might have been growing in it. I really can't remember when she stopped doing it. But I'm glad she eventually did.
Originally Posted By beamerdog mele, I thought that the bacon grease and green beans was a Pennsylvania Dutch thing. A friend of mine turned me on to that although we put slivered almonds on top. My grandmother used to save melted chicken fat (schmalz) rendered from the skin. I remember hovering around the stovetop waiting to eat the little crispy things (salted, no less). I think she called them grebenis. <<<say that with a Jewish/Russian accent, lol They were a real treat. The fat was used in chopped liver, kasha and bowties, and lots more. Aye yi yi, talk about clogged arteries. <a href="http://www.aadl.org/cooks/8602" target="_blank">http://www.aadl.org/cooks/8602</a>
Originally Posted By jdub My grandparents had a can next to their stove, always there, with bacon grease in it. Granny cooked Grampy's eggs in it. That's the kind of, uhm, food he'd eat every morning. Grampy died face down in his eggs. True story.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Wow that's sad jdub... I look back on how my grandparents ate... Bacon Fat Fried Chicken Fried everything else Lots of homemade Mexican food aka beans with lots of lard - enchilada's lots of cheese.... Homemade Cakes and pies...crusts with shortening... Peanut butter on white bread with butter and jam Later in Life - Cup of Soup, Top Raman... and other salt laced food.. Grandma passed at 92 - Grandpa just passed at 80... Crazy!! I am guessing they could handle this since there was more outside type jobs and less sitting at a computer --- well for grandpa anyway...
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Years ago I used bacon grease all the time. My how times have changed. But there's nuthin' better than liberally greasing a cake with it and baking up a batch of biscuits for breakfast. We, too, used to fry our eggs in it. It also makes for great milk gravy. And you can pour a few TBSP. of it over steamed greens and toss~YUM. And wilted spinach salad. The green bean thing is good too. Oh, I miss bacon grease... Now it's just Pam or olive oil. But they have their merits too.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>Peanut butter on white bread with butter and jam<<< I can't speak for the rest of your list, but the above can easily be classified as the "food of the gods". It's practically a medicine.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 It's amazing how ingrained some of these eating habits become. I haven't eaten anything cooked in bacon grease in years and yet, reading some of these posts, makes me yearn for some of those things my mother and grandmother used to make using bacon grease. In addition to all the things mentioned earlier by folks, my mom used to make buttermilk cornbread in an iron skillet. While the oven was preheating, she'd put the skillet in the oven, get it nice and hot and then take it out, pour in some bacon grease and then pour in the cornbread batter. The flavors all fused together was fabulous. I can still taste it today. Yummmm....
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Sometime eating healthier stinks... I must now leave this thread before I go by a crock to save bacon greese in!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I was raised by my grandparents and know all about the bacon grease! My grandmother used to boil potatoes "with the jackets on" (skin) and we would cut them up, put bacon grease on them and also on the salad. Wilted lettuce and boiled potatoes - YUMMMMM. I would LOVE to go back in time and share this with my grandmother...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan My grandmother was from Germany, and somehow was able to work a little bit of bacon into everything she cooked. I'm not kidding. Veggies always had little pieces of bacon in them. The Thanksgiving turkey went into the over with a layer of bacon on it. Of course, eggs were fried in bacon grease. Sometimes, she'd make a BLT -- light on the "L" and "T" components. On the bread, she would smear a thick layer of butter. She lived well into her 80s. And if she could have found a way to do it, I do believe she would have invented bacon ice cream.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight wilted salad recipe (home made!) 1/2 pound bacon fried till crisp keep skillet on very low. Add to the crisp bacon and grease in your pan, few table spoons vinigar ( to your own liking) and about 1-2 teaspoons sugar. whisk around in the pan till all combined. ( add more vinigar or sugar to your own liking). Salt n pepper optional) remove from heat and serve over chopped up romaine lettuce . Pretty simple and ohhh soooo goo00oo0!
Originally Posted By momof4boys When my MIL used to watch my kids at my house when I worked. She would come over and fix breakfast every morning. She often would fry bacon- something I asked her repeatedly not to do. She would save the grease in a jar by the side of my stove. She also saved the grease from anything she deep fat fried to reuse ( she did put the date on it so she knew when and how often she used it.) That lady fries everything- I fry nothing. Didn't know you could fix a porkchop any way other than grilled until I got married. I kept throwing away the jar of grease and she would start another one ( we have a lovely passive aggressive relationship). Luckily, she no longer comes over to fix us breakfast ( it is a long story as to why she continued to do this way after the time she was watching the kids). For a long time, my kids thought I was mean because I wouldn't let them have anything " good" for breakfast. Well, at least not all of the time. We've had many conversations on healthy eating and now they understand. My family used bacon grease ( kept in the frig) for green beans and enchilada sauce.
