Kitchen

[We rescue cats]

I too save my bacon grease! Kept in a glass jar in the fridge, just like my Gram taught me.

[wagirl]

No, I don't eat bacon much and always wipe out the excess in the pan before I cook in it again. Just not my cup of tea  (or fat) mostly for health reasons. I remember my grand parents-in-law, had a cast iron fry pan full of bacon fat and fried eggs in it--kind of grossed me out ----

[ID2]

Nope. We eat way too healthy to use bacon fat. I don't even consume bacon! Yuck. 

[cindyNC]

@gulf coast girl  Your use of it makes me want to save mine.  We only have bacon when we make BLTs, but then I cook the entire pound and leftovers get added to recipes, snacked on, or cut up for the dog. 

[LavernLuvsShoes]

Can't imagine cooking cabbage, kale, collards, green beans, fried potatoes & onions or navy beans without bacon grease.

I strain it and keep it in a Mason Jar in my kitchen cabinet (Never in the fridge) - next to the olive and vegetable oil.

Been keeping it that way for years, and as someone else said, I'm still here. 

[RedTop]

I am never without bacon grease.  I keep it in a glass jar in the fridge and use it to season every type of bean I cook, fried potatoes, potato soup, pea soup, cornbread, corn muffins, dressing for lettuce and onions, fried cabbage, fried turnips, always fried deer tenderloin in it, make gravy with it, etc.

[MoonieBaby]

Ew. No.

[Carmie]

I save my bacon grease in a bacon grease container that I store in the fridge.  One the container gets full, I throw it out.

I use bacon grease occasionally, and not too often to cook with.  I am an olive oil cook, unless I need the bacon grease for flavor.

[SilleeMee]

Not a bacon eater these days but when I was I threw out the grease and blotted the heck out the cooked bacon to get rid of most of the fat. Nothing like bacon fat to clog up your arteries.

[AuntG]

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@Etoile308 wrote:

The only time I use bacon grease is when making bacon and eggs. Cook the bacon, remove most grease then using same pan leave just enough so eggs don't stick.

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Identical to @Etoile308. Once the eggs are done, I use paper towels to wipe out the pan.