noxious.sunshine
07-01-2013, 03:31 PM
AKA Manteca . Does anyone actually still use it for cooking?
And on that note, do you save your bacon grease to make other things later?
The only use for it (lard) I can think of is making homemade refried beans - which I'm -still- not good at in spite of many years of trying and practicing. IDK, they just don't turn out right. They always end up looking grey instead of the "pretty" brown color.
I do have a can of Crisco in my fridge though for making biscuits & gravy with.
I used to save my bacon grease 'cuz I was always fixing bacon and stuff - like I'd cook up french fries or something similar in it - fried chicken, fried cube steak (mmm), whatever. But I've gotten lazy about it and we've switched to Turkey Bacon lately.
And on that note, do you save your bacon grease to make other things later?
The only use for it (lard) I can think of is making homemade refried beans - which I'm -still- not good at in spite of many years of trying and practicing. IDK, they just don't turn out right. They always end up looking grey instead of the "pretty" brown color.
I do have a can of Crisco in my fridge though for making biscuits & gravy with.
I used to save my bacon grease 'cuz I was always fixing bacon and stuff - like I'd cook up french fries or something similar in it - fried chicken, fried cube steak (mmm), whatever. But I've gotten lazy about it and we've switched to Turkey Bacon lately.