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Floyd R. Turbo

(31,808 posts)
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:13 PM Nov 7

Remember then?

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Liquid gold! If it was fried, it was fried in it! My kid brother used it instead of butter on his toast!
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Remember then? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Nov 7 OP
Hey I still use that stuff RoadRunner Nov 7 #1
🤗😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 7 #2
We have a jarful in our kitchen PJMcK Nov 7 #3
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Nov 8 #5
My Mom kept it in a coffee can on the stove Bayard Nov 7 #4
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 8 #6
Mom made baked toast justaprogressive Nov 8 #7
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Nov 8 #8
My mom used to save bacon grease LogDog75 Nov 8 #9
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Nov 9 #12
I have a jar of bacon fat in my fridge. Morbius Nov 8 #10
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 9 #13
still have and use the strainer can Kali Nov 8 #11
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 9 #14
Me too! OldBaldy1701E Nov 9 #15

PJMcK

(24,429 posts)
3. We have a jarful in our kitchen
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:18 PM
Nov 7

It’s only used on rare occasions but the flavor is exquisite!

LogDog75

(986 posts)
9. My mom used to save bacon grease
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:29 PM
Nov 8

After frying bacon or cooking something in bacon grease, she'd pour the grease into a strainer over an aluminum container to keep the lumps out. Then, she'd put the lid on the container and put it in the refrigerator for later use. This was back in the 50s to the 70s before people started figuring out bacon grease and fats weren't good for us.

I've got to admit, it did make the food taste better.

Morbius

(792 posts)
10. I have a jar of bacon fat in my fridge.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:49 PM
Nov 8

I mix it with canola oil sometimes when I fry things. It adds flavor. I always save the fat when I cook bacon.

Kali

(56,507 posts)
11. still have and use the strainer can
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:12 PM
Nov 8

keep it next to stove, only thing is we hardly ever make bacon anymore. mostly for BLTs occasionally. but a whole sheet pan of bacon refills the can pretty well in one shot.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,552 posts)
15. Me too!
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 09:29 AM
Nov 9

I have had people ask me about the chrome can on the stove, and when I tell them it is for grease, they just look at me.

Yeah, enjoy that breakfast I made with it while you make faces because I have a can of grease on the stove. LOL.

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