Bacon Fat

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I think that a little bit now and again won't harm you If you were shovelling it down by the lb then maybe it would .Now I rarely make a 'roast dinner' as I go to my DDs on Sundays I don't have a use for my 'dripping pot' But it was passed on to my DD and she uses it.I had it given to me by an old lady 47 years ago and it had been her Mum's before her.Its a dark beige round pot a bit like a large mug without a handle and into it I have poured over the years probably gallons of fat from various roast dinners.The fat would solidify at the top and underneath the juices from the joint jellified.This my OH had spread on his toast as a treat now and again with a good sprinkle of pepper and salt .The remaining fat was used the following Sunday for the next joint.My DD always drains the fat and juices off her joints every week and this goes into the 'drippings pot' to be used during the week for frying up bubble and Squeak or even fried bread on a Saturday morning for one of her lads.Her eldest lad always asks his Mum when he goes fishing if he can soak a bit of bread in the dripping and take it with him when solidified as the fish apparently love it on the end of his line as well.
Today a lot of folk would be horrified at the thought of eating fats like this, but it was quite normal not to waste anything you could reuse during rationing time, My late Ma-in-law was conviced that a bit of fat kept the cold away during the winter so her boys often had bread and dripping and I must say I could count on one hand the amount of colds my late OH had in 40 years .The very greaseproof paper that the marg or burtter was wrapped in was scoured to spotlessness when you are limited to the amount you can buy.For years I always kept the empty wrappers from butter in the bottom of the fridge to grease my baking tins with.By the way I am now looking 70 up the rear so it hasn't done me too much harm

oldtractor

Bacon fat is delicious,hot from the pan,poured over boiled new potatoes. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

oldtractor

JackieO you are making me hungry. I love those meat juices/dripping on toast with salt and pepper,a rare treat.

Florenceem

Agree with you Jackie O. I scrape my wrappers and then use to grease a baking tin. I can't work out how to highlight a name.....when I try the usual highlight/bold.....I get brackets and Bs

prosaver

i like to put out the fat for the birds

anguk

oldtractor wrote: »

Bacon fat is delicious,hot from the pan,poured over boiled new potatoes. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

One of my MIL's favourite meals was new potatoes, bacon & spring greens/cabbage with the bacon fat drizzled over the potatoes & cabbage.