Remind me what to do with the bacon grease?

[Peaches]

This transplanted southerner still loves her collard greens (local, organic) cooked in bacon grease. Throw in some black-eyed peas, serve with sweetened tea, and you have a southerner’s favorite meal!

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[cjboffoli]

Peaches: Will you marry me? ;-)

All: Last summer I actually attended the slaughter of one of the pigs from which the recent batch of bacon was sourced. It was a fascinating day. I’m happy to post the a link to the images if people are interested.

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[cakeitseasy]

Soap?

http://www.littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/10/if-youre-saying-to-yourself-ivory-i.html

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[JanS]

and follow that link through to how to make a candle with bacon grease…unfortunately, it takes the odor of bacon out…guess you could go find some eau de piglet and scent it up :)

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[Bayou]

I’m curled up with the comforts of potato soup tonight but mmmmm, “collie” greens. Peaches, that makes me homesick.

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[Kayleigh2]

Aim, you are truly sweet, even if you do eat weird. ;-) I gave up pork as a teenager and don’t miss it at all. But even if I ate pork, I would toss away the bacon fat in horror and guilt.

I’ve made homemade soap, and no way would I use bacon grease. Yuck.

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[JoB]

Kayleigh2…

if you must kill.. you should honor what you kill.. and that includes using all of it..

Strained bacon grease from a well raised home cured pig makes great soap… and candles too…

mellaw…janS…and peaches…

THANK YOU! i had forgotten what a little bacon grease can do to greens…

cook a couple of strips of bacon in a big pan.. remove the bacon and quickly cook up spinach in the grease .. (i suspect with this bacon.. you won’t need more than one strip…)

then add the crumbled bacon to the spinach and some sliced almonds and a touch of salt…

I am sorry Kayleigh, but there is something that bacon does to vegetables that is simply sinful:)

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