Bacon Grease

[Jay Templin]

You can substitute it for shortening in any baking, so long as you are ok with a 'bacony' bit of flavour. I use it for crusts for meat pies, biscuits, pancakes, and for frying anything. Makes great fried toast (great way to clean up the pan after frying bacon and eggs for yer camp breakfast). With that much, you could try making French fries or fritters.

Bacon grease chocolate chip cookies are a marvel! So is “baconcream” icing on a chocolate cake!
Jay
(Like bacon, salty and 73% fat.)

 

[pajeepman]

Amazon. 24.99 for two pack.

Actually just saw it local for 8.99 at a new grocery store that opened last month. I was surprised.

 

[410-er]

Suet cakes for birds.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I have a cast iron skillet full of corn bread cooling a little as I write this. Venison stew and corm bread for Christmas Eve dinner. A quarter cup of butter mixed in with the batter and a good layer of lard in the bottom of the skillet. According to the vegans I should be dead by morning. At least I'll die happy!

 

[DimWitworth]

Merry Christmas to you also!

Lamb tallow ( fat ) is popular I was told it doesn’t go rancid.
Also told Lanoline comes from Lamb fat. I have NO idea if any of it is true.

 

[Shiloh]

Lamb tallow ( fat ) is popular I was told it doesn’t go rancid.
Also told Lanoline comes from Lamb fat. I have NO idea if any of it is true.

I believe lanoline comes from the wool.

 

[Notchy Bob]

I believe lanoline comes from the wool.

That is my understanding, also. I have read that in Britain, lanolin is sometimes called “wool grease.”

Notchy Bob

 

[Omega Vision]

In 1976, I slow danced with a girl. We both were interested in the other. During the dance I remember her sniffing. She lost all interest in me immediatly. I was confused, as is normal for such matters when you are 14 YO. 40 years later my sister broke the news. The reason the girl lost interest in me was because I smelled like bacon! It was off putting for her. I had cooked bacon for breakfast.

You dodged a bullet there and should be thankful for it.
A young adult male should never desire a girlfriend relationship with one that diverts, instead of encounters.

I buy .015 pillow-ticking patches prelubed with Bumbling Bear Grease.

 

[2001guns]

I worked with that lady. And she has two kayaks on the roof rack.

One for her and one for her wife!

 

[nit wit]

Someone should make soap with it!

Nit Wit

 

[sportster73hp]

One for her and one for her wife!

Yes

 

[rem700]

Coat the inside of cast iron skillet when making cornbread leaves a beautiful crust.

Fried potatoes seasoned to taste.

Sautee onions in bacon grease add green beans cook and season to taste.

 

[Jim in Wisconsin]

Yesterday morning I took a little piece of angle iron, sanded all the scale and stuff from one flat so it was shiny steel. Rubbed bacon grease on part of it and left the other part bare steel. Now it sat outside for about 24 hours in damp cool weather. I cleaned the bacon grease off just now and that part is still just as shiny as it was but the other part is brown with rust.
It appears that the bacon grease doesn't cause rust, but prevents it - at least in the short (one day) term.
I used to put some on the front of the cylinder of my Remington 44 to try and prevent cross fires, - never tried it for patch lube on a rifle though.
I agree that cooking is a better use of it - my Mom used to make wilted lettuce salad, it was darn good!

 

[B P Arn]

This is a gimmick like "Global Climate Change". The diagnosis "High Chloesterol" is used nearly universally by medial providers these days. It ensures that they get a recurrent income from repeat blood testing and "follow-up" visits. whether they get any return from pharma for the prescription drug sales is anybody's guess. There is No one-to-one link between this treatment and cardiac health. In diabetes, for example, there is. You fail to take your insulin properly, you die.

Hahahhaaahaaa!!!! Another internet conspiracy theory!

 

[Gun Tramp]

I cleaned the bacon grease off just now and that part is still just as shiny as it was but the other part is brown with rust.

Thanks for posting your results Jim!

 

[flntlokr]

It's all I use on my cast iron in between cooking sessions.

We had a cook in our cookhouse that always kept a slab of ham/bacon rind for dressing the stove's grill surface. The cookhouse always smelled like bacon. Got the juices flowing halfway up the stairs.

 

[flntlokr]

Hahahhaaahaaa!!!! Another internet conspiracy theory!

Drug companies made many millions selling anti-cholesterol drugs, so they pushed the bs. Don't blindly take whatever a doc prescribes. Look them up and make an informed decision before diving into the deep end. Your pharmacist is your friend in this; they know much more about the drugs than any doc. Docs get goodies from drug companies to help them make up their minds what is good for you. And have fun shooting over the festive season! All the best for 2024!

 

[B P Arn]

Drug companies made many millions selling anti-cholesterol drugs, so they pushed the bs. Don't blindly take whatever a doc prescribes. Look them up and make an informed decision before diving into the deep end. Your pharmacist is your friend in this; they know much more about the drugs than any doc. Docs get goodies from drug companies to help them make up their minds what is good for you. And have fun shooting over the festive season! All the best for 2024!

Can you post a few links to support this assertion, please?

I will be burning powder tomorrow, thank you!

 

[Notchy Bob]

Yesterday morning I took a little piece of angle iron, sanded all the scale and stuff from one flat so it was shiny steel. Rubbed bacon grease on part of it and left the other part bare steel. Now it sat outside for about 24 hours in damp cool weather. I cleaned the bacon grease off just now and that part is still just as shiny as it was but the other part is brown with rust.
It appears that the bacon grease doesn't cause rust, but prevents it - at least in the short (one day) term.
I used to put some on the front of the cylinder of my Remington 44 to try and prevent cross fires, - never tried it for patch lube on a rifle though.
I agree that cooking is a better use of it - my Mom used to make wilted lettuce salad, it was darn good!

Thanks for posting! Now we know!

Drug companies made many millions selling anti-cholesterol drugs, so they pushed the bs. Don't blindly take whatever a doc prescribes. Look them up and make an informed decision before diving into the deep end. Your pharmacist is your friend in this; they know much more about the drugs than any doc. Docs get goodies from drug companies to help them make up their minds what is good for you. And have fun shooting over the festive season! All the best for 2024!

I believe there are “anti kickback” laws in place that limit the “goodies” doctors get from drug companies. Besides, I worked in healthcare for 30 years, and can tell you doctors are not so easily bought.

However, doctors do pay attention to research, and for better or for worse, drug companies may fund a lot of the studies that are published. This can in fact have some influence.

Consumers (patients, in this case) are always wise to inform themselves. I would agree that one should not “blindly” take whatever is prescribed. I was recently advised to begin taking a statin, but I respectfully declined. My cholesterol is over the threshold, but not by much. The trade-offs in terms of potential side effects are not worth it to me for just a few points on the cholesterol scale.

Anyway, many rely on Dr. Google for their medical and pharmacological information, and there is a lot of nonsense out there… misinformation that is not regulated in any way. Just as we have all seen bad advice on shooting on web-based videos, there is plenty of bad medical advice. Look for legitimate sources of information when you do your own research.

Be safe,

Notchy Bob

 

[B P Arn]

Be ready to impress your mountain man buddies at the next "rondy"!