Bacon Up

[Retired Spook]

Curious - has anyone used this stuff? I saw it on a shelf in HEB and I HAD to buy it!

When I was a kid I remember some family that kept a jar full of used bacon fat on the counter. This stuff says that it is "shelf stable" but I'm not willing to take a chance - it is in the fridge.

I cooked an egg with it this morning and it was pretty darned good!

 

[jcam222]

I love cooking in bacon fat. I try to save all mine from cooking bacon. I keep mine in the frig also

 

[JLeonard]

Slowly we are going back to how things used to be cooked. My grandmother had a silver can (about quart sized) that she strained her bacon grease into. And bacon was a every morning staple at her house. So it was always fresh. And I never saw her cook anything that didnt start with a heaping spoon full out of that can.
Spooky we will need a full report on this ASAP please. I'm hitting the grocery this weekend. May have to add this to my list.

Jim

 

[tpc74]

My wife would have a fit if I did this. But there is definitely an old silver can or reused jar of this floating around my parents house.

 

[crankybuzzard]

We save our bacon grease and use it quite a bit. We also refrigerate

 

[tallbm]

Curious - has anyone used this stuff? I saw it on a shelf in HEB and I HAD to buy it!

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When I was a kid I remember some family that kept a jar full of used bacon fat on the counter. This stuff says that it is "shelf stable" but I'm not willing to take a chance - it is in the fridge.

I cooked an egg with it this morning and it was pretty darned good!

Never tried it but it just now reminded me that I had smoked pork rib grease in the garage fridge from last weekend. The girlfriend demanded I save it for some cooking hahahaha.

I'll put it to use here soon for sure :D

Thanks for th einfo on this stuff :D

 

[Retired Spook]

I might even have to try some biscuits with this stuff.

Nothing beats biscuits made with bacon fat...

 

[mike243]

I started to buy some just to make gravy with then realized I aint supposed to eat biscuits and gravy, I still do but not every day and that would have made it to easy to do daily

 

[Retired Spook]

I started to buy some just to make gravy with then realized I aint supposed to eat biscuits and gravy, I still do but not every day and that would have made it to easy to do daily

I love biscuits made with bacon fat (the way Captain Augustus McRae made em) - a WORLD of difference for the better.

 

[clifish]

C'mon we all know you want this size!

Not as bad as I thought

Nutrition Facts​

Serving size 1 tablespoon (13g)

Amount Per Serving
Calories	130
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g	22%
Saturated Fat 4.5g	23%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 20mg	7%
Sodium 0g	0%
Total Carbohydrate 0g	0%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 0g	0%
Includes 0g Added Sugars	0%
Protein 0g	0%
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 0mg	0%

* The Percent Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advic

 

[SmokinEdge]

Near as I can tell a lot of you need to pony up and start making bacon, fill the freezer, cook it eat it and save the grease. Grew up that way, still live that way. Lard, bacon grease or olive oil, those are the only oils I cook with.

 

[normanaj]

That's a first for me.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Near as I can tell a lot of you need to pony up and start making bacon, fill the freezer, cook it eat it and save the grease. Grew up that way, still live that way. Lard, bacon grease or olive oil, those are the only oils I cook with.

Oh OK, twist my arm!

Ryan

 

[SmokinEdge]

Oh OK, twist my arm!

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Ryan

Kindred there Ryan. That’s how we roll. Looks great, and lots of tasty bacon grease in your future.

 

[912smoker]

C'mon we all know you want this size!
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Not as bad as I thought

Nutrition Facts​

Serving size 1 tablespoon (13g)

Amount Per Serving
Calories	130
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g	22%
Saturated Fat 4.5g	23%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 20mg	7%
Sodium 0g	0%
Total Carbohydrate 0g	0%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 0g	0%
Includes 0g Added Sugars	0%
Protein 0g	0%
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 0mg	0%

* The Percent Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advic

Dang near diet food
Use to keep a Mason jar near the stove for storage until last yr when I poured it in TOO HOT. Now looking for a metal container like momma always used !

Keith

 

[Fueling Around]

I've seen the store stuff, but never purchased.
Always have bacon grease in the fridge.
Wife loves her eggs cooked in bacon grease.
I like a tablespoon added to the batter for corn bread.

 

[cptnding]

C'mon we all know you want this size!
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Not as bad as I thought

Nutrition Facts​

Serving size 1 tablespoon (13g)

Amount Per Serving
Calories	130
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g	22%
Saturated Fat 4.5g	23%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 20mg	7%
Sodium 0g	0%
Total Carbohydrate 0g	0%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 0g	0%
Includes 0g Added Sugars	0%
Protein 0g	0%
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 0mg	0%

* The Percent Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advic

So how is there no sodium in this?

*Edit*
From Bacon Up's web site:
Although Bacon Up contains only two ingredients – bacon fat and BHA – we also list on our ingredient statement the list of ingredients that the bacon MAY have been cured in. Because our supplier prepares bacon with different cures for different bacon products, we list them ALL, just to be on the safe side.
Many people notice – and wonder why! – the Ingredient Statement says the bacon itself may have been cured with sea salt or brown sugar, for instance, and yet our FDA-approved Nutrition Facts panel indicates Bacon Up has Zero mg of Sodium and Zero g of Carbohydrates per serving. Note that only trace amounts of sodium, carbs, etc. cook out of the bacon and end up in the grease. In a one-tablespoon serving, it is less than the amount required to be reported.

 

[Chasdev]

I read a piece a year or so ago that talked about how and when America switched from tallow and bacon grease to highly refined nut oils.
If memory serves, bacon grease can not and will not grow bacteria and does not need to be in the fridge, plus it is pretty darn good health wise.
Most interesting is the overall negative health changes that came with the swap to refined nut oils.
Article stated that the rape seed (canola) growers or their lobby group staged an anti animal fat campaign and in the end influenced Americans to abandon animal fat as unhealthy.
So instead of cheap and easy to obtain animal fat, we get expensive and hard to manufacture nut and seed oils.
Turns out that animal fats are way better for you than 99% of refined nut oils.

 

[Retired Spook]

Corporations would feed you nuclear waste, and create a marketing campaign that tells you that nuclear waste is good for you, if they could get away with it, and more importantly, if they could PROFIT from it.

I have always saved and used bacon fat, but I have always kept it in the fridge. When I saw this container of Bacon Up, I just HAD to try it.

It's pretty good!

 

[912smoker]

We always left ours out on the counter to solidify. Does the store bought version say to "refrigerate after opening '?

Keith