LOL, you can't get the natural, liquid or chemical "smoke" flavor out of "cured" bacon. Where you from? You'd have to source uncured bacon. Haven't seen any in years.
Most foods are great when cooked in bacon fat but it does impart a flavor that many will not want in pie crusts, baked goods, etc. (I know, blasphemy)
Rendered lard will not have much of an odor or flavor and is great for many things, including use in black powder cartridge lubes, cylinder...
How is it that the cooking oil goes from 220 c to 235 c 5 minutes AFTER I turn the heat down to med?
I saw it was too hot then turned down the stove, but man alive! It's gaining temp! Near the smoke point. I want only 177 c.
Maybe I should put some ice in it to cool it down.
Not to hijack DD's thread but I made this tonight and it's very good.
I didn't even go to the store, I had all this in the kitchen.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons oil/butter (optional – substitute bacon drippings)
1 large yellow (Spanish) onion -diced
3 cloves garlic diced
2 pounds ground...
Forgive me padre, I have sinned.
Beans are for my dad. He likes them. That's about what he had growing up, beans, peas, okra, tomatoes, bream, sparrows and cornbread.
I'm quite sure it's good eatin'. I'm on my way to the market to get some peppers myself for a pot of chili. And yes, I'm putting small red beans in it (NOT kidneys).
"Red Fish" in Cincinnati, 1998. Worst collards I ever ate. Some nitwit chef got the bright idea to do an oysters Rockefeller and swap al dente collards for the cooked spinach. Nasty as ****.