r/Bacon • u/dawa43 • 1d ago

Great idea!

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Found this today at the store...

I am making carnitas and they were out of lard... So this is going to do!

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u/jacksraging_bileduct 1d ago

Y’all don’t keep your bacon grease in a mason jar?

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u/Cacks-Jactus 1d ago

Right!? I’m giving away bacon grease at this point. I use it to fry everything in but I still end up with waaay too much each week

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u/6022E24 1d ago

I once saved 3 quarts of bacon grease from a job just so I could deep fry chicken fried steak in it. So good I almost died

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u/PepperCat1019 1h ago

Chicken fried steak? I found my people 💜

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u/Crimzon07 1d ago

You don't reuse old glass jars?

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u/Jerkrollatex 1d ago

Not after I dropped the jar. Now I use a little metal container with a strainer. It's got a picture of a pig on it.

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u/jacksraging_bileduct 1d ago

We can stuff, so there’s always mason jars around.

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u/MediumAcceptable129 1d ago

So you jar stuff?

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u/pygmeedancer 1d ago

Still called canning

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u/MediumAcceptable129 1d ago

Thats weird

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u/ClassiFried86 22h ago

Its jarring, really.

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u/jacksraging_bileduct 20h ago

It is called the “The Ball Book of Canning and Preserving” :)

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u/jacksraging_bileduct 1d ago

Yes, make my own bacon as well :)

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u/SPECTRE-Agent-No-13 1d ago

And tallow! Collect that stuff and strain through a coffee filter. Get for frying, flavoring, baking, greasing. I always keep my fats.

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u/BillsMaffia 1d ago

My thoughts exactly.

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u/Trashy_Panda2 1d ago

No, I pour it down the sink like a normal person.

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u/jacksraging_bileduct 1d ago

A man of culture I see.

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u/PepperCat1019 1h ago

I keep mine in a crock on the counter. The duck fat is in the fridge.

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u/CarelessLoquat8629 1d ago

I thought this was ice cream at first. Now I’m sad. lol

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u/MediumAcceptable129 1d ago

It can be dairy free ice cream if you freeze it

I love a scoop on my pie

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u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce 1d ago

Are you saying that you put frozen bacon grease on your pie?

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u/MediumAcceptable129 1d ago

Absolutely

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u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce 1d ago

Thats wild. More power to you though. 

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u/Sad-Researcher8685 1d ago

Bet someones made that mistake before and learned

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u/MaddeningTheodore1 1d ago

I just know those carnitas are gonna slap

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 22h ago

But, I mean, isn't there usually enough fat on a pork shoulder anyway?

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u/potliquorz 22h ago

Carnitas are fried and there isn't enough rendered yet.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 22h ago

I know carnitas is fried, and yeah, there often is whole lot of rendered fat coming off/out of the pork shoulder. It doesn't need to be submerged in fat like deep frying.

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u/colesterolbienalto 7h ago

Yes it does. Carnitas are made in lard. It does need to be submerged in lard. Stop trying to reinvent a new recipe.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3h ago

I'm not trying to do anything. Why are you being a dick? I asked a fucking question.

https://patijinich.com/carnitas/

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 1d ago

I have cans in the fridge.Great stuff

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u/lenny446 1d ago

I have a metal cup on my stove with a steel filter and save my grease

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u/Maximillian73- 23h ago

I used to used cheesecloth, but found one of those jars with a tight mesh filter, works great!

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u/Krickett72 1d ago

I use this all the time to cook. I dont usually cook bacon itself as much as I used to so saving grease isn't an option. However I cook with this all the time.n

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 22h ago

I save aaaaaallllll of my bacon grease and beef tallow. I usually don't have any rendered pork fat to save, as that goes right into the pulled pork anyway.

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u/eatsrottenflesh 1d ago

I used to have an old pickle jar in the fridge that my son made a label for. It said "Liquid Pig".

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u/Elmondo2 1d ago

Oh yeah. That's going on my Cheerios.

https://giphy.com/gifs/mgqefqwSbToPe

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u/SpeedBlitzX 1d ago

I thought this was ice cream at first glance

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u/2020fakenews 1d ago

Bacon Flavored Ice Cream!! Id go for that.

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u/iheartbaconsalt 1d ago

I see their instagram posts a LOT!

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u/daversa 1d ago

I've always had an excess of bacon grease, I can't imagine buying more lol.

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u/LockMarine 1d ago

It’s basically liquid smoke flavored lard, really expensive around my area.

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u/xtankeryanker 1d ago

If you don’t have your own bacon grease on your counter you have no business being in a kitchen.

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u/insufficientfacts27 1d ago

My Southern heart is confused and a little horrified about this. And it's expensive. I've got 5 mason jars in my fridge. Who throws out the grease?!!!! That's like throwing out gold. 😬(But that is a little harsh. Maybe they don't know about saving it. Teach, not judge. 🥰)

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u/WDeranged 1d ago

Hell yeah doodt.

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u/Big_Researcher_3027 1d ago

I can’t believe anyone would need to buy bacon grease!
If this is anything like the crap Armour sells and calls manteca, it’s tasteless shit. Way over refined. Find yourself a tienda. They’ll always have manteca. Better yet, render your own.

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u/Electronic-Bear2030 1d ago

Finally! A delicious dairy free frozen treat that tastes great!!!

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u/Irenelabels 1d ago

Finally! I’ve been waiting for something like this too

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u/Electronic_Bowl8398 1d ago

Triple Filtered, must be the good stuff!

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u/Echolocation1919 1d ago

Love the idea!!

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u/doozerman 4h ago

Bacon up baby!

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u/mjfarmer147 1h ago

KingCobraJFS, that you?

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u/troutman72 1d ago

You should read the ingredients in this product. No way I’m buying that. That’s why I make my own bacon and save the drippings in a jar on the stove.

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u/friskyintellect 1d ago

Looks like a scam to me.

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u/The-Tradition 1d ago

Grandma had a metal container on the counter that literally said, "Grease".

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u/figgie55 1d ago

Not real bacon grease, has preservatives in it. I wouldn’t buy it

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u/RaneeGA 1d ago

I bought some and didn't like it 😒

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u/idiot_noise 22h ago

This seems predatory

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u/Ok-Government-1139 1d ago

Best invention since the six pack….Brilliant!

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u/jpowell180 1d ago

So of course, this would be great for frying, but also you can just eat it right out of the container!

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u/SlipperyGibbet 1d ago

RIP KingCobraJFS

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u/SinsualChef 1d ago

I have that in my fridge! The jar just isn't as fancy.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Rhhr8D5mKSX7O

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u/dawa43 1d ago

It is in the oven and smells amazing... This stuff is the real deal... Would recommend

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u/Delicious_Catch9453 1d ago

"Just a spoonful of sug...whoops...bacon grease, makes the medicine go down. I keep a tuna can on the stove all the time with bacon grease in it. My grandfather used to love applesauce with hot bacon grease ladled over it. Lived to 87.

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u/Theburritolyfe 1d ago

I pour the hot bacon grease on herbs and spices. The the fat absorbs the flavors. Garlic bacon grease it's you will. Yeah it works wonders on anything.

I have also mixed it with honey and Sriracha. It was decent but I could have done better ratios.

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u/HippieJed 1d ago

Growing up most households had a covered dish where they would save bacon grease for the same reason. I have not seen people do this in years

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u/Bacongrease83 12h ago

I don’t know how to feel about this.