I keep bacon grease in a jar on the stove, use it all the time. Never new it was smoked salty lard though.
Recently there was a brand of bacon called Smithfield. The bacon itself is pretty crummy. But there's something about their cure, the two times I added that grease to the can it went rancid within a day or so. Such a waste to lose a whole can of gods gift On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 10:30 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. > > Pig fat is lard. Bacon grease is pig fat, but salt and smoke flavored. I > have, in fact, made biscuits with bacon grease. They taste freakin > awesome. If you do car camping you cook your bacon first, the use some of > the oil for biscuits, and then for frying your flapjacks and eggs and > hash. Then hopefully you hike 20 miles to burn all that off. Or you sit > and drink beer all day and get fat, there's more than one style of camping > and I'm not here to judge. > > Crisco shortening is made from vegetable oil. I'm not sure how they make > it into a solid at room temperature. I seem to think that's what > "hydrogenating" does, but I'm fuzzy on that. In any case it's a cheaper > substitute for animal fat in cooking. Lard is the OG cooking oil. > > > On 4/9/2020 11:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I think lard is basically fat. To my mom, shortening was Crisco. To my > grandmother, shortening was lard. If I remember right, lard is pig fat, > tallow is beef fat. > > > > But bacon grease should be fine. In fact, as pig fat, bacon grease IS > lard. Your biscuits might taste like bacon, but what’s wrong with that? > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, April 9, 2020 9:21 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bean & Cheese Burrito Filling? > > > > Is shortening lard? > > > > Can bacon. Grease be substituted > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 8:59 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > I noticed the shortening in the Jiffy apple cinnamon mix I made with > dinner is lard. Use by date was 3 months ago. I was a bit reticent given > the lard, but they tasted fine. > > > > How many vegetarians think lard comes from plants? I don’t know, with all > the plant meat and plant milk, maybe they’ll come out with plant lard. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, April 9, 2020 8:21 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bean & Cheese Burrito Filling? > > > > Yes, lard is essential. > > On Thursday, April 9, 2020, Carlos Alcantar <car...@race.com> wrote: > > > > lard is what your missing > > > > > > Carlos Alcantar > > Race Communications / Race Team Member > > http://www.race.com > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Jaime Solorza < > losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:44 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bean & Cheese Burrito Filling? > > > > I will share recipe in a bit..no can beans please!!! > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 5:34 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We just use black beans out of the can. We will season them with green > chilies, cayenne, and garlic. Choose your own heat. I also like to add rice > that we cook with a little bullion. > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 4/9/2020 4:15 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Over the years I've built up a set of recipes that are as good or better > than what I can get elsewhere. Usually starting with a recipe which is in > the ballpark, and then tweaking it until it's to my liking. > > > > What continues to evade me is Burrito Filling. I asked on here a few > months ago for pointers, and have since then tried a couple of times. > Still no luck. Not even close. I've tried to season refried beans out of > the can. I've tried Canned beans of various types in the food processor. > Cooking beans and then adding green chilis. Cooking beans with the green > chilis in them (this was closest so far). And on and on and on. > > > > My favorite store-bought burritos have a simple set of filling > ingredients: "Beans, Water, Cheddar Cheese, Green Chilies, Salt, > Dehydrated Onion, Spices," > > > > Considering I've pretty much tried some combination of all of those at > various times, there has to be something I'm just missing. Like how > they're cooked, or the proportions, or something hiding in the ingredient > catchall of "Spices".. And no it isn't chili powder or cumin... I want my > bean filling to taste like beans with chilies and cheese, not like chili or > tacos. > > > > My only saving grace is that it doesn't seem like Taco Hell has figured it > out either...although a lot of "authentic" mexican restaurants have. > > > > If anyone knows the right magic incantation or any more pointers, it > would be much appreciated. > > > > -- > > - Forrest > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faf.afmug.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Faf_af.afmug.com&data=02%7C01%7Ccarlos%40race.com%7C25fb1b7dc5e1419e32e008d7dce01cc9%7Cc4f7941052bf4601be443afdc7670fe9%7C1%7C0%7C637220727432740773&sdata=PFOiJeCpM9zxRoB4MT5aBL91W1AsXw4lRlLDk%2FiPaQ0%3D&reserved=0> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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