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July 22, 2008

Last night I used my trusty bacon and sausage drippings to whip up a batch of gravy for biscuits. Today I fried eggs in more drippings (in a cast iron skillet).

While my affinity for bacon drippings may not qualify me for any healthy-living awards, it garners me kudos as a cook, which is what it’s all about, right?

Curiosity is killing me - do you use drippings? Is it a Southern thing? I’ve got a perfectly good polls plugin sitting here gathering dust, so I thought I’d put it to good use and ask y’all.

Inquiring minds want to know:

Do you save and cook with bacon/sausage drippings?

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15 Comments »

  1. Antique Mommy says:

    Biscuits and gravy made from bacon drippings is one of my most favorite things. Unfortunatley my aging gall bladder doesn’t much care it. Or pizza or sausage cheese balls or… well, anything southern and yummy.

    July 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm

  2. littlesanctuary (Kim) says:

    A southern girl here uses bacon drippings. Love those biscuits and gravy.

    littlesanctuary (Kim)s last blog post..warning for guy readers…girl post

    July 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm

  3. Ali says:

    I use bacon drippings to make homemade refried beans. It makes them taste SO good! I cook up bacon just so I can have the drippings for my beans.

    July 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm

  4. Dianne says:

    I used to use bacon drippings. I just got out of the habit. Yes, it definitely makes food better. Is it southern? Hmmm . . . I learned it from my California-born mom. Don’t know where she got it. Could’ve been her Canadian mom or her Nebraksa MIL. No help there, eh?

    So how’s that for total ambiguity and no help whatsoever? LOL!! :D
    Diannes last blog post..Let’s Party, Peeps!!

    July 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  5. Elle says:

    Yes, yes, and yes. We pour the drippings off into a glass jar and keep it in the refrigerator until any (or all) recipes call for drippings. Wunnerful stuff!

    Elles last blog post..Facebook is another type…

    July 22nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm

  6. jolie says:

    Yes! Especially for company…not so much every day. And I’m not southern nor am I from a southern home, but I grew up on it. My grandparents are Kentuckians, does that count as southern?

    July 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm

  7. Andrea says:

    I would wither and blow away without bacon. We eat it a lot. A lot, a lot. And I don’t feel bad. We are careful in so many other ways I feel no guilt in the bacon department. As far as the dripping go… you wouldn’t want to waste them!! ;)

    I use to buy bacon in 5 pound quantities from the co-op when I lived in Vermont - I sure miss that!

    Cheers from one bacon loving family to another!

    -Andrea

    July 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 pm

  8. carrie-the gremlin wrangler says:

    now that I voted Yes, and I’m not southern, I’d like to qualify my answer.

    As of late, I don’t do this anymore since I’m trying to lose weight and keep my husband from having a heart attack.

    I did live in the South for many years, but I still don’t consider myself Southern. I know my grandmother did this very thing and she lived in Kansas her entire life.

    carrie-the gremlin wranglers last blog post..Letters From Your Friendly Cashier: An Essay On Nice

    July 22nd, 2008 at 6:54 pm

  9. Blackhatseo says:

    Added. Nice work on this one. Btw, my blog is dofollow, stop by and grab a link. Walter

    July 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm

  10. sprittibee says:

    Oops. I clicked Yes and I’m NOT Southern. Heaven forbid.

    I used bacon grease tonight. In fact, it was Pop’s bacon grease (driven all the way from four hours out of town to our house). I don’t cook regular bacon that often, so I have the inlaws save me a jar now and then!

    That’s pretty desperate, eh? Or maybe that’s just SOUTHERN. :) Who can cook green beans without bacon grease? Come on!

    sprittibees last blog post..Bargain Finds for Back to School

    July 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm

  11. Doris says:

    Yes ma’am, I use drippings. I use them for fried eggs, and especially for green beans. Yum!

    Doriss last blog post..WFMW: NaughtyCodes

    July 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm

  12. Miss Jocelyn says:

    lol that is funny…. well, I’m a healthy nut and I don’t eat pork bacon/sausage. We use turkey bacon and there are no fat drippings. :)

    July 24th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

  13. Lauren@ThingishThings says:

    Absolutely! We’re getting ready to have our favorite creamed corn recipe that uses bacon grease!

    Lauren@ThingishThingss last blog post..It’s the leaving them there that’s hard

    July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm

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    Blessings!
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    July 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  15. Smockity Frocks says:

    Bacon grease usin’ southerner here.

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    July 29th, 2008 at 12:31 am

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