When you cook bacon on the stove, you can stop the splatter of grease on your stove and your hands and arms by putting a wadded up paper towel in the pan with the cooking bacon. The paper towel will absorb the excess grease as the bacon cooks. Add a second towel if you need to. When the bacon is cooked and the pan and the grease cooled; remove the towel and throw it away. I have been doing this for many years, and it never fails.
By Lizzyanny from Pacific Northwest
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Gosh, I would have thought something like that would catch on fire! I will have to try it. I hate the mess that bacon splattering makes on my stovetop.
That's a good point Eric. Bacon grease has a flash point (the temp at which it ignites) of 450 degrees. It has to be very hot and smoking to catch fire. Any oil or grease can be overheated and smoke or catch fire. I don't cook bacon at a very high temperature.
You can also flour the bacon slices before cooking them and it helps with shrinkage and doesn't have as much grease. Good way to stretch out the bacon, old trick. Some may say you should not eat the flour and the grease, but, what is bacon besides 90% fat. It's the flavor people crave.
I save very drop of bacon grease I can to cook with. Yes, I know it isn't good for you. And I don't use it every day. Mom always said "Eat what you like, only not much of it " So when I make green beans, sauerkraut or cornbread, I use bacon grease...can't beat it for taste.
When cooking bacon , bake it in the oven for less shrinkage and save the bacon grease in the fridge in a covered container. GG Vi
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