# Most delicious thing to cook in bacon grease **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051 "2019-02-06T05:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/21 "2019-02-06T16:44:53Z")
Fried Grits. Cook a batch of grits and pour into 10 inch baking pan 3/4 inch deep. Chill overnight, Cut grits into 1 inch squares, dust lightly with flour and fry in ambrosia to a golden brown. Salt and pepper generously. Heaven on earth. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/22 "2019-02-06T16:54:37Z")
Fry a few rashes of bacon. Fry a burger in the fat. Fry an egg in the burger/bacon fat. Assemble on a toasted bun. Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/23 "2019-02-06T17:57:21Z")
(Veggie) Sammich O’Death Fry a pound of (veggie) bacon. Remove from pan. Add a split salt bagel to pan, split side down. Let it absorb all the grease. Put bacon on bagel and eat. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/24 "2019-02-06T17:59:52Z")
Bacon grease makes everything better. Especially chilli. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/25 "2019-02-06T18:16:15Z")
Brussel sprouts. Smear bacon grease and roast in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/26 "2019-02-06T19:24:42Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > My mother used to make this wonderful tomato gravy, which was served over biscuits for breakfast. When she visited I asked her to make it, and then tell me how to make it. Her first question was, “Where is your drippings can?” > > Oh, I didn’t have one. > > I quickly fried up some bacon, but I missed some of the details of the delectable tomato gravy. I’m pretty sure it required barely ripe tomatoes. I will never have this meal again. I’ve never had anything else remotely like it. > > Okay, fake edit, I decided to google it. I’ve done that before with no luck. But this time I think [I found it](https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/old-fashioned-tomato-gravy/). My mother did not use tomato juice or tomato paste, but she did use onions. I think for the liquid she might have just poured in coffee. > > Somewhere in this recipe it said it was good with peach cobbler. I certainly hope not poured directly on the peach cobbler. That is just weird. Huh, the coffee sounds like maybe red eye gravy? I’ve never liked it but my mom, who was raised in the south, loved the stuff. Mostly with ham. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051/27 "2019-02-06T22:28:57Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Bacon grease makes everything better. > > Especially chilli. Yes! This is one of the secrets of my chili. I start it out with bacon fat, and the smokiness it adds to the recipe makes a huge difference. Together with a pinch of bitter chocolate and the masa thickener. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-delicious-thing-to-cook-in-bacon-grease/829051.md?page=1)