# Should I fry potatoes in bacon grease? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972 "2014-03-05T23:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/21 "2014-03-06T07:14:52Z")
Back when I was doing living history, I’d fry up salt pork and then warm hardtack in the hot grease. Dee-licious! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/22 "2014-03-06T13:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > **Should I fry potatoes in bacon grease?** If you have potatoes and bacon grease, you should not _not_ do this! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/23 "2014-03-06T14:06:25Z")
I’m a vegetarian, and I would fry potatoes in bacon grease! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/24 "2014-03-06T14:13:51Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Yep. Yep. Yep, yep, yep, yep yep yep yep yepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyepyep! Uh huh. Uh huh. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/25 "2014-03-06T14:36:28Z")
I can’t believe this is even a question. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/26 "2014-03-06T15:01:29Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I can’t believe this is even a question. i think it is a secret brag. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/27 "2014-03-06T15:30:43Z")
We of a certain age grow up with [one of these](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2598/4106352681_c3d6901110_o.jpg) sitting next to the stove. (as well as [one of these](http://www.first-s-mart.com/images/20130228/954/1.JPG) on the kitchen table) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/28 "2014-03-06T15:57:03Z")
Best advice ever! What a great dinner last night! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/29 "2014-03-06T16:02:00Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > i think it is a secret brag. Totally makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/30 "2014-03-06T16:21:38Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > We of a certain age grow up with [one of these](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2598/4106352681_c3d6901110_o.jpg) sitting next to the stove. Hell, I STILL have one! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/31 "2014-03-06T17:28:05Z")
If you want to make great, ultimate fries without frying nuke the spuds first. o Turn oven to 425 o Two TBSP’s of peanut oil in a baking dish in the oven o peel your russet potatoes o nuke peeled russets 3 minutes on each side (6 mins total) o slice nuked russets into steak fries o gently slide in hot peanut oil o turn potatoes after 10-12 minutes o roast another 5-7 mins o Enjoy Duck fat works even better than peanut oil… have never tried bacon fat but now I think I will have to give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/32 "2014-03-06T17:50:14Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > We of a certain age grow up with [one of these](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2598/4106352681_c3d6901110_o.jpg) sitting next to the stove. During the war (the big one, WWII), this was an important part of the homefront, since (as I understand) kitchen grease was used in making explosives. There was supposedly one ad in which housewives were urged to take their fat cans to the butcher’s, where the grease was collected. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/33 "2014-03-06T17:57:22Z")
Nowadays, most women would slap you if you told them to take their fat cans to the butcher’s. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/34 "2014-03-06T23:26:36Z")
Next time, throw some chopped onions in with your taters and bacon grease. Deeee-licious! ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/35 "2014-03-06T23:31:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Nowadays, most women would slap you if you told them to take their fat cans to the butcher’s. I had to laugh.😃 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/36 "2014-03-07T02:49:49Z")
God, now I am starving for po fried in bacon fat with onions. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/37 "2014-03-07T03:04:45Z")
Doesn’t everyone scramble eggs in bacon grease? That’s one of the highlights of having bacon and eggs. I thought we were all doing that every time. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/38 "2014-03-07T03:19:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Doesn’t everyone scramble eggs in bacon grease? No, I cook my eggs sunny side up in bacon grease. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/39 "2014-03-07T04:13:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, I cook my eggs sunny side up in bacon grease. I meant that if you did scramble your eggs along with making bacon, wouldn’t you(and everyone) do it in the grease from the bacon? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972/40 "2014-03-07T04:17:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Doesn’t everyone scramble eggs in bacon grease? That’s one of the highlights of having bacon and eggs. Scrambled eggs in bacon grease … mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! The perfect basis for a Western omelette! :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fry-potatoes-in-bacon-grease/682972.md?page=3)