In the forties and fifties, you could get more than just a salt and pepper set. You could also get a set with a matching grease can. It was metal and about six inches tall. It had a removable strainer and of course a lid. Whenever mom would fry bacon she would pour all the bacon grease in this grease can. She would then use the bacon grease for anything she was going to fry. I will mention in particular, that fried potatoes taste great fried in bacon grease. She would also pour any and all reusable grease in there too.
This was back before anyone knew or cared a whole lot about cholesterol, hardening of the arteries or saturate fats! Our grandparents who lived on farms ate fresh eggs almost every morning of their lives, not to mention milk straight from the cow and fresh churned butter.
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Of course people back then were much more active, which helped work all that bacon fat off.
ReplyDeletenow we just use an old green bean can to store our grease! lol, but it's not reusable.
ReplyDeletePeople could work off the calories but not the cholesterol!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how far we've come in our knowledge of health & safety. Back when I was young they still let people ride in the back of a truck, rode back there many times & didn't think nothing about it.
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