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How To Turn Bacon Grease Into Pie Crust

January 26, 2009 (Updated November 18, 2013) by Drew Kime

Every time I tell someone I keep my bacon grease I get two kinds of responses. "Oh my God, are you serious? That's so gross!" -- or -- "Wow, I didn't know anyone else still did that. My mother/grandmother always had a can of it on the stove." Sometimes I'd get both reactions at the same time ... from the same person. But every now and then, I get something that just goes above and beyond the normal reactions. Something that shows the difference between being involved and being committed. (If … [Read more...]

How To Make Twice Baked Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese

January 7, 2009 (Updated August 7, 2014) by Drew Kime

Side Bacon

This is a more common version of twice baked potatoes than the sour cream and chive ones that I did before. And I only have two things to say about them: Too much cheese ... too much bacon. (By the way, that's not a warning. It's a recommendation.) … [Read more...]

How To Make Bacon Bits – Take 2

January 7, 2009 (Updated August 7, 2014) by Drew Kime

Pork, Side Bacon, Undieting

Just a quick note about how I did one of the ingredients for my twice baked potatoes. I've done bacon bits before, but that was with prosciutto. I expected the bacon would have a lot more fat, but it turns out he bacon ends I used have no more fat than the prosciutto did. Bacon ends are a double win: leaner than regular bacon and cheaper, too. … [Read more...]

Bacon Balsamic Dressing

September 29, 2008 (Updated August 7, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dressing / Sauce Bacon, gluten free, recipe card

If you're afraid of animal-based fats, go ahead and click "Back" right now. Don't let your doctor see this recipe. In fact, I strongly recommend that you don't make this. Conventional wisdom says that it will kill you. I don't follow the conventional wisdom. So I get to eat delicious stuff like this. … [Read more...]

Please Name This Dish

July 28, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

Side Bacon, gluten free

I hate following recipes exactly. It's why I'm generally not a good baker. Anything that has to be accurate within an eighth of a teaspoon is too fiddly for me. My wife, on the other hand, is a great baker. She'll start from a recipe, then adjust every time she makes it until she has it perfected. Then that's the exact recipe she'll make each time. So I'm always pleasantly surprised when she goes completely off the map, like she did with this dish. It was a classic example of, "Now let's … [Read more...]