My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues with an excellent Lifehacker post on why you should save all your bacon grease, and ends with some bacon in the news. SAVE YOUR BACON DRIPPINGS! I've been doing it for years. Here's why: it's excellent to cook with. Imparts incredible flavor. Fry bread in it for your egg sandwich. Fry the eggs in it. It's called "Eating Trash With Claire"... you'll have to put up with a commercial first, but worth watching! BACON BUTTER. Yum. Nice mayo recipe.  Link . I have a large bacon dripping jar in the fridge. DOUBLE CRISP YOUR BACON : Read this interesting article about a restaurant in Austin, TX called Joe's Bakery (nice name). They lightly coat their bacon on both sides with flour, and then fry it normally in a pan. Link . On the menu there, this is the Joey Rocha plate, which includes Two eggs any style served with pork carne guisada, potatoes, beans, sausage, or bacon and two tortillas. The place is pretty nondescrip...