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Dr. John Burge · 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Julie Bove[_2_]

That should say "in the form of margarine". Sorry.
"Julie Bove" wrote in message
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What do you do with it?

When I was a kid, my mom had a old jar that she used for it. Usually a
Marshmallow Crème jar. When it was full she would throw it out. She was
never one to use bacon fat for anything. Oddly enough she would cook the
meat to death, drain and blot all of the fat off and then add fat back in,
in for form of margarine. No telling how she got that idea. I don't do
that. But I also don't like fatty meat.

And these days I seem to be getting fatty meat! I did look at Costco and
they seem to only sell one kind of organic and it is fattier than I would
want for most things. So I bought about a 5 pound package of their ground
meat. Again they have only one kind and again it seems fattier than it
used to be. I can't say for sure what percentage it used to be but I have
bought it before and I don't remember all the fat in it. I cooked the
whole package last night and filled a 14 oz. green bean can with all of
the fat that came from it! I don't have any empty jars except for canning
jars and I don't want to waste one of those!

I let the fat cool overnight and set up. Then I put the can in a used
zippered plastic bag and then in another used zippered plastic bag for
good measure. I will throw it out.

Looks like I am going to have to go back to buying the very expensive
organic beef at Central Market. It is very lean.

" I also don't like fatty meat."

Hey, you're throwing out some of the best of beef or even some pork like chops. Some fat, a little bit, is good for you and in fact our diets should have about 20% of our daily caloric intake from fat. Some diet gurus recommend as much as 35%. If you want your meat to be that lean for sandwiches etc., fine, but for a meal have at least some fat. It tastes good and it's good for you.
Remember Jack Spratt's wife? She could eat no lean.