On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 8:17:55 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 5:09:45 PM UTC-5, Derek Schur wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 15:42:54 -0500, Hank Rogers >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >(1) Use pure bacon grease, saved when yoose fry bacon.
> >
> > So far, this is the only comment that I think offeres an improvement.
> > I'd absolutely use bacon grease, if I had a steady supply. Read: if I
> > cooked bacon, often enough for the grease to be reliable.
> >
> Go to the store and buy a small hunk of fat back. Cut it into small pieces
> and fry until it releases as much grease it will. Pour that grease into a
> small jar (glass jelly jar works great) and use a good screw top lid; store
> in your refrigerator until you want to make real cornbread. It's also great
> for flavoring canned green beans that need to simmer on the stove.

Fatback isn't smoked, though.

I know it's time to buy bacon when our stash of bacon grease is getting
low.

Canned green beans are already overcooked. They don't need to simmer
on the stove.

Cindy Hamilton