On 18/02/2013 10:28 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Feb 18, 8:31 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 18/02/2013 9:26 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>
>>> Ahhh--- Puts me in mind of a friend who stayed with our family in the
>>> 50's in exchange for housekeeping & cooking duties. Detta fried
>>> bread in the grease left in the pan from hamburgers. Then salted it
>>> until it tasted more of salt than grease.
>>
>>> I salivate when thinking about that hot salty grease dribbling down my
>>> chin. I should ask my cardiologist how many times a week I
>>> could return that to my diet.<g>
>>
>> On weekends my father had bacon and eggs for breakfast. He used to take
>> several slices of bread and fry them until they were brown and crispy in
>> the bacon fat. He called it "dip". He had no heart problems.
>
> That was probably due to genes.
>
>


One of his sisters died of a cerebral heamorage in her mid 40s and his
younger brother died of a heart attack at 49.