On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:35:35 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>
>>> Chop up a fresh onion and fry it in Olive oil until it begins to brown.
>>> Add cured meat and pre-cooked cubed spuds. Warm all that well then set
>>> aside. Cook eggs separately in some olive oil (or bacon grease), make
>>> scrambled eggs with them and break them up into large chunks. Add to
>>> the other ingredients.
>>>
>>
>> Grease is what you put on an axle. Bacon fat is what is used in
>> cooking.
>>
>> So, if a recipe called for greasing and flouring a pan, you'd have to
>> run to the garage, right?
>
> Right. That is exactly what an idiot would think and do.

i'll admit that i don't find 'grease' an attractive term (or think of
'greasy' foods as appealing). i'd rather use 'fat.'

but it's not worth having a fatted calf over.

your pal,
blake