gtr wrote:

> My granny made bacon in the morning, and afterwards always poured the
> drippins it into a Folger's coffee can which was permanently there by
> the stove. I assume she got her a daub of that when making gravy, if
> needed, or put it into some beans when cooking or some damn thing.
>
> But frankly I don't know what the hell she did with it. Does this make
> sense for the gravy production approach?

I think it has a lot to do with "don't waste *anything* that can be
eaten and/or used for cooking". My Dad almost starved at some point
during WW II and he never forgot it. (He is a bacon drippins collector
too, BTW).

As for gravy making, using bacon drippins is better than any of that
ready-made stuff they sell in a package that passes for gravy, IMO.
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Chatty Cathy