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cshenk

Nemo wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:19:03 -0800, wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 8:02:38 PM UTC-6, Nemo wrote:
> > >
> >> As far as cooking it in the oven, not everyone has a self-cleaning
> oven >> or a dishwasher.
> > >
> > There is no mess to clean up in the oven if you lay, not crimp, a
> > sheet of aluminum foil over the pan of bacon. No splatters and no
> > oven to clean but there is some glorious bacon grease to save for
> > future cooking. The sheet pan the bacon cooks in is easily washed
> > in the sink.
>
> I cooked a 12 oz. package this evening on the stovetop in a Lodge
> cast iron 10 1/4" saute pan. To filter the bacon grease, I use a
> coffee filter pushed partly down into a short glass jar and push the
> part that's above the rim over the rim and put a rubber band around
> it. Works well enough. I consider bacon grease a necessity for baking
> corn bread.

Grin, I don't bother to filter it but then it goes in the fridge for
other uses later.