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Default Bacon Grease (Was Deep fried world!)

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Ann > wrote:

> > She'd fry bacon over the campfire first in the cast iron skillet and by
> > the time that was done, she'd generally have 1/2 dozen fresh rainbow
> > trout. She'd clean those and fry them in bacon fat while putting the
> > bacon in a metal dish on one side of the fire to stay warm.
> >
> > Last but not least, she'd fry some eggs (grease basted) in the remaining
> > bacon grease in the pan and serve up bacon, eggs and trout for breakfast.
> > We also had a campfire toaster for bread. One of those pyramid-shaped
> > folding ones.
> >
> > Good stuff Maynard!
> >
> > Oh btw, the bacon was often canned bacon. Kept better on camping trips
> > so was safer to use.

>
> Ahhhh! Brook trout fried in bacon grease; but you forgot to mention the
> fresh picked from the garden tomatoes sliced to go along with that. Food
> really was better when all we had to think if was how it tasted.
>
> Blessings,
> Ann


While I agree that garden tomatoes are delicious, those were not
generally available on Camping trips. <G>

Wild Blackberries were tho'.
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