Bacon Fat

[Annabelle15]

Hey All!

 

I have a quick question- I (like all the women who came before me) save bacon grease. It's from better bacon sources, like Applegate & a local farm that didn't cure with sugar. The question is, since some of the saved fat IS from sugar-cured bacon, can I use it to cook with?

 

Thanks so much!

 

(2nd Whole 30 started 10/8/14- I just avoided bacon during the first one)

[JSteeleM]

That's a good question.  I wish I had the answer.  I just started my first whole 30 and I have my bacon fat stored in the fridge.  I'm thinking mine's not compliant since I have never found a local source of sugar free bacon.  Oh well!

[kirkor]

@Annabelle15: even if the sugar is not present in the fat, why not just cook with the officially approved oils for these 30 days? Then it's not even a question.

 

@JSteeleM: if it's not from approved bacon, I wouldn't use it.  From ISWF:

 

COOKING FAT

 

Your animal fats must be of the highest quality—grass-fed, pastured, and organic. Remember, the fat in factory-farmed meats is loaded with unhealthy toxins—residues from antibiotics, hormones, heavy metals, and pesticides. So the last thing you want to do is save your factory-farmed bacon fat and cook the rest of your food in it. Make sure you’re buying or rendering your animal fats only from 100 percent grass-fed, pastured, organic sources to ensure that the rest of your food is cooked in the “cleanest” fat possible.

(emphasis theirs)

[oshunaoma]

@jsteelem there is a place in Ephrata, WA that raises and sells pork and sugar free bacon. Pure country pork. Family owned. PCC up here carries it.

[Physibeth]

@jsteelem there is a place in Ephrata, WA that raises and sells pork and sugar free bacon. Pure country pork. Family owned. PCC up here carries it.

 

That's what is on my breakfast plate. Nom!