Though I don't do it anymore (darn doctors) we used to fry up the bacon, then put the eggs in and baste them with the hot bacon grease. Just spooned the grease over the eggs and never turned them. True sunny side up and maximum yolk juice.
Save your bacon grease...
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#42I missed your reply to me but having done exactly this with my eggs today I returned to this post for other helpful, artery-clogging tips.

I usually cook in a carbon steel wok, even though I'm a big cast iron skillet fan which is the way to go for French toast. If you want to maximize the bacon grease as you fry an egg, a wok, with its round bottom (kind of tippy on a stove top but I'm used to it) is the ultimate way to fry an egg in bacon grease. Don't tell your doctor. Or my doctor. I take cholesterol meds so I figure I'm playing with house money. Or fire...time will tell.
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#44I've never tried it but I'm sure it will work. I do use it for cornbread.
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#45Freshly caught brook trout fried in bacon grease is the best. I do it only once, twice a year. No harm in that. Save dat grease!
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#46Hi Guys, Crank the tunes for Taj Mahal's 'Bacon Fat.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDNN34pHeY
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#48"I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout." - Paul O'Neil
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#49My uncles used bacon grease to waterproof their boots... no I’m not recommending this!
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#51My better half just made Chocolate Chip cookies with bacon grease.
They are brilliant!
They are brilliant!
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#52My mother always saved the bacon grease. Never used cheese cloth, but strained it through the canister like the one pictured. Sorry the picture is so big. I just copied it from that auction site.


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#53My Mom's was almost a dead-ringer for that one, except -- I believe -- it had a round knob on top.
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#58Try a le creuset cast iron wok.3creeks wrote: ↑01/02/22 13:20I missed your reply to me but having done exactly this with my eggs today I returned to this post for other helpful, artery-clogging tips.![]()
I usually cook in a carbon steel wok, even though I'm a big cast iron skillet fan which is the way to go for French toast. If you want to maximize the bacon grease as you fry an egg, a wok, with its round bottom (kind of tippy on a stove top but I'm used to it) is the ultimate way to fry an egg in bacon grease. Don't tell your doctor. Or my doctor. I take cholesterol meds so I figure I'm playing with house money. Or fire...time will tell.
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#59Today’s bacon tip:
Twist each strip of bacon to turn it into a narrower rope.
You can put twice as much in the frying pan.
Nueske’s this morning!
Twist each strip of bacon to turn it into a narrower rope.
You can put twice as much in the frying pan.
Nueske’s this morning!