Saving the Grease

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When I cook, I don't necessarily have a preference for what oil I use. Most of the time I use just regular old vegetable oil since it tends to be cheapest. But I will also use peanut oil, olive oil, or canola oil. Occasionally I will use butter such as when I make scrambled eggs or Spanish rice. But one of my favorite things to use is bacon grease. It works well and always adds a little extra flavor touch to whatever dish I make. And of course, it's from bacon. And how on Earth could anyone go wrong with anything to do with bacon, right? It's one of those things I use that I don't always have around. I only cook bacon about twice a year. But when I do, I always save the grease, pour it into a jar and refrigerate it. Lately I have been using a Gotham Steel pan to cook my bacon, and it works great. Not only does it separate more grease from the bacon and cook it up nice and crispy, just the way I like it, but I tend to yield more grease and it's cleaner. Do you like to cook with bacon grease?