I do these things[...] Waste not, want not, etc - I picked up all these habits from my mum. Who picked them up from her mum.
-- ailsa (
ailsa_watson7...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (ailsa) (later)
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my guy does this. except it's in an empty orange juice can, it's in the freezer, and (as far as i know) the vile bacon fatz do not get "reused". they just periodically disappear, all mysterious like.
-- Kim (grimstitc...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (Kim) (later)
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My parents have have a little canister that I think is made specifically for this use. It has a little lid and a little knob on the lid. I think it helps, having the special canister.
-- Tracer Hand (tracerhan...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (tracerhand) (later)
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In our house it was called Dripping (no "s") and there always used to be a little tundish of pork fat with a solid crust on top in the fridge. I never fancied it as a kid, but I reckon it'd be gorgeous on toast.
-- Excelsior Syndrum (noodle_vagu...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (noodle vague) (later)
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just use it instead of butter or oil when you're cooking, it makes everything 10x more delicious
-- Tracer Hand (tracerhan...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (tracerhand) (later)
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unless that's obvious to everyone (hangs head)
(especially corn bread, ov course)
(lifts head meekly)
-- Tracer Hand (tracerhan...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (tracerhand) (later)
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Not pound cake, though.
-- Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyza...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (allyzay) (later)
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my mother used to do this all the time
-- latebloomer: Let's just say I do for bullshit what Stonehenge did for Rocks (posercore24...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (latebloomer) (later)
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I thought everyone did this.
-- shookout (shookou...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (shookout) (later)
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my grandma saved it in an International Foods coffee can on the stove-no refrigeration, 'cause she was OG
-- Morley Timmons (summerbabe82...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (Donna Brown) (later)
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I was just going to toss out my coffee can tonight because it's full up (again already!); but now I will save it to give to Tracer. I keep it under the sink but it doesn't smell rancid yet.
I used to have cool '20s-vintage canisters labeled with the Southern food groups: Sugar, Brown Sugar, Flour, and Grease.
-- Paul Eater (list...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (eater) (later)
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I have such a can and I oured bleach into it for fun - it bubbled
-- Latham Green (pennyson...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (mike) (later)
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My mum keeps dripping in a ceramic pudding bowl in the fridge. Though thinking about it, I don't remember seeing it for ages. Perhaps she's stopped!
-- Alba (albab...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (Alba) (later)
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I used to have a drippings can with a filter insert in the top -- medium mesh, don't want to strain out ALL the flavor -- I loved it. But I seem to have lost it in one of my moves. I probably won't replace it.
-- truck-patch pixel farmer (crump...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (Rock Hardy) (later)
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"Spread on toast as a treat"??? Ugh.
-- andy -- (and...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (later)
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My Mum used to save dripping, then never got around to using it so it would be emptied out of the pudding bowl in a great lump and left on the lawn for the birds, who loved it. The numerous pourings made stripey layers that looked kind of pretty.
-- Mädchen (madchen_in_unifor...) (webmail), January 12th, 2006. (Madchen) (later)
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