Little bowls of fat

[Saunders]

Just that, really. I seem to collect little bowls of fat/ dripping. Occasionally I find one hidden at the back of the fridge. The orange ones are chicken (paprika), squishy ones pork or maybe duck. Hard to the touch, probably beef.

 

[Chilli.s]

And what do you use these little delights for?

 

[pogofish]

Ideal for mixing-up with cereal/stale bread, seeds etc for the birds!

 

[lizzieloo]

Ideal for mixing-up with cereal/stale bread, seeds etc for the birds!

Not in any way at all if the fat contains anything other than fat.

 

[Sprocket.]

I really miss pork dripping and salt sarnies.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

fuckin' wrong 'uns

 

[Proper Tidy]

That's proper weird, I like it

 

[Chilli.s]

Yeah, dripping on toast, Dad made that years ago, but living during rationing and up north does that.

 

[Saffy]

I've got a jam jar of fat.
It's what my Mum always did and so I did it as well. I'll never forget her yelling at my brother, as he washed a load of fat down the sink, that the pipes would get clogged.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Good clear descriptive thread title, A+++, delivers exactly what it says.

 

[maomao]

I've got a jam jar of fat.
It's what my Mum always did and so I did it as well. I'll never forget her yelling at my brother, as he washed a load of fat down the sink, that the pipes would get clogged.

My mum used to keep bacon fat in a mug in the fridge where it would stay until it went rancid and had to be thrown out.

 

[clicker]

You could turn them upside down and stand on Westminster Bridge . Crowds will gather and give you money to play 'find the lady' . Obviously only on cloudy days, or else the fat will melt.

 

[planetgeli]

Absolutely what lizzieloo said about being careful with making fat balls for birds. Never use dessicated coconut as this can be poisonous and never use turkey fat as this can spread disease and/or coat their feathers making them unable to fly.

 

[Sprocket.]

Yeah, dripping on toast, Dad made that years ago, but living during rationing and up north does that.

Living on a miner’s income in Yorkshire in the sixties did it too.

 

[platinumsage]

Bluetits eating pigs is the kind of thing that leads to mad cows and people being stuck at home collecting bowls of fat.

 

[wayward bob]

my mum always did this. i put it down to being a war baby

eta: your fridge must be massive. all i have in multiples is jars of cranberry sauce...

 

[Saunders]

Ideal for mixing-up with cereal/stale bread, seeds etc for the birds!

And what do you use these little delights for?

Adding flavour to bland things. I’m using some chicken dripping to roast spuds in. Also use for wedges. And risottos or if making something with pulses and not much else, or relatively flavourless fish like eg pollock.

 

[wayward bob]

i unwittingly introduced what turned out to be a vegan into my household in an alternate universe i have little bowls of fat too

 

[kittyP]

Yeah, dripping on toast, Dad made that years ago, but living during rationing and up north does that.

The morning after my families huge boxing day parties we'd always have toast and dripping for breakfast.

 

[wayward bob]

was the skim-off of the gravy from a sunday roast for my mum. for roasting spuds or adding to leftover stews and/or risotto with the stock later in the week.

 

[Santino]

I collected many different fats in a transparent pot in the fridge and it was all layered like a core sample from the Arctic or something.

 

[MrCurry]

Awesome! Pork fat is great for adding flavour to fried rice dishes. More or less anything fried can be pepped up with some of these flavoured fats, and they don’t go off in a hurry.

 

[Orang Utan]

This thread is making me want to hurl

 

[wayward bob]

tbh it's little bits of food culture like this that i miss. why the fuck won't the kids just be told

 

[wayward bob]

This thread is making me want to hurl

there's no requirement to open it

 

[Orang Utan]

there's no requirement to open it

i do like fat and dripping though, it's just that picture - bleurgh

 

[wayward bob]

much of the flavour of meat is in the fat, that's not anything challenging to cope with?

 

[Orang Utan]

much of the flavour or meat is in the fat, that's not anything challenging to cope with?

aye, it's the best bit to eat in a lot of meat - pork/lamb chop fat, bacon rind, chicken/lamb skin - yum

 

[wayward bob]

rendered fat ftfw {{{{{my arteries}}}}}

 

[Epona]

I feel sick...