Bacon ends, want some good ideas

16 years ago

When I went to my market today, one of my woman friends called to me,

from behind the meat cases.

She was slicing slabs of smoked bacon

Said she had some ends for me but I had to sing a verse of ,

" I have but one heart " in Italian.

I did , they threw me out of the Market ( only Kidding )

Everyone was cheering when I left for the PO.

When I came back, she had a large bag of Bacon ends. ( about 10 Lbs. )

I didnÂt know I sounded that good !!!

I sliced all the good pieces for Bacon and the end pieces for Lentil Soup, Scalloped Potatoes. etc.

Lots of fat pieces for the birds, this winter.

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Any good ideas for the Bacon end pieces, or the Bacon.

Thanks , Lou

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rachelellen

16 years ago

Oh Lou...a fellow bacon lover. :)

Bacon bits! Bacon bits! The REAL kind!!!!

Mince and cook some up, slowly and very crisp. Save the fat for cooking with and the crispy bits for sprinkling on salads, veggies, potatoes or reheated rice. It keeps a long time in the fridge, longer in the freezer. Great on salads too, or sprinkled in cheese or tuna sandwiches.

Wanna be really, really bad? Grind some of those bacon bits fine in a spice grinder and use them instead of salt on popcorn. Or add some to whatever sort of crispy coating you use for baked/fried, breaded meats.

Of course, you know plenty of ways I'm sure, to use it in pasta...

Bacon. :) Sigh. :)

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mustangs81
16 years ago
Boy did you luck out!! Good for you. I buy about 5 lbs to freeze and have on hand for Bourbon Baked Beans, German Potato Salad, and omelets .
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dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
16 years ago
Throw them all away.

You sang "I Have But One Heart" right? Don't mess with your heart with all that bacon! LOL

But serious, I would bake them crispy and make bacon powder in a blender.

I can hear Perry Como singing "O MARENARIELLO"

dcarch
Teresa_MN
16 years ago
Here is a link to a Guy Fieri's pasta with bacon and tomatoes. Other versions go by the name "all'Amatriciana".

I usually increase the garlic.

Wow! What a find. Be sure to freeze some for use in corn and clam chowders.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pasta with Bacon and Tomatoes
hawk307
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi everyone:
Very good Ideas, thanks.
Didn't know so many loved Bacon.
Would make a great BLT.

I'll have to look at these again tommorrow.
Have to stretch out now.
Thanks again ,
LOU
lpinkmountain
16 years ago
Pasta carbonara.
Pea soup with bacon. The kind with green peas and little tiny pasta. Or the green goop kind.
BLT and avocado salad.
anoriginal
16 years ago
My first thought was REAl bacon bit, too... have done that before when ends are available, but never TEN lbs worth!!

You could also chop, compress, and freeze for the furute. WOuldn't make white or red clam chowder without bacon. Having small pieces ready to render is a great thing. My version of home fries is... bacon, potatoes, onions, carrots... all cooked to REALLY brown in a big old cast iron skillet.

Thinking this is a little silly... BUT... you're NOT tossing the liquid gold, are ya!?!
ruthanna_gw
16 years ago
What a great piggy treat!

Thread some hunks on skewers with whole mushrooms and/or little cooked potatoes (can use the canned ones), brush with BBQ sauce and grill.

Put a piece in to stew with a pot of chopped kale or collard greens. Dice some for corn chowder.

I'd probably grind some to mix in with ground venison later in the year.
rachelellen
16 years ago
"Thread some hunks on skewers with whole mushrooms and/or little cooked potatoes (can use the canned ones), brush with BBQ sauce and grill."

Oooh, yum! Do you have to precook the hunks? If not, the 'shrooms don't get overcooked?

That made me think of another fav around this house. Thin slices of bacon, fried slowly to just before the point of beginning to stiffen. Wrap these around large prawns or scallops and thread on a skewer. Grill these until the bacon crisps a bit, and then top with a Dijon mustard & mushroom cream sauce and serve on a bed of rice for dinner. They're also great with a tangy/sweet/spicy dip of some sort.

Oooh, again! Idea! How about doing the above, but with good sized button 'shrooms or thick slices of portobello...ahhhh, portobello, grilled in bacon, Dijon mustard cream sauce on a bed of home made egg noodles. Sigh. :)
ruthanna_gw
16 years ago
Lou's got smoked bacon without the watery solution added to grocery store bacon so it wouldn't be necessary to precook it.
John Liu
16 years ago
Can you make pork stock w/ some of it, or is it too smoky? Can never have too much stock in the freezer. The bacon bits sound worthwhile too. Lucky dog. I wish I had friends like that.
Rusty
16 years ago
You sing, too? ? ? ? WOW!
That took the saying "sing for your supper" to a new level!
:>)
Lucky you! ! !
Lots of real good ideas here.
I found years ago that my kids would eat almost any vegetable if I found a way to cook it with bacon.
Fried okra,
Roasted Brussels Sprouts,
Green beans
Sauteed cabbage.
Any and all kinds of dried beans & peas.
(Split pea soup especially)
It's also a necessity (in our house) in Potato Salad.
And some similar salads featuring peas and/or green beans.
Red beans and rice.
Sauteed summer squash with bacon, onions and tomaotes.

And yes, it freezes well.
So you can stretch your bounty over a long period of time.

Enjoy!

Rusty
jimster
16 years ago
Lucky guy!

As a student of Southern cooking, which I discovered at a late age to be delicious, I've learned there are many uses for a small piece of pork fat. As others such as Rusty have mentioned, ooking it with greens or beans is fundamental.

Not that pork fat is absent from Yankee cooking, of course. They have their baked beans and chowder flavored with a bit of pork.

I would freeze a lot of appropriately sized pieces for those uses. But you already knew to do that didn't you, Lou?

Jim
John Liu
16 years ago
Pork: the country boy's demi-glace.
hawk307
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi everyone, thanks for all the ideas.
I'll tune in again, been running a lot.

Just got back from the Va Hospitial , for another visit, to different doctors.

Jim everything is cut up and in the freezer.
I might get some more next week.

Maybe I'll sing " Danny Boy " this time.
Later, Lou

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