Eggs cooked in bacon fat is a good thing

[lovehockey]

That is all.

[goodeats]

Ditto for that and in duck fat.

[The Hersch]

Ditto for that and in duck fat.

For duck fat, should they be duck's eggs, or would that be like seething a kid in his mother's milk?

[Rhone1998]

I dunno, the few times I've tried this the bacon flavor has been overwhelming.  I want to be able to taste the eggs in my eggs (which leads to another discussion entirely, which is that most supermarket eggs are pretty tasteless.)  But maybe I just need to try a milder bacon. 

[deangold]

Cooking eggs in about 1/2 inch of good as opposed t great olive oil is a treat too.  

[Pat]

I dunno, the few times I've tried this the bacon flavor has been overwhelming.  I want to be able to taste the eggs in my eggs (which leads to another discussion entirely, which is that most supermarket eggs are pretty tasteless.)  But maybe I just need to try a milder bacon. 

My personal opinion <ahem> is that bacon fat is good for fried eggs only.  It makes a mess of scrambled eggs, including turning them an unappealing color.

[The Hersch]

My personal opinion <ahem> is that bacon fat is good for fried eggs only.  It makes a mess of scrambled eggs, including turning them an unappealing color.

Oh, I agree entirely. Scrambled eggs must be cooked in butter, preferably excellent butter. When I was a kid, I didn't know there was any other way to fry eggs than in bacon fat, or bacon grease as my mother always called it. Plenty of it, and the eggs must be basted with the hot fat, without ever turning them over. Damn, I'm hungry.

[Rhone1998]

Cooking eggs in about 1/2 inch of good as opposed t great olive oil is a treat too.

This, definitely. I've always thought of this, rightly or wrongly, as Spanish style...with the oil very hot so the egg whites puff up and get crispy. Love it.

[deangold]

It is a Spanish technique.

[Ilaine]

I like eggs scrambled in a little of the bacon grease left over after pan frying bacon. I like them scrambled with butter.  I like them scrambled with excellent olive oil.  Just depends on my mood.

Fried eggs I'd rather fry in bacon grease, all the grease left over after pan frying several slices of bacon, like, say, six slices of bacon.  Rather have these over easy than sunny side up, but for sunny side up, definitely baste the top with the hot fat.  Basting in this case meaning spoon hot fat over the thicker circle of white around the yoke to get it to cook as fast as the thinner outer ring.

[goodeats]

For duck fat, should they be duck's eggs, or would that be like seething a kid in his mother's milk?

My favorite comic panel, in response to this. :-)

Honestly, my mom just made Chinese stewed eggs with duck eggs. I think this would beat frying duck eggs in duck fat.

Now, if we were to recreate ol_ironstomach's famous ostrich egg fried egg and fried THAT in duck fat...well, that's another matter entirely....

[lovehockey]

I have to say I scramble my eggs.

What works well too?  Fry bacon, set it aside to be added later.  Throw rice noodles into the pan.  Make Pad See Ew.

[ktmoomau]

We were in Dubai and wanted American food.  We had a full kitchen in our hotel/apt.  So at the grocery store we bought bacon and eggs.  As the main cook, I asked the boys, "Do I need to buy some oil or butter?" The automatic response, "No, we will just cook the eggs in the bacon fat!!!" 

[thistle]

I made a mess of bacon today for my child & her friends, who were baking mini bundt cakes- I showed them this, but didn't volunteer to make the guac-http://365daysofbacon.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/mini-bacon-guacamole-cups-guest-post-from-all-day-i-dream-about-food/

[The Hersch]

I made a mess of bacon today for my child & her friends, who were baking mini bundt cakes- I showed them this, but didn't volunteer to make the guac-http://365daysofbacon.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/mini-bacon-guacamole-cups-guest-post-from-all-day-i-dream-about-food/

I gotta have some of those.