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Subject: Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.
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jmcquown wrote:

> On 11/5/2024 6:04 PM, Graham wrote:
> > On 2024-11-05 3:13 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I just mentioned that in another reply, Michael.  I have a cast
> > > iron  bacon press which would would work fine for smash burgers. 
> > > I don't  use it for bacon because I bake bacon but I do still
> > > have the old  bacon press.
> > > 
> > > Jill
> > I don't mind wrinkly bacon. Why flatten it?
> 
> The bacon press I have is old.  I bake bacon on a slotted broiler pan
> with the pan underneath lined with foil.  (I do not re-use or store
> to cook anything with leftover bacon grease).  When baked using my
> method, it cooks evenly, stays flat and the fat gets nicely cooked
> along with the lean.  Whenever I've cooked bacon in a skillet, it
> tends to curl and the fatty streaks stay rubbery.  I don't like
> rubbery bacon fat.
> 
> Jill

No problem with the method.  Don cooks the bacon here and sometimes
saves the fat for me, but not always.  (sob!  I like bacon fat fried
potatoes!)