The only valid end to the sentence "The best fat for cooking (whatever) in is..." is "goose fat".

[Rabrrrrrr]

Not that aren't other oils to use, not that they don't have their place, but if set A = any and all food items that one might cook in oil, and set B = all oils which are good for cooking every member of set A, then set B is a set with only one member, and that member is "goose fat".

Though a very good argument can also be made that it's a 2 member set, B = goose fat, duck fat

If you want to go for the two member set, I'm not gonna argue agin' ya.

[XemaSab]

1. Bacon grease is also a winning choice, many times

(I don't eat goose fat, duck fat, or bacon grease, but nevertheless I stand by my statement.)

[Taverner]

7. Mmmmmmm French Fries cooked in bacon grease....

Yum

[surrealAmerican]

2. Where does butter enter into this?

Mmmmmm, butter.

[MrCoffee]

3. You completely discount the wide variety of uses of Koala oil

Koala squeezins can cook anything

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I prefer that little bit of fat around the eyes of the baby harp seals.

In fact, it's the only part of the seal that I keep.

[MrCoffee]

5. You monster

The pineal gland of the baby harp seal cures the heartbreak of psoriasis. Not the actual psoriasis itself, but the mood altering qualities of baby harp seal pineal gland cures pretty much all heartbreak.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. So let the psoriasis people go kill their own seals. There's plenty of 'em.

Fuckers breed like harp seals.

[trof]

6. Naw, man. LARD!

Not to be confused with 'larb'.

Larb (Lao: also spelled laap, larp, laab) is a type of Lao meat salad. It is most often made with chicken, beef, duck, turkey, pork or even fish, flavored with fish sauce and lime juice and leaves. The meat can be either raw or cooked; it is minced and mixed with chilli, mint and, optionally, assorted vegetables. Roughly ground toasted rice (kao kua) is also a very important component of the dish. The dish is served at room temperature and usually with a serving of sticky rice as is customary in Laos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larb

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. I had larb last week!

Not bad. Not my favorite, but not bad.

[trof]

11. Had some wicked hot larb at a Thai restaurant in Anchorage.

Emphasis was on the 'chillis'.
Never had any like that before or since, anywhere.

[hippywife]

10. Potatoes fried in duck fat

are absolutely heavenly! :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Holy shit, yeah!

Oh. My. God.

We need a smilie for a dude who's drooling unbelievably with his eyes messed up like a heroin junkie.

[hippywife]

15. This is the best I can do.

Work for ya? :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. That's awesome!

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

13. Want me to tell you how I greased up a totally healthy vegetable yesterday?

Okay.

I cooked 10 pieces of thick cut bacon in the microwave until they were crispy.

Then I poured the bacon fat over two bunches of asparagus and roasted it in the oven.

Served with the crispy bacon and feta cheese.

I think I actually heard my arteries clog, but it was farkin' delicious. Even the kids ate it. My husband was in heaven.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Awesome! And I hope you all were glued to your iPads instead of talking to each other.

Nothing I hate more than people who are together in the same room who actually communicate.

Fucking hell, dude, if you're in the room with me, text or call someone or something.

If I wanted to talk to you, I'd go to the other room and mail it to you.

:grr:

Seriously, though - asparagus and bacon go together better than, I think, any other vegetable and bacon. Fucking sublime.

Does a microwave really cook bacon to be worth a shit, though? I've never tried it, sicne I've always assumed it would just fuck the bacon up. A kind of cooking that's maybe good enough for people who wear sweat pants to the WalMart, but not for anyone with taste. Is it something I really should try? I actually trust you, so if you say so, I'll try it.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. I am a crispy bacon kind of gal, so for me? It works.

And, honestly? We had the best, best, best time last night. TM was home from college with her fabulous boyfriend, my boy and my baby and of course, Mr.

We ended up watching a movie (The Hangover, which BabyM said was 'the funniest movie ever', okay, she's 13. Our tastes differ) but we have a decently sized extended family, just no one local.

It was a great meal. Convivial.