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What did you cook or eat today? (January 2026)

Made some smoked turkey legs for this week.
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Carbonara with my only bacon package left. My daughter liked it, she said it’s creamy, she added extra parsley, and had more bacon then noodles.
This plate is for my husband, he can eat a lot of carbs. He ate it with the leftover roasted cabbage, I had mine with leftover beetroots.
We’re having tiramisu for dessert, it’s like going out to an Italian restaurant.

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I just baked a pound of bacon. It's draining and I will put it into a ziplock and into the refrigerator. So much easier than cooking 2 or 4 strips here and there.
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And here's my liquid gold (AKA bacon grease, saturated fat, artery clogging substance, call it what you will, lol) drained from the parchment paper and into the refrigerator for frying eggs later.
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JAS_OH1 said:
I just baked a pound of bacon. It's draining and I will put it into a ziplock and into the refrigerator. So much easier than cooking 2 or 4 strips here and there.
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And here's my liquid gold (AKA bacon grease, saturated fat, artery clogging substance, call it what you will, lol) drained from the parchment paper and into the refrigerator for frying eggs later.
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That's what I always do; it's just less of a hassle to make the whole package since you're at it already. Also, whenever your recipe calls for a pound of bacon.....make 2 pounds as a good rule of thumb, because when you actually need to put it in the recipe, you've already picked away at half of it. 🥓 😂
 
Puggles said:
That's what I always do; it's just less of a hassle to make the whole package since you're at it already. Also, whenever your recipe calls for a pound of bacon.....make 2 pounds as a good rule of thumb, because when you actually need to put it in the recipe, you've already picked away at half of it. 🥓 😂
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I have these half sheet pans and sometimes I buy bacon in bulk on sale and I'll cook 2-3 pounds. I'm not much of a recipe follower in general, so yeah, more is usually better.

I've never actually followed a recipe for quiche. Well maybe once circa 1975 in home ec class, but never since.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I have these half sheet pans and sometimes I buy bacon in bulk on sale and I'll cook 2-3 pounds. I'm not much of a recipe follower in general, so yeah, more is usually better.

I've never actually followed a recipe for quiche. Well maybe once circa 1975 in home ec class, but never since.
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That's me, recipes are just guidelines. I take a LOT of liberties when I cook.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I have these half sheet pans and sometimes I buy bacon in bulk on sale and I'll cook 2-3 pounds. I'm not much of a recipe follower in general, so yeah, more is usually better.

I've never actually followed a recipe for quiche. Well maybe once circa 1975 in home ec class, but never since.
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A problem I have with bacon is that I can never fit a package of bacon on a sheet pan comfortably; there are always 2 or 3 pieces that I can't fit. I always stick with thick-cut bacon.
 
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