What's a fatback?

Table of Contents:

1. What's a fatback?
2. Is fatback the same as salt pork?
3. Is fatback a southern thing?
4. Is pork fat the same as lard?
5. Is bacon fat same as lard?
6. Which is worse bacon fat or butter?
7. What do you use saved bacon grease for?
8. Can you save turkey bacon grease?

What's a fatback?

: the strip of fat from the back of a hog carcass usually cured by drying and salting.

Is fatback the same as salt pork?

Streaky pork is a section of fat in between the solid slabs of hard fatback near the backbone and the bacon at the belly. ... Salt pork is fatback that has been salted and cured to prolong its shelf life.

Is fatback a southern thing?

Fatback is a traditional part of southern US cuisine, soul food and traditional Cuisine of Quebec, where it is used for fried pork rinds (known there as cracklings, or Oreilles de crisse in Quebec), and to flavor stewed vegetables such as leaf vegetables, green beans, and black-eyed peas.

Is pork fat the same as lard?

At its simplest, lard is rendered pork fat. Leaf lard, specifically, is a fine, soft, white fat rendered from the fat in the kidney region of pigs and hogs. It is mild in flavor, soft in texture, and particularly well-suited to pastry making. Lard that hasn't been rendered is simply raw fat.

Is bacon fat same as lard?

What is the difference between bacon fat and lard? Bacon fat is a type of lard. That said, the product you can buy labeled “lard” and the bacon fat you can make are not the same thing; bacon fat will have a smokier flavor than lard, which should have a purely neutral flavor.

Which is worse bacon fat or butter?

Healthwise, bacon fat is higher in monounsaturated (the so-called "good fat") fat than butter. Nor does it contain trans fat ("bad fat"), like margarine does.

What do you use saved bacon grease for?

20 Ways to Use Bacon Grease

1. Roast vegetables. Instead of drizzling your vegetables with olive oil before roasting, plop some bacon grease in the pan. ...
2. Fry Burgers. ...
3. Pop popcorn. ...
4. Fry grilled cheese. ...
5. Biscuits. ...
6. Fry hash browns. ...
7. Spread on pizza crust. ...
8. Use as a gravy base.

Can you save turkey bacon grease?

If you don't filter out the solid bits, the fat can last a couple of months in the refrigerator before it starts to go rancid. If you do filter out the solid bits, the fat can last up to a year in the refrigerator. You can also freeze bacon fat if you want to store it even longer.