Thread: 1880s-1890s shave?

It's a ball of soap, Frank, but I have pig lard in my freezer too.
Good to fry chopped onions and garlic on a pan before cooking beans on it, and a small dab also flavors a fried egg sometimes. My everyday carbon kitchen knives also are kept lubricated on it.

Originally Posted by Matheus

It's a ball of soap, Frank, but I have pig lard in my freezer too.
Good to fry chopped onions and garlic on a pan before cooking beans on it, and a small dab also flavors a fried egg sometimes. My everyday carbon kitchen knives also are kept lubricated on it.

Could I also get the recipe for the beans? Sounds delicious, and 1880ish?

Yaayyy for pig fat!
I remember as a child Mom used to keep an empty coffee can on the stove. When she fried bacon in the morning, the drippings went in that pan, which was later used to fry with. Mmmm mmmm that's good eatin'!

Originally Posted by SRNewb

Yaayyy for pig fat!
I remember as a child Mom used to keep an empty coffee can on the stove. When she fried bacon in the morning, the drippings went in that pan, which was later used to fry with. Mmmm mmmm that's good eatin'!

Yes, I was thinking the same thing too. Nothing like fried eggs done in bacon grease. Health nuts would freak at the thought.

Bob

The health nuts stress out so much about all kinds of things that they and everyone else should do to be healthy, they'll probably die of a heart attack when they're 40 because of all the stress trying to stay healthy, LOL.

Nothing like food fried in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease.

Yep, eggs fried in bacon grease is about as good as breakfast gets. It's funny how some things cycle. Butter got a bad rap but we are finding out that margarine is far worse. I just read over the weekend that McDonalds is cutting high-fructose corn syrup from its buns.

Does anyone watch the TV show Portlandia? Season two starts with a song about the dream of the 90s being alive in Portland...the 1890s when people were making their own sausage and shaving with straight razors. It's a funny little segment and when I read updates about this thread it reminds me of the song.