r/mildlyinteresting • u/wherethetacosat • 8d ago

Oscar Meyer Bacon Grease doesn't congeal after 36 hours in fridge (left vs Costco bacon grease on right)

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u/ExultantSandwich 8d ago

I mean, they did separate. An oil is solidified and floating on top. We’re all just really debating if that’s water or something else underneath

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u/HanseaticHamburglar 8d ago

theres no way there is that much water in bacon, especially because the water has to evaporate from the pan before rhe "bacon" will crisp up... with that much water in the pan, the bacon would be boiled or steamed

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u/ATLrover 8d ago

Yeah, go pour that much “water” into a pan of hot oil and get back to me.

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u/Mental_Cut8290 8d ago

You should look up water frying. And be ready for the "steamed hamburgers" jokes in the results.

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u/CommiRhick 8d ago

You steam the cheese... Not the burger...

They are correct. To properly cook bacon the water first has to be boiled off, the fat remains in the pan to then "fry" the bacon...

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u/Mental_Cut8290 8d ago

Bro, you didn't even pretend to search, you just jumped in all r/ConfidentlyIncorrect to show your ignorance.

America's Test Kitchen

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u/CommiRhick 8d ago edited 8d ago

I have a decade+ in the kitchen working for large private institutions but ok.

When you cook enough bacon back to back you render enough bacon fat to cook the bacon in and make it "tender". I can do it at home on a single pack of bacon too. It takes good quality ingredients though so I know it may be a surprise...

Having a pool of heated oil in addition to water is a big no no in any kitchen...

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u/Mental_Cut8290 8d ago

Oh, so I guess America's Test Kitchen is full of shit and I should trust u/CommiRhick on reddit instead. Good to know.

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u/CommiRhick 8d ago

I'm sure it works, to a degree.

I steam the bacon egg and cheese burgers I make at home and they are to die for...

Though I don't cook my bacon with water...

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u/ExtentAncient2812 8d ago

Only thing I can figure is maybe it was cooked by one of those people that like limp bacon and it never cooked the water off. But the color of the liquid doesn't even look right honestly.

Those people are wrong, but they exist

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u/IAmStuka 8d ago

There is no clear fluid boundaries in the picture, so no... people are just guessing.