My Grandmother Treasured This Southern Ingredient, And It Will Always Be A Favorite

If you love bacon, then praise the lard!

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Southerners love butter.

But the one ingredient we prize above all others isbacon.

Southern Living Popcorn Salad cooking the bacon in a skillet

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You might even say our love for this pork product borders on biblical.

Be safe and keep it cool and follow theseexpert tips.

Bacon Grease Is Kind

That liquid gold is kind to cast-iron skillets.

Southern Living spinach salad with warm bacon dressing in a serving bowl topped with the eggs and bacon

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Everyone has their strengths, right?

Bacon fat can take the heat.

I made green beans, turns no heads.

I madegreen beans with bacon gets folks excited, right?

Southern food that just tastes better.

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