Morningstar "Bacon" leaving microwave odor - any suggestions?

Actually if you used a cast iron skillet to cook bacon (med temp and
slowly), you'd end up with some "free" bacon grease flavoring to put on
other dishes such as on your green beans.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:13:13 -0500, wrote:

Actually if you used a cast iron skillet to cook bacon (med temp and
slowly), you'd end up with some "free" bacon grease flavoring to put on
other dishes such as on your green beans.


Alton Brown's trick of putting bacon on a rack and the rack in a pan, then
putting the pan in a cold oven, then turning the oven on and to 400
degrees also works to render a lot of the bacon fat. This is the way I've
been cooking my (nitrite-free) bacon lately, and I've been saving the
grease/fat.

--
Bob in CT

Bob in CT wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:13:13 -0500, wrote:

Actually if you used a cast iron skillet to cook bacon (med temp and
slowly), you'd end up with some "free" bacon grease flavoring to put on
other dishes such as on your green beans.


Alton Brown's trick of putting bacon on a rack and the rack in a pan, then
putting the pan in a cold oven, then turning the oven on and to 400
degrees also works to render a lot of the bacon fat. This is the way I've
been cooking my (nitrite-free) bacon lately, and I've been saving the
grease/fat.

--
Bob in CT

Pork fat rules. There is nothing wrong with pork fat in the diet. And
nitrites are not a problem if you have plenty of anti-oxydants (ie.
vitamin C) in your diet.

TC

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:32:23 -0600, "Pat" wrote:


There is really nothing wrong with your microwave smelling like
bacon. Look at the ingredients in the strips and you will see a host
of spices and flavors that are okay. Many delicious foods are
intentionally flavored with bacon for that reason.

So leave it alone and if it flavors your other foods, then consider
it a good thing, not a bad thing.

I think you misread the original post. She said she was cooking some kind of
a vegetarian bacon product, not the real thing. The "pretend" stuff is what
smells bad.

Pat in TX


No Pat, the vegetarian bacon product smells like bacon, only
stronger. Can you imagine?

But sometimes, like when you are cooking popcorn, you don't want the
strong bacon smell. That is what she is complaining about.