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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

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6. Did you keep a grease jar?

Reply to Worried senior (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 2, 2014, 07:37 PM

Nov 2014

My grandmother always kept a grease jar with the bacon drippings, which she liberally used for cooking. I do the same and although I'm sure it's not healthy, it surely does make everything taste great!

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An old Irish dish to Appalachian tastes: Kalecannon with smoked ham [View all] theHandpuppet Oct 2014 OP

Brings some great memories of family New Year feasts proReality Oct 2014 #1

My grandmother often served a dish very much like the recipe in the OP theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #2

Just makes me wonder proReality Oct 2014 #3

Sheep aren't a common livestock animal in our region theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #4

Our family made a dish very similiar to your grandmothers. Worried senior Nov 2014 #5

Did you keep a grease jar? theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #6

Yes we do Worried senior Nov 2014 #7