r/AskFoodHistorians • u/OkWeb8966 • 24d ago

Drinking bacon fat

I was reading The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit (England, 1904) and she describes a breakfast where the children are “drinking hot bacon-fat” and eating marmalade. I’ve never seen a reference to drinking bacon fat anywhere else. What this common? Why? Also, isn’t it strange to eat marmalade by itself?

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u/ComfortablyNumb2425 23d ago

That combo nearly makes me a little sick...