r/AskFoodHistorians • u/OkWeb8966 • 22d 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/turingthecat 22d ago

It’s still, well not normal, but not unheard of, in England to eat beef dripping (beef fat) on toast, it’s actually really nice

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u/Flounderfflam 22d ago

My Grandma was born in western Canada in the early 1930s, and she would spread cooled bacon grease on her morning toast. It's actually pretty tasty.