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cmica wrote:MadPick wrote:Looks great, JMB!
indeed. I wonder what the difference is canning vrs plastic containers
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JohnMBrowning wrote:I gotta say I've been feeling pretty stoopid lately.... I broke out a pak of bacon this week and my first cook I cooked them as usual - in the CI pan on the stove. Typical 'messy spattering' and 'smoke' and unevenly cooked bacon, but still good. It dawned on me all the vids I've seen of cooking bacon in the oven..... I NEVER wanted to put bacon on a sheet or a pan just because it seemed like it would be a bigger problem to clean, but I realized I could put the bacon in a CI pan that I would have cooked it in IN the oven without any more 'issues'..... DAMN --- bacon in CI in the oven @350 for 20-30 minutes is just TOO DAMN EASY!!!! No standing around the stove and flipping - no smoke -- totally hands off! A huge benny is that there is so much less buildup/sticking to the CI - sure you still have to scrape it, but its easy.... and the bacon grease collected is PRISTINE! No floaty little chunks at all.
I hate to admit I was 57 before I figured this out... I just feel so stupid.
I'm betting that you could criss cross the bacon to make more without any issue too.... There is a new reason for the 12" CI pan now!
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TechnoWeenie wrote:JohnMBrowning wrote:I gotta say I've been feeling pretty stoopid lately.... I broke out a pak of bacon this week and my first cook I cooked them as usual - in the CI pan on the stove. Typical 'messy spattering' and 'smoke' and unevenly cooked bacon, but still good. It dawned on me all the vids I've seen of cooking bacon in the oven..... I NEVER wanted to put bacon on a sheet or a pan just because it seemed like it would be a bigger problem to clean, but I realized I could put the bacon in a CI pan that I would have cooked it in IN the oven without any more 'issues'..... DAMN --- bacon in CI in the oven @350 for 20-30 minutes is just TOO DAMN EASY!!!! No standing around the stove and flipping - no smoke -- totally hands off! A huge benny is that there is so much less buildup/sticking to the CI - sure you still have to scrape it, but its easy.... and the bacon grease collected is PRISTINE! No floaty little chunks at all.
I hate to admit I was 57 before I figured this out... I just feel so stupid.
I'm betting that you could criss cross the bacon to make more without any issue too.... There is a new reason for the 12" CI pan now!
Crinkle up aluminum foil and smooth it back out. It'll leave a rough texture. Use that aluminum foil to coat the bottom of a cookie sheet.
Put bacon on aluminum foil and cookie sheet in oven.
The foil not only reflects heat to the underside, but also has relatively little surface area in contact with the foil so it doesn't stick, and the grease is captured on the foil. Don't even need to wash the cookie sheet, AND you can either pull the foil off carefully and dump the grease into a container to save for later, or let it sit and congeal and then ball it up and dispose of it in the trash.
I learned this when I was like 7... Thought it was common knowledge.
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