Frying Bread in the Bacon Fat

I've never had fried bread, so I can't really answer your question, but I've wondered about the bacon thing myself. After all, it seems to me that a good portion of the bacon fat remains in the pan. Curious to hear how others deal with this.

My bacon "solution" is that I buy wiltshire bacon, which has a lot less fat and more meat to it, but because there's so little fat I end up having to add olive oil for it to fry properly in. But there's still oil left in the pan afterwards. This can apply to a lot of things, like frying an egg, how much oil is left behind after? It is a mystery!

Everything is an estimate. There is absolutely no way to know with any degree of accuracy the exact calorie counts of those foods, don't stress over it. The bacon may have had slightly more or less calories to start with based on the individual slice, the bread calories may be slightly off, there's no way to know exactly how much fat rendered out of the bacon compared to water, you'll drive yourself insane trying to be too exact.

It's an estimate, and if it swings 50 calories either way, well, your calorie goal is also just an estimate that could be off by 100 calories either way, so personally, I try not to think too hard about it. :laugh:

My dad used to eat that all the time, me, I was just a toast & dripping gal. Tried it again a few yrs back for old time sake but the pigs don't taste the same here, too fatty!:frown:

If you are logging your bacon as raw weight you have already 'paid' for the whole rasher, fat & all so the fat that's left is yours to do with as you please. :happy:
I haven't had bacon for soooooooo long, I'm jealous, lol! :drinker:

So this morning we decided to have a fry up, Bacon, Eggs, Fried bread, Baked beans.

I put the bacon in the frying pan, cooked that, then cooked the eggs in the bacon fat, then the friend bread in what was left.

My question is..... should I be adding some sort of fat to the food counter because I fried the bread in the bacon fat and hence removed it from the pan to my tummy?

If I shouldn't, shouldn't I be deducting fat from the Bacon when I throw the bacon fat away after frying? It says Vegetable oil is 120 calories per tablespoon so there should be some differentiators?

I know with this many bacon people here, someone should have figured it out?

this is a joke.....right :noway: :frown: :ohwell:

There's a "bacon grease" entry in MFP that you can add, so I use that when I fry stuff in the bacon grease.

The way I see it, bacon always releases that fat/grease when you're cooking it and nobody is expecting you to put that in a glass and drink it; you're expected to leave it in the pan, so it's not a part of the calories included in the bacon's nutrition facts. But when you're frying something else in it, then you are picking up and eating some of that grease, so you should include at least some mention of it in your log.

this is a joke.....right :noway: :frown: :ohwell:

Nope! A full English! :bigsmile:

Personally I would not add any extra fat calories for the bread - it's already counted in the bacon. I wouldn't worry too much about the other thing. You could try to estimate the volume of fat left behind and take off calories, but it's all just an estimation anyway. I would just go with whatever value you already have for the bacon and not overthink it!

Love fried bread, not had it for years!

this is a joke.....right :noway: :frown: :ohwell:

Nope! A full English! :bigsmile:

Thought that was some sort of tantric sex thing.

So this morning we decided to have a fry up, Bacon, Eggs, Fried bread, Baked beans.

I put the bacon in the frying pan, cooked that, then cooked the eggs in the bacon fat, then the friend bread in what was left.

My question is..... should I be adding some sort of fat to the food counter because I fried the bread in the bacon fat and hence removed it from the pan to my tummy?

If I shouldn't, shouldn't I be deducting fat from the Bacon when I throw the bacon fat away after frying? It says Vegetable oil is 120 calories per tablespoon so there should be some differentiators?

I know with this many bacon people here, someone should have figured it out?

this is a joke.....right :noway: :frown: :ohwell:

No, Why?

Either you eat the fat and it is counted or you don't and it isn't? Not seeing the Joke?

I think the poster questioning it is wondering why ON EARTH you would do that to your body, especially if you are trying to be somewhat healthy. Honestly, I'm with her. The thought of it pretty much makes me gag. Even if it tasted good, I know within an hour or so, my stomach would be aching, and my arteries.. crying. Just because you can eat a diet full of Twinkies, french fries and pickles and stay under your calorie target doesn't necessarily mean that it's good for you.

So this morning we decided to have a fry up, Bacon, Eggs, Fried bread, Baked beans.

I put the bacon in the frying pan, cooked that, then cooked the eggs in the bacon fat, then the friend bread in what was left.

My question is..... should I be adding some sort of fat to the food counter because I fried the bread in the bacon fat and hence removed it from the pan to my tummy?

If I shouldn't, shouldn't I be deducting fat from the Bacon when I throw the bacon fat away after frying? It says Vegetable oil is 120 calories per tablespoon so there should be some differentiators?

I know with this many bacon people here, someone should have figured it out?

this is a joke.....right :noway: :frown: :ohwell:

No, Why?

Either you eat the fat and it is counted or you don't and it isn't? Not seeing the Joke?

I think the poster questioning it is wondering why ON EARTH you would do that to your body, especially if you are trying to be somewhat healthy. Honestly, I'm with her. The thought of it pretty much makes me gag. Even if it tasted good, I know within an hour or so, my stomach would be aching, and my arteries.. crying. Just because you can eat a diet full of Twinkies, french fries and pickles and stay under your calorie target doesn't necessarily mean that it's good for you.

I'm sure the OP is aware that this would not be a good thing to eat every day but as a weekend treat why not? Bacon, eggs and bread were all cooked in the bacon juices so no added calories there and the baked beans are not a sin either.
I personally see nothing wrong with this, we all do what works for us, if eating this as part of an otherwise healthy eating plan has no dire effects weight wise then good luck to them with their fry up's I say! :laugh:

I would for sure add "fat" to your intake counter. It will amaze you how much fat is in grease. I switched to turkey bacon because of all the grease from the regular bacon, and I would never go back. I feel my arteries clogging when I look at regular bacon. It's not worth a heart attack to me! That is just my opinion. k

Why would your arteries clog? Pork fat is healthy fat, mostly monounsaturated, it actually has a similar fat profile as olive oil.

Turkey bacon, on the other hand, is a completely manufactured "frankenfood." It's mashed up turkey scraps, formed into bacon shapes.

There's a "bacon grease" entry in MFP that you can add, so I use that when I fry stuff in the bacon grease.

The way I see it, bacon always releases that fat/grease when you're cooking it and nobody is expecting you to put that in a glass and drink it; you're expected to leave it in the pan, so it's not a part of the calories included in the bacon's nutrition facts. But when you're frying something else in it, then you are picking up and eating some of that grease, so you should include at least some mention of it in your log.

Nutritional information on packages is based on the raw product, with all the fat in it. It is impossible to calculate how much fat would be left after cooking, since there are an infinite amounts of doneness, all with different amounts of fat left. A raw calorie and nutrition count is the only way a manufacturer can give an accurate estimate, unless it's precooked bacon.