lillianstone
Lillian Stone
lillianstone
Staff writer @ The Takeout, joke writer elsewhere. Wrangling beagles and baked goods in Chicago. Debut essay collection, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, publishing in 2023 via Dey Street/HarperCollins.

Taking a cow to a McDonald’s is about as dark as a family reunion can get. Read more

Buy three calfs, only to find out that A: McDonald’s doesn’t serve Veal, and B: Does not purchase its beef or beef adjacent products from the rive thru window of a franchise.  You gotta go to a corporate store for that.
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This is freaking dark. Just showed this calf a glimpse into their future. Just like how the old gypsy woman said. Read more

My sole candy soft-spot is for the original Peanut Butter Twix. Easily shareable; excellent straight from the package or frozen; quality ice cream mix-in; and, when split lengthwise horizontally, they end up as two treats: a bar-length Reese’s cup (top) and a chocolate dipped shortbread (bottom). Read more

This is ... just a Twix with a little salt. I mean, I like Twix, so why not, but it already has caramel! Read more

I mean that sounds fine but does adding a little salt really deserve the whole *new flavor* promotion blow out? Read more

First time in a long time that I really can’t fault Salty’s response. Read more

There few things more enjoyable than using that leftover bacon grease to fry a batch of toast. Unless you have biscuits then you make red-eye gravy. Read more

My cooking skills are nonexistant, but I do know this much. Read more

Yes! Hash browns are also a critical ingredient in breakfast tacos. So I always fry up the bacons first, set is aside to dice, then fry the hash browns* + sauté the onions & peppers in the bacon fat. Then the diced bacon goes back in along with the eggs for scrambling. Best taco filling ever. Read more

I have no Gal Bladder, if I eat stuff cooked in bacon grease I am basically done for the rest of the day. The bacon itself is worth a couple hours of pain but do the rest of the meal in the grease and I feel like I’m dying. Read more

I bake my bacon and while I'll save a little bit of grease for general frying duty, I'd rather save almost all of it for roux, especially for a chowder. Read more

When available: Guanciale grease>duck fat>bacon grease. It’s all good! Read more

Me, but scrambled eggs. I had it on Monday, and I would have had it today, but I was running late and had to go through a drive-thru. Read more

For the vegetarians, the grease left over after cooking Beyond Meat Hot Italian sausages is also great for frying eggs. Or other cooking applications. For example, I pour a smidge in my yellow rice. *chef’s kiss* Read more

It’s a sin to not incorporate bacon fat when it’s just sitting right there in the pan. I still remember the stunned look on my friend’s face as I cooked up bacon lardons before making some mac and cheese from scratch and used the rendered bacon fat to start my roux. It was like the clouds had parted and the sun began Read more