John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Can bacon make you sick?

Symptoms of Salmonella poisoning usually begin 12-72 hours after infection. Diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and fever are common symptoms. The diarrhea is typically loose and not bloody. Even though bacon is salt-cured to help prevent soiling, it is still possible to get food poisoning from bacon. Eating undercooked bacon can cause illness, such as toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, …

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Does bacon make you poop?

Raspberries – they contain double the fiber that strawberries do. Broccoli – this popular green vegetable has about 5.1g of insoluble fiber per cup. If you are looking for foods that make you poop immediately, you just might find something on this list that will do the trick. If you continue to struggle to find …

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Can bacon grease spoil?

Yes, bacon grease can and does go bad, after several months at room temperature. When bacon grease goes bad, it’s actually just the fat molecules breaking down and oxidizing. By this point the grease is no longer edible. Does bacon grease expire? Unfortunately, bacon grease will go bad, but like all fats, it will take …

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Does bacon fat go rancid?

Rancidification is next in line. Like all fats, such as oils or lard, bacon grease is susceptible to going rancid. It can go rancid because of improper storage conditions, or simply from being stored too long in a container that wasn’t sealed tightly. Debris and exposure to air can cause bacon fat to go rancid …

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