Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

my elderly uncle, a widowed retired farmer
fry a generous amount of bacon very gently for breakfast,
always keeping the fat. Then he would deep fry his eggs in the
same pan. That pan had about two inches of bacon fat it all the
time.

Which implies that there was no net change in the fat level.

Not a huge amount. Sometimes he would use a little for panfrying
potatoes and other foods in a different pan and I imagine he
would occasionally strain the warm oil to get rid of food particles.

Which implies that he ate all the fat from his bacon every
day.

I believe so. And he lived to be close to 100.

Which implies that he / needed the calories.

As a young pre-war farmer using horses, not a tractor, for sure. Later
in life not so much. He had to watch his calorie intake but cut back
on other foods like potatoes and desserts, not breakfast.


Cheers

Jim


... A 10 mile trip to the farmers' market by car = 14,000 calories

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