Food of the Gods ?

[Greg McCarroll]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 04:41:24PM -0500, Ian Malpass wrote:
> Peter Corlett wrote:
> 
> >Tips for people who don't care about their heart: dry-fry good quality 
> >bacon in a clean pan, and drop in some sliced mushrooms about half way 
> >through to soak up the bacon grease. The resulting butty is ecstasy, and 
> >doesn't even require brown sauce.
> 
> This is the One True Way for fry-ups, too. The fat from the sausages is 
> helpful, too, but baconated mushrooms rock.
> 

This is also the correct preparation of the Northern Irish[2] delicacy
potato bread which should be added to the pan when you see some tasty
bacon fat needing to be soaked up[1].

G.

[1] My family did similar things with drained marrowfat peas and
    mashed turnip.
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4753547.stm - I suspect the
    Scot's only 'beat' the Northern Irish in tables like this due to
    factors other than home cooking.