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.

Easier to just let the salty brown bits fall to the bottom
and stay there. Not all that much happens to them for the
longest time.

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

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

Someday people will tumble to the fact that the dietary
rules are wrong (as in the movie Sleeper), either that
or everyone's metabolism and tolerances are different.

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.

Today's breakfast, as I write this on the way to Swisher's
- a stroopwafel, a Coke, and a can of Pringles, an amazing
high-carb repast that put me into a deep sleep for two
hours, ruined on;y when the little brat in the middle seat
elbowed me awake (part of a group of 4, all in middle seats,
so either nonrev standbys or Zone 5 Basic Economy types).

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

Expended by the car. No cardio exercise for you unless
there's a traffic jam.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

Title: Pflaumenkuchen (Plum Cake)
Categories: German
Servings: 16

4 c Flour
3 Sticks butter or marg.
1 c Sugar
1 ts Salt
4 Egg yolks (save whites)
1 tb Vanilla
3 lb Purple plums (the little
Ones) approx.
Apricot or peach jam

make a dough from the first 6 ingredients, press into cookie sheet with
your fingers, forming a rim. Spread thin layer of peach or apricot jam
on
top of dough. Now put your plums (which have been quartered) in rows on
the dough. Beat egg whites slightly and brush over plums, sprinkle two
TBL
of flour over egg whites. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. If too sour
shake some powdered sugar on top.

This can also be made in the winter substituting apples for the plums.

recipe by: Herta Small (my mom) Typos by: Molli

MMMMM
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)