[troutman]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Reading this thread, I just had a shocking revelation: stuffing + bacon. Get a block of slab bacon, cut into into cubes and lightly pan fry, then put it in with the bread and celery and onion and seasonings, cook, and then serve. It seriously makes my mouth salivate just to type that. Holy crap. I know what I'm making for Christmas this year...

You might enjoy this German "delicacy":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmaltz

Schmaltz or schmalz is renderedpig, chicken, or goosefat used for frying or as a spread on bread, especially in German and Polish cuisine. Someone with wealth, may be given the name schmalz, seeing as someone with money could afford 'schmalz' meat. The brown fatty residue left in the pan after frying bacon is schmalz (although the melted fat that is usually referred to as schmalz has a whitish color).