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human
ELI5: Why does bacon grease seem to never go bad even without refrigeration, but other grease (e.g., hamburger grease) will go rancid in the same conditions?
gpt
It definitely will go bad. It just may take longer because bacon is a salted cured meat without a lot of moisture, so the grease has a ton of salt and not much residual water, which inhibits bacteria growth.