Dripping

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Dripping, also known as beef or pork dripping, is an animal fat produced from the fatty or otherwise unusable parts of cow or pig carcasses.

It is used for cooking, especially in British cuisine, though towards the end of the 20th century dripping had fallen out of favour, due to its being regarded as less healthy than vegetable oils such as olive and sunflower oil.

Traditionally, fish and chips are fried in beef dripping, and this practice continues in some places, with some people preferring the flavour it imparts.

Pork dripping is served cold to be spread on bread (bread and dripping), particularly for breakfast. In parts of Yorkshire, this is known as a "mucky fat" sandwich. Mucky fat can still be bought fresh from Heckmondwike market on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

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