Brussel sprouts cooked in bacon fat!

Take 1/4 pound raw bacon and cut into bits and fry with lots of black pepper. When the bacon starts to crisp remove from heat and slowly and carefully add 1/4 cup of water to the pan. Then add the fresh sprouts that you have cut the dried stump off of to the pan, cover and steam till tender shaking the pan every so often to keep from sticking. Then uncover and let the water boil away and the bacon crisp.