I used to pour it into a glass jar. But these days I’m just using a paper towel or 3 after it dries and chuckin it in the bin.
I currently use (probably too many) paper towels to absorb the oil and then toss them into the trash can. I’m not happy with this solution, but I don’t want to pour it down the drain.
I found this the other day https://fryaway.co/ but I haven’t tried it yet. It’s supposed to make the oil solid so you can more easily toss it.
Looks interesting but not at that price point for me. Seems more expensive than paper towels and probably worse overall for the environment since it’d be heavier than paper towel to transport to the store. Would be interesting to compare the carbon footprint. I also like how nowhere on the page did it compare it to paper toweling it into the trash. Just pouring it down a sink or putting it in a jar lol. That’s marketing
Saw this thread from a mile away and ran to tell everyone I don’t have that problem because I own an air fryer
We are gods among rodents, you and I.
Does your airfryer nor drip the fat off of bacon? Or other fatty meat?
You out there making sunny side eggs with an airfryer?
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
I try not to deep fry anything, my body doesn’t need it, and the convection oven does a decent job. Shallow frying can also do a similar job most times at the cost of some extra time.
Decent quantity of bacon grease get collected for reuse. Small amounts just get paper toweled. If I did give in and deep fry something, that oil is being reused all week. Go big or go home.
When I’m done with it, I grab the smallest sealable container from the recycling, out the cooled fat in it, and it goes in the trash. It usually isn’t more than a cup or 2.
Reusing cooking oil many times increases your cancer risk more than cooking alone. Fyi
Are you renting or do you own?
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And if you rent, do you like the town?
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Depends on what kind of leftover fat.
If frying something in measurable quantities of oil, the oil can be filtered to remove solids, then stored to re-use later.
If cooking something greasy like bacon or sausage, either I’ll cook other things in the same pan after, or I’ll pour it through a strainer, let it cool, and freeze it. Once I’ve saved a bunch, I clarify it.
Fat is flavor. In my house, it doesn’t get thrown away. There are lots of ways to reuse it.
Reusing cooking oil causes cancer. I thought this was wildly known, but I’m consistently surprised at how many people online say things like this.
This is why “drip jars” stopped being used in the 20th century. There used to be one in every house until it was understood it causes stomach cancer.
https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-safety-tips/food-risk-concerns/risk-at-a-glance/reusing-cooking-oils
Popcorn made in pre-used oil can be awesome, and an easy way to get rid of 100ml or so.
Popcorn made in pre-used oil can be awesome, and an easy way to get rid of 100ml or so.
Then there was that time in college I tried to re-use oil I had previously fried shrimp in.
Turns out shrimp-flavored popcorn is not an enjoyable experience!
Some lessons only take once to cement the learning for a lifetime.
Omfg…bacon grease popcorn…I’m about to take 10 years off my life
Depends how much is left. Alot then filter and jar. A little then paper towel and trash.
Uwu, its sooooooo cut. They’re magestic horns; and the lux fur, et al. Their snaggle teeth, that pacific one, is just hte peice of resistance!
I read this as “How do I deal with leftists regarding the leftover fat or oil in my pain?” I’m sorry.
Oh that’s what I meant. Guess there was a typo and people got carried away. How DO you deal with leftists leftover fat?
I keep telling them to eat less calories. But I donno, they get sweaty and I gotta keep wiping them down with paper towels.
Yeah, it was meant as an “I have no reading skills” thing as opposed to a political thing.
I got that. I’m just goofing around.
I just wash my pan normally. The amount of leftover oil is negligible.
If I deep fry something (which I pretty much never do), I put in a glass jar and throw it into the bin.
Straight down the sink. It’s a rental.
There are better ways to sabotage a rental without screwing with the rest of the plumbing system
Please do tell so I know how to properly take care of this precious property for my lovely landlord who respects us very much.
I don’t use so much fat that I have to dispose it afterwards. You know that stuff is killing you, right?
“my food tastes terrible, don’t eat at my house”
This depends on what kind of fat it is. Bacon fat I save, then clarify when there’s enough, then use it for cooking.
A little bit of oil in the iron skillet? Pour kosher salt on it when it cools down enough, use the salt & oil to scrub it clean, wipe it out & rinse it (and dry of course).
Duck I render it first and save the fat, then finish cooking it.
I don’t really deep fry so mostly what happens with other cooking oil is I eat it, in the food.
Wipe with paper towel, toss in trash.
I let it cool off and then scrape it into the trash/compost. Sometimes I use a paper towel, sometimes I just scrape it.
Goes into the compost.
But the salt.
Not all oil is salty. I suppose there are probably pros and cons to composting it, but I’d expect it to draw pests like crazy.
Good for a cold winter chimney firing.
