the drain can have little a grease, as a treat

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    32 minutes ago

    Okay but how? In what? For how long? Do you reuse it again? How often? Does it go bad? Where do I put the jar? Do I close it? People just say shit like “save your grease” and expect me to know what to do.

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    4 hours ago

    If you’re renting, maybe it’s not your problem. The landlords jack us for rent, so we mess with their drains. Meh.

    Should we respect our landlords, you might ask? That depends on them. Respect is earned.

  • HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    I always chug a beer/soda, open the top of the can using a can opener, and pour the grease into that.

    NOTE: make sure all the liquid is out of the bottom of the can (maybe wipe it down with a towel) or else the grease may shoot back out

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    IF you absolutely must do this, make sure to fill the bottom of the sink with a little bit of cold standing water first. This helps to break up the grease and seal in the juices.

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    8 hours ago

    Are you the same people complaining about increasing food prices who are also throwing away the best part? The bacon is the byproduct. People! Save this grease and use it when another recipe calls for butter.

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Dad owned a low rent apartment house. people would put chicken bones in the drain and then call because the drain backed up. and take bulbs out of the hallway lights. He’d laugh about it then fix the stuff because he wasn’t a good slum-lord. Probably never broke even

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        10 hours ago

        Certainly not enough to put in a jar. I usually give it a wipe with a single paper towel

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          9 hours ago

          Have you ever cooked bacon? That’s about the only grease I’ve known folks to save. Maybe some from ground beef if you’re cooking up a whole lot.

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          10 hours ago

          And where do you dump the paper towel then? The idea behind a jar is that there are facility that takes that grease and (supposedly) won’t dump it in a trash field, which is pretty much bad too.

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        10 hours ago

        What is it with Europeans shitting on Americans on the internet so much lately? If we’re being honest everything that is current day American is either directly or indirectly their fault.

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      5 hours ago

      Keep it in a mug by the sink

      Every time the mug fills up, dump it into a pot of very hot water, give it a stir, pour it into a mason jar, seal it tightly, and put it in the fridge upside down.

      When it’s cold, dump out the water, scrape the thin top layer of crap off, and voila, you have perfectly usable high smoke point salted lard for frying.

      If you fry fresh pork belly, save that fat separately, do the same thing, and you have pure lard.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
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      7 hours ago

      Cost us over $200 to get a plumber to fix the drain when my partner decided to feed an entire jar of whole pickles into the garbage disposal.

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      7 hours ago

      I briefly worked for a plumber during my college days to make money. He said the people who kept him in business were people who poured grease down the drain and also people who flushed tampons.

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        7 hours ago

        People who pour grease down the drain have definitely never unclogged a drain before.

        Usually something like half fibers (hair, tampons, “flushable” wipes, etc), half grease and fats.

        If it’s a solid at room temp, it probably shouldn’t go down the drain.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Finally, a solution to deal with the used 47 tons of Castrol Cyltech 40 XDC that I’ve had sitting around forever.

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    11 hours ago

    Says people who have never lived alone.

    Like you don’t even have to be a homeowner to know not to do this! I know this is shit posting, but there ain’t no way you make it to reproductive age without figuring this one dumb thing out‽

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      7 hours ago

      Newer generations and less likely to own homes due to global housing markets cooling down. This is directly proportional to the inverse of fucks residents have about plumbering.

      That said I wasn’t raised to know this until the internet taught me. Then I started freezing them in cans and tossing in the trash.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        6 hours ago

        Will I’ll admit I was the dumb generation at some point(that point was the moment the garbage disposal stopped). He only took out a basic looking hex wrench, and shit was solved!

        Sorry if I kept you up, or upset you.

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          6 hours ago

          Not upset just saying I consider myself intelligent and well educated but my parents never taught me this. They were renters and so was I.

          We even got a clog and landlord for a plumber out. Once in 10 years.

          Knew enough to waste hot water and pour boiling water down the drain to help it out.

          I learned in my mid 20s to stop. People have different circumstances with their upbringing.

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      9 hours ago

      This is my first time hearing of this ngl. Actually I’m not entirely sure what “grease” means, is it what is left from oil and butter after cooking meats? Meat juices? I’ve always poured it down the drain. Never even heard of anyone doing otherwise, least of all putting it in a jar.

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        8 hours ago

        Definitely don’t put grease or oil down the drain if it is solid at room temperature. Even oil that’s liquid at room temperature is bad for sewage systems - they combine with non-biodegradable sewage waste such as wet-wipes (Don’t flush wet wipes down the toilet. Put them in the trash.) and turn into rocks that narrow and block the sewage pipes. See wiki on Fatbergs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg

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          1 hour ago

          clean up after the parents

          Huh? I live on my own and cook for myself and have for 10 years. My parents live in a different country and I’ve not even seen or spoke to them in like 6 years so I don’t get what you mean to imply there.

          I just haven’t heard of this phenomenon before. I’ve never had any drainage issues either. Maybe in the shower due to hair, but never in the kitchen. I’ve just literally never heard of this, ever, my parents definitely never did this back in my home country, nor have I ever seen anyone do this in any of the countries I’ve been to or the one I currently live in.

          I’ve lived with roommates, at boarding school, and with a partner, and not once have I seen them not pour grease down the drain either, least of all in a jar.

          Doing some surface level research it seems like primarily an American thing. As long as you’re not pouring litres of pure grease down the drain it should be ok to just wash down what naturally comes off pans etc. as you wash them, especially mixed with washing up liquid. Maybe I’m just not very greasy idk.

          What is “lucky 10g”?

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Some people (like Ben Shapiro and his ilk) make it to adulthood not knowing how to do laundry or clean the dishes in the first place. … and they’re proud of it.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        11 hours ago

        I got a comment from a few months back about my fellow cis hetiods about how it’s so strange that there is a non insignificant number that don’t even wipe their own ass!

        Like I said I’m cis het, but I would sooner take a dick in the ass than deal with the fucker itching all day!

        Also didn’t the found of the proof boys(Gavin something or another) take a dildo in the ass live and on air because he thought it would upset liberals? Yeah, these right winged pricks need to just embrace the fact, that they might be bi.(A day bi specifically cause they don’t sound like Lindsey Graham)

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    12 hours ago

    Step 1: Get chickens Step 2: add oats ( oat flakes ) to the pan with grease Step 3: stir until they’ve absorbed the fat Step 4: treat the chickens Step 5: ??? Step 6: Profit!