Breaking the generational barriers
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TIL. Thanks! Knew about wet wipes obviously. But first time I heard of this grease thing.
Apparently it's mostly an issue in the US due to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_trap so might be more common knowledge there. Apparently here as long as you're not pouring large amounts but just as whatever naturally occurs on pans, especially if you mix it with washing up liquid as you wash dishes, it is ok.
Most restaurants have a grease trap, but most houses do not.
Even what is naturally in the pan is often to much and you need to clean them with paper towel before washing. At least according to the Plummer I work with
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Pour it down the drain to punish the landlord for raising the rent.
The plummer cost will most likely be for you if it clogs the drain, otherwise you have a pretty good landlord.
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Oh true, bacon grease does get used. Either in the same dish or you throw some toast in that pan the next day. But OP seems to be talking about a jar to throw out.
Yeah, most families where I live keep a grease jar. You don't throw it out, bacon fat stays good for months, it's like a little tub of Crisco but a thousand times better tasting.
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I guess they have been trained to not value valuable things so they can buy new things to serve that same purpose? I stayed with someone who threw away all the white part of his leeks because that was all just root and they once touched dirt or something.
Did he also only eat the leaves of his potatoes?
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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.
There's a movie called The Greasy Strangler that reveals all.
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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
I use discarded cat food tins. Pour the grease into the tin, wait for it to solidify, toss in trash.
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Throwing away animal fat and oil is failing at cooking
And probably buying shitty meats for starters.
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That's smart. Then you have a steady supply of fresh fish.
Honestly, as a kid I loved fishing, I recently started again, but I actually felt kind of bad for the fish. Maybe if this trend continues I'll be a vegan in the next 20 years.
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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‽
Our neighbours had to get a plumber in to clear their pipes and septic tank because they would poor grease and fat down the drains all the time and ate a lot of meat.
They were in their 60s
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There's a movie called The Greasy Strangler that reveals all.
That’s a dirty movie, for naughty people.
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the drain can have little a grease, as a treat
I started pouring mine in to an ash bucket I use for the open fire. The ash soaks it up and it all gets thrown out in to the bin
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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.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I got you.
I used to throw it away, but recently I started saving it, and it's amazing.
Step 1: Cook bacon.
Step 2: Strain the grease. I use a tea strainer. You don't have to do this, but it helps it last longer, because the bacon bits spoil before the grease does.
Step 3: Pour it into a small tub. I use an old spreadable butter tub that has masking tape on the top and sides with "BACON GREASE" written on it, so I don't accidentally use it instead of butter.
Step 4: Store it in the refrigerator.
Step 5: Use that shit. You can use it in most places you'd use butter or oil.
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Caramelizing onions? Slap a dollop of bacon grease into the pan first.
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Pancakes? Pancakes with a soupçon of bacon.
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Eggs? Obviously.
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Grilled cheese? Holy shit, use bacon grease. It's so fucking good.
It behaves a lot like butter. When it's cold it stiffens up, but if you leave it out for a few minutes it softens and becomes spreadable.
Whenever I cook more bacon I top up my bacon grease tub. My cooking has gotten a little bit better this year, and it's all because of bacon grease.
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Who puts fat down their drain hates their plumbing system.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It also fucks up the main plumbing system right down to the water treatment facility and while there, it fucks that too.
If your taxes pay for wastewater management, you're fucking yourself up.
If you pay in addition to your taxes, you're fucking yourself up.
If you have your own septic tank, you're fucking yourself up.
If it flows to the river directly and you enjoy clean nature, you're fucking yourself up.
If it flows to the river directly and your taxes pay for nature maintenance, you're fucking yourself up.Grease down the drain is fucking yourself up and you deserve it. You can not win with it unless you hate everything around you and don't pay taxes.. It will come back to bite you.
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the drain can have little a grease, as a treat
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It's not about keeping grease out of the drain, it's about not wasting cooking oil. As a Brit I recommend frying your whole breakfast in bacon dripping. Especially the mushrooms and tomatoes.
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Get a drain snake, they're like $10 and its saved me from calling a plumber 13 times at least.
My last drain snake broke off in the drain.
Get a decent drain snake. Maybe not the cheapest one on Amazon.
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Honestly, as a kid I loved fishing, I recently started again, but I actually felt kind of bad for the fish. Maybe if this trend continues I'll be a vegan in the next 20 years.
The fish are going to die anyway. Might as well be the one getting fed by them.
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the drain can have little a grease, as a treat
So around Friday of last week, my ground level apartment started to have a weird, foul, smell. It got worse and worse, until Monday morning, when my toilet stopped flushing and the drains took forever to clear.
By then the smell was horrid, like a mixture of skunk, piss, and decay. Thankfully for me, my toilet suddenly started working for a couple of hours Monday night, but then stopped working by Tuesday morning. Around 3pm on Tuesday, they finished repairing the sewage pipe, but the smell lingers on.
This also happened maybe 6-8 months ago, and it took 7-10 days for the smell to finally dissipate. I expect it will take that long this time as well.
Judging by the notice left on all of our doors, that threatened to charge the person or persons responsible for flushing “flushable” wipes and cigarette butts (???) as well as dumping oil down the drain, our sewage pipe must have been completely blocked up. Without inspecting each unit, I doubt they will be able to assign blame, so whoever did it will likely get away with it.
I have nothing to worry about, as I never pour oil down the drain, I don’t smoke cigarettes, and I only ever use toilet paper in the bathroom. Whoever invented “flushable” wipes deserve a punch in the fucking face. Now my apartment smells absolutely terrible, and likely will continue to do so for a week or so.
For the love of god, do not dump oil down the drain! It’s so easy to pour it into a jar, then use a paper towel to wipe the rest of the oil out of the pot/pan. It makes actually cleaning the cookware that much easier as well.
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Most restaurants have a grease trap, but most houses do not.
Even what is naturally in the pan is often to much and you need to clean them with paper towel before washing. At least according to the Plummer I work with
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Yeah so I think it's okay because without the grease trap there's no clog. Idk about plumbing though. Ig it's something to keep in mind for longevity if you're lucky enough to own.
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Get lucky finding the window that would sell you some schwag.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]What? Is that meant to be a reference to something? Google doesn't really show anything for that exact quote with or without the typo(?). Bot gone wrong?
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Or, alternatively, you could eat healthy.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Oh my how original. No I will not eat ze bugs. Are you gonna bitch and cry about le poor animals now too?
It's such surface level emotional thinking. Like if you just think about it for a moment - let 'em mfers burn and churn, momma needs her protein dust.
