How do you deal with the left over fat/oil in your pan?
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]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
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I respect that you were brave enough to admit on the internet to using a little soap now and again with your cast iron. It took me about a year after I rehabbed mom's pans to work up the courage to gently swipe a little soap on them now and again. They still get dried in the oven and moisturized with avocado oil. Mah bebes.
I’ve tried olive oil. Idk what it is, maybe user error, but those cures seem to be very delicate. Like the olives are all primadonna about touching such a base metal like iron.
I don’t use lard with cooking. My beef these days is limited to pho and a bi-yearly burger, but my rationale was, what did grandma use? Why was she soaping hers up in the sink with impunity?
Lard. And layers.
I respect the baby it approach too, and vegans, if that is your way.
Whatever works, it’s in.
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Popcorn made in pre-used oil can be awesome, and an easy way to get rid of 100ml or so.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Omfg...bacon grease popcorn...I'm about to take 10 years off my life
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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
That's if you take it beyond the smoke point. Which you wouldn't do if you are trying to avoid free radicals in your food to begin with. Even vegetable oil is extracted through a heating process.
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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
wrote last edited by [email protected]But singapore site links USDA q&a on how to reuse it safely and has section for "what you need to do if you reuse oil". They don't particularly advice or encourage single use.
Oil quality is dependent on storage method (strain it with filter, keep airtight non-transparent container etc) and cooking temperature so people need to be informed, but I don't see reusing it once or twice with appropriate care cause significant harm.
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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.
What kind of filter?
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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.
Lubricate the garbage disposal with it.
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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.
Our city's trash disposal also provides free plastic buckets for cooking oil. I try to use that as often as possible. I love it
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Omfg...bacon grease popcorn...I'm about to take 10 years off my life
Hell yea. I used some oil recently that had be used to good something (IDK.. housemate food) with heaps of curry powder flavours and some chilli. That was awesome.
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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!
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I respect that you were brave enough to admit on the internet to using a little soap now and again with your cast iron. It took me about a year after I rehabbed mom's pans to work up the courage to gently swipe a little soap on them now and again. They still get dried in the oven and moisturized with avocado oil. Mah bebes.
I do not baby cast iron at all. I use plenty of dish soap and scrub it. But then again, I've also to completely refinished cast iron before. You learn to appreciate how durable seasoning can be when you actually try and remove it. My main skillet I've in the past taken it down to bare metal with an angle grinder, then built the seasoning back up from nothing.
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Please do tell so I know how to properly take care of this precious property for my lovely landlord who respects us very much.
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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!
Haha, yeah. Also, anything with too many burnt carbs is not great.
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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'm in a rental so it goes straight down the drain
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Lubricate the garbage disposal with it.
Damn, I'm happy you said garbage disposal.
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Our city's trash disposal also provides free plastic buckets for cooking oil. I try to use that as often as possible. I love it
Oh that's cool actually. I hadn't heard of that before.
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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.
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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.
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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 usually just pour it over the rice or macaroni or whatever, to consume whatever little is there, so as not to waste it, and for flavor.
I try to fry stuff in tallow as well, which is a lot nicer IMO.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]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.
