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How do you deal with the left over fat/oil in your pan?

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  • anon6789@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

    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.

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    Reusing cooking oil many times increases your cancer risk more than cooking alone. Fyi

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      Saw this thread from a mile away and ran to tell everyone I don't have that problem because I own an air fryer

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      Does your airfryer nor drip the fat off of bacon? Or other fatty meat?

      You out there making sunny side eggs with an airfryer?

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      • stopspazzing@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

        Reusing cooking oil many times increases your cancer risk more than cooking alone. Fyi

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        Appreciate the concern. The air fryer has all but eliminated my home frying. I always hated throwing out the oil, but I know it's not great to keep around, so I was never big into frying at home.

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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.

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          Dump it all into an old tin and toss it out once it cools off.

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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.

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            I also do paper towels for the bulk, though I try to do it while the pan is still a little warm, and may even heat the pan up a little if needed, so that if it's a fat that's solid at room temperature, I can treat it the same way as oil.

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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.

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              I pour it into an empty can and freeze it then eventually trash

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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.

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                Sometimes I save it and put it in the fridge until the wet stuff separates from the fat. I then mix it with lye that I get from wood ash to make really shitty soap that's okish for doing dishes but not much else. You shouldn't put this in a washing machine because it will corrode the metal parts, you shouldn't wash yourself with it because its bad for your skin but I hope to get it to where I never have to buy dish soap again. Every single little consumer product that I can find a way to live without increases my chances of survival under this regime or at least extends things for as long as possible.

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                  Damn, I'm happy you said garbage disposal.

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                  As opposed to garbage "disposer"? I use both interchangeably.

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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.

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                    Last meal's leftovers is to season the next meal

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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.

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                      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.

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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.

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                        filter through a paper towel and store in a jar for later use if it is a good quality fat like bacon or beef tallow

                        Vegetable oil gets stored in a different jar for disposal

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                          Does your airfryer nor drip the fat off of bacon? Or other fatty meat?

                          You out there making sunny side eggs with an airfryer?

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                          Cooking some burgers in an air fryer recently, and it definitely leaves a lot of oil to dispose of!

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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.

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                            paper, then boil

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                            • stopspazzing@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                              Reusing cooking oil many times increases your cancer risk more than cooking alone. Fyi

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                              Don't overreact. Depends on temperature and mostly how many times.

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                                Are you renting or do you own?

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                                And if you rent, do you like the town?

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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.

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                                  I read this as "How do I deal with leftists regarding the leftover fat or oil in my pain?" I'm sorry.

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                                    I read this as "How do I deal with leftists regarding the leftover fat or oil in my pain?" I'm sorry.

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                                    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.

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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.

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                                      Good for a cold winter chimney firing.

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                                      • throbbing_banjo@lemmy.worldT [email protected]

                                        "my food tastes terrible, don't eat at my house"

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                                        "I forgot what vegetables taste like."

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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.

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                                          I don't cook with that much that there is relevant leftovers to begin with. I just wash my pan with soap and hot water.

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