How do you deal with the left over fat/oil in your pan?
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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.
Goes into the compost.
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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]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.
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Straight down the sink. It's a rental.
It's not only the rental's pipes that suffer from fat buildup. It's the entire city's pipes.
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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.
Are you renting or do you own?
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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.
Lick it off
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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.
Popcorn made in pre-used oil can be awesome, and an easy way to get rid of 100ml or so.
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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.
If I want to keep the fat, like from bacon, then I strain it through cheesecloth into a small jar and use it occasionally.
If I don't want it, then if it gets solid at room temp it gets to cool and be scraped into the bin. If it is a liquid at room temp it goes into a ziplock bag or something to keep it from leaking.
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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.
Other than saving it for use later when possible, we let it solidify and scrap it into the trash.
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Straight down the sink. It's a rental.
You might be surprised to learn that those pipes connect to your entire community and you're being a dick to all of them instead of doing the bare minimum of effort
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Straight down the sink. It's a rental.
What the fuck
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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]Other than pan frying something like chicken, I don't really have "leftover fat".
Bacon - ya pour that right into the bacon fat container that has its own strainer.
Most other recipes the fat is part of the dish. As someone else commented - fat is flavor. Say you brown chicken parts for something like Gumbo, the next thing in the pan will be vegetables that get glazed, and you're gonna need a fat for that which is already there in the pan.
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Goes into the compost.
But the salt.
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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
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Depends how much is left. Alot then filter and jar. A little then paper towel and 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.
I use an iron skillet for most things, it gets cleaned then takes up real estate on a stove burner until the next day.
Most of the time it’s just enough oil to sear things. Salmon. The white meat chicken with a bacon iron on top. Each needs some oil for Maillard rxn on the hot iron and non-stick, in addition to flavor and moistness.
It’s liquid at room temp. It’s minimal. When the pan is cool enough, a dollop of dawn, a light abrasive without a lot of pressure (it’s a tactile thing, cast iron people know) and the soap slurry goes right down the drain. I’ve owned for 25 yrs, no issues.
(Because someone is about to start text screaming: If it’s a new cure or a cure done in 1-2 layers or a weaker fat, any abrasive or cleaning will likely kill it. I use lard for my cures while lightly washing with hot soapy water in between. 5 layers/rounds of cure. Then oil it after each use for the first month post new cure. Then, it’s solid, just wash and dry, and you can use a light abrasive. We have a 12, a 10, three 8s, and three 5s in circulation.)
Now, if I make Pho, I’m not skimming the beef tallow/oil off into the sink. I wait for the broth to cool, crack the disc of solid lard off the top, and drop it in the trash.
Popcorn pan, sink. Salmon in the pan, sink. Dark meat chicken in the pan, cool and scrape those solids into the trash.
It’s about amount and what it does at room temp.
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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 generally don't get a lot of fat left in my pan. But when there is some, I tend to use it for whatever I cook next. It's good stuff.
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wrote last edited by [email protected]
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Lick it off
The only correct response
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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.
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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.
keep a rag bag handy and just wipe up cooking grease with those, them throw them in a pile next to the wood stove
you end up needing the oily rags to wipe down the wood stove anyway or else it will rust
