How do you deal with the left over fat/oil in your pan?
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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
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You know what, imma think on this for a second. I'd hate to give bad advice
Im an electrician though, I do plenty remodels. Im sure I can come up with a few good ideas. Real frustrating shit for them to deal with, no coat of paint jobs.
I take it youre not getting your deposit back (hahaha, as if they ever do)? What kinda house are we talking? Attic or basement access?
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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 it cools into a solid fat then it goes in a bowl and put it outside for wildlife to enjoy some easy calories. A trail cam and some time has given me a good chunk of backyard nocturnal drama, like the falling out of two tomcats.
Liquid fat/oil is used to re-season pans or soaked up with a paper towel and dumped.
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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.
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.
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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.
Sounds pretty good. Oil is expensive too.
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Filtering out any chunky bits from the cooking so it doesn't go back into the fat jar
Oh you are reusing the fat in the jar.
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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.
