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.
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.
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.
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.
Haha, yeah. Also, anything with too many burnt carbs is not great.
Sounds pretty good. Oil is expensive too.
I let it cool off and then scrape it into the trash/compost. Sometimes I use a paper towel, sometimes I just scrape it.
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.
Man, living in a house sounds so cool sometimes 🥲
You can compost it if you aren’t generating huge amounts. Mix it with something absorbent like sawdust or used coffee grounds and mix into a composter, and add extra “green material” like leaves or lawn clippings.
What I totally don’t ever do under any circumstance at anytime for any reason even though it’s super convenient and easy is pour it down the sink. Yes sir. That’s not something I ever, ever do! Wouldn’t it be crazy if I did? Omg. So crazy!
Other than saving it for use later when possible, we let it solidify and scrap it into the trash.
I pour it into a bowl. Once full ill freeze it then toss out on trash day
I just wash my pan normally. The amount of leftover oil is negligible.
If I deep fry something (which I pretty much never do), I put in a glass jar and throw it into 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.
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.
I don’t have enough oil left over to bother doing something other than wash normally
if there’s enough fat left, either cook more food in it, or wipe it with a paper towel. but that’s rare
Keep an extra can about for fat drippings.
Into a teacup, into the fridge, then when full and solidified, peeled out and thrown into the trash.
I pour it into an empty can and freeze it then eventually trash
Lubricate the garbage disposal with it.
Damn, I’m happy you said garbage disposal.
As opposed to garbage “disposer”? I use both interchangeably.
