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Etterra ,

We had a grease can under the sink when I wasgrowing up. My fiancee and I use an old jar. I can’t believe people didn’t know better. They probably think it’s fine to dump car fluids in the storm drain too. Idiots.

PixeIOrange ,
@PixeIOrange@lemmy.world avatar

I built a wick holder and have now free candles :D

dejected_warp_core ,

I have a small bucket filled with sawdust that I use to store used cooking oil. Bucket stays in the garage as it’ll eventually go rancid. When it does, it gets thrown into the trash. The resulting mess is still greasy, but not runny. The key here is that soaking it this way limits the mess that can happen if it’s knocked over; sawdust is what you use to clean an oil spill anyway.

Wood-based cat litter would also work for this. It’s just compressed sawdust pellets^1^.

Edit: I have not looked into donating it as biodiesel. That would probably be a somewhat more green option.

^1^ - very likely made in the same fashion as pellet stove fuel, so that might work too.

Noobnarski ,

If you have a metal bowl that you no longer need, you can put a roll of toilet paper in there and then douse the whole thing in cooling oil.

Once ignited you will have a stinky lamp, so I would only recommend doing this outside.

Kashmir ,

Use paper towels to soak it up if it’s a small amount.

GJdan ,

What on earth are you all cooking to have so much oil left over that you can pour it into anything?

Rocketpoweredgorilla ,
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca avatar

For me it’s mostly the deep fryer. When I change the oil it takes about 4 1/2 liters to refill.

GJdan ,

That makes sense, I didn’t imagine that many people bother deep frying at home, but I guess I’m wrong :D

But in this case people are describing adding a little oil to a bottle at a time where with deep frying you could fill a bottle every time I think.

Whelks_chance ,

My parents could keep that going for a good long time by filtering it through a few layers of kitchen paper, it got rid of a lot of the burnt stuff, came out quite clear each time.

VirtualOdour ,

Don’t they warn against reusing too much because it breaks down into carcinogens?

hydroxycotton ,

Have you every heard of the method of cooking called frying?

GJdan ,

Sure, but not usually with enough oil to pour out of the pan after cooking.

a_wild_mimic_appears ,

That depends on the dish - a Wiener Schnitzel for example should be able to move freely in the oil (because it should be kept moving while frying), or the breading will be pretty underwhelming. Same goes for most stuff with breading. I always try to be very conservative in my cooking oil usage, but in those cases it’s just not an option.

GJdan ,

Ooh that makes sense, and I want schnitzel now.

Damage ,

Do you make potato fries in a pan?

superkret ,

What a waste of perfectly good lube.

MeaanBeaan ,

Pour it in a jar. Wait for it to cool a little (but not enough to solidify) then dump it in the trash.

RampantParanoia2365 ,

Or just wait for it to cool and toss the whole jar away. And that way there’s not just a ton of liquid oil in your trash can.

BackOnMyBS , (edited )
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place avatar

I keep a container for used cooking oil along with old motor oil. Whenever it starts getting full, I take it to the local auto parts store for recycling.

Do not take cooking oil to an Advanced Auto Parts for recycling. They do not accept that. If you’d like other options, a quick internet search will let you know what you can doodoo brown 🕺

Duamerthrax ,

Mixed? Motor oil should be recycled at the auto parts store, but different people people used vegetable oil. Worse case, you could throw out the veg oil. It will biodegrade in the landfill better then most of the stuff that ends up there

BackOnMyBS ,
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place avatar

Oh shoot. I did not know that. I just called to make sure, and they confirmed that they do not take cooking oil of any kind.

Thanks for letting me know! 🙂👍

agentshags ,
@agentshags@sh.itjust.works avatar

Collect in in a jug and use it for the burn pile lol

KrapKake ,

Just wait for it to cool and solidify then scrape it off into the trash.

Death_Equity ,

Are you thinking of fat?

doingthestuff ,

This is what I do with fat. With cooking oil, it’s only a tiny bit at a time, I don’t deep fry. I pour it out in the lawn.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Idc if this is dumb, I pour it in a bucket and when it’s full I dig a hole in the back yard and pour the oil in there and bury it. I do this 1-2 times a year.

Afghaniscran ,

Depends on the oil but cooking oil is organic material so it shouldn’t be an issue.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

It would get pretty stinky.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

The moles must hate me

Zozano ,
@Zozano@lemy.lol avatar

You’re begging the US Army to liberate your yard.

Cordyceps , (edited )

Honestly not the worst idea now I think about it. I have been using the paper towel soak method, but this could actually be less wasteful and easier on the organic composter. Thanks for the tip!

Edit: Ok so I dug into this a bit more (no pun intended), and seems its not the best idea due to the oil potentially seeping into groundwater.

Pringles ,

I did that once, I was staying at a family as an exchange student and immediately forced to help with chores. Now, they ran a large creche from that house so there were a lot of different chores and being on dishes could mean slaving away in the kitchen for well over an hour.

Anyway, I didn’t know shit about how to properly dispose of oil and in the first or second week poured a large pan of oil down the drain. It ended up ruining some stuff and they had a hefty repair bill. I may be cynical, but I never gave a damn about it as they were basically using me as free labor anyway. Helping with household chores = ok. Helping clean up the gigantic daily mess of those shitty kids in your shitty creche = not ok

brbposting ,

creche
noun
Alternative form of crèche.

JK,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/fd04ab28-20ac-445e-bbe9-3592bbc8fa9d.jpeg

was it penguins or bats?

Flax_vert ,

You’re looking at the wrong definition. It was very clearly a re-enactment of the birth and incarnation of our Lord through our Lady

sigmaklimgrindset ,

Isn’t a crèche that thing Lae’zel kept yapping on about in Baldur’s Gate?

bane_killgrind ,

Yes because githyanki are egg laying bat faced people

sigmaklimgrindset ,

…wow…how did I not make that connection.

Proof that my brain is smoother than that Githyanki egg I accidentally destroyed.

Zoboomafoo ,

I gave mine to the friendly lady out front. I’m sure it turned out well

Linnce ,

I’ve got this result from google

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7f470601-f0e0-4059-8a1a-46d750eb40ec.png

Zipitydew ,

Ken M vibes

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I’ll usually wipe the oil with some paper so I can throw it on the trash. Many moons ago, my family used to collect the oil to make soap at home. Last time I recall seeing that was some 30-ish years ago.

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