Reading from news:rec.food.cooking,
Omelet > posted:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > One thing I do want to do is get something that I can use to strain the
> > crumbs out of the oil so I can fry things without the little black crumb
> > speckles getting on things like french fries. Oil won't flow through a
> > paper towel, and I think I remember trying a dishcloth once, but that just
> > let oil drip through slowly. I have a strainer I use for draining pasta
> > and potatoes, but I think the screen mesh on it has holes that are too big
> > to keep the crumbs and allow the oil to flow through.
>
> I use one of those re-usable fabric or metal mesh coffee filters to
> filter the oil. Works like a charm.
>
> And it's washable.

Ah, we have one of those, I think. It uses a paper coffee filter, too,
but has a mesh screen, too, I think, for extra protection against coffee
grounds. We just rarely ever make coffee, so I didn't even think about it
until you brought it up.

Damaeus