I am back to this NG after a lapse of several years, I have decided
this would be a place to ask this question: I am not trolling; I do
need some sort of practical answer to this small problem.
I would like to know what folks do with the grease left over from
deep-frying. I do not do this to my food very often, and I will store
some in my electric fryer, which has a top to keep it somewhat free of
contamination in between uses. There are times one needs to change it,
as when it has been a month or so between uses, when you want to fry
something that will leave some flavor in the grease, when you fry
something that leaves a lot of bits at the bottom of the fryer, etc. I
also do some frying on the stove. I have no idea how to deal with used
oil. I hold bacon grease in the fridge.
I do not own or know anyone who can use it as a fuel. I live on a farm
in a small town in upstate NY where rubbish removal is for the rich; we
use a "transfer station" and pay by the pound (when I lived in
Brooklyn I would have poured it into a non-recyclable bottle and put in
my trash on the curb). I'm fairly certain in the "olden days"
when my house was new they would have dumped it outdoors. I am curious
what others do with it, what was done with it in the past, and I am
open to useful suggestions. I know what to expect here from the usual
suspects, and yet I am still curious enough to ask.