grease
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The Safest, Quickest Way to Get Hot Grease Out of a Pan
I am a bit of a grease hoarder, a habit I come by honestly. My grandmother kept a fairly substantial crock of the bacon grease right next to the stove, and every day she would top it off with the fat that rendered out that morning’s bacon. (I’m sure the grease at the bottom of…
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How to Clean Rust Off Your Tools (and Prevent It From Coming Back)
Whether you inherited them from your parents or grandparents, or got them for a great price at a yard sale or flea market, you may have some rusty tools sitting around your home, basement, or garage right now. And maybe one day, you need a wrench, or hammer, or garden trowel, reach for one of…
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Why You Need to Keep an Empty Vegetable Oil Bottle Under Your Sink at All Times
It is unacceptable to dump any kind of cooking fat — whether liquid or solid — down the drain. Doing so can not only lead to personal plumbing issues, but neighbourhood-wide blockages and — in extreme cases — basements full of sewage.
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How to Properly Dispose of Grease and Oil
If you are in the habit of cooking delicious food, you probably cook with some kind of fat. And whether you’re making olive oil-fried eggs, fries cooked in beef tallow, or extremely bomb chicken nuggets, you’re going to find yourself with a certain amount of leftover cooking fat, which needs to be repurposed, reused, or…