Boomers: "these cast iron sewer pipes will last forever!!"
gotta grease the pipes so the water flows better!
If it's their lifetime, it's forever.
Putting grease down the drain can clog your pipes. Don't do that. Use one of the many alternatives (see meme and comments).
Alternatives to block your pipes: paint, dry wall sealant, cum, cement.
Hell nah, jar. Next time you pan fry something, use the bacon grease to take it to a whole nother level.
It's also tasty as an ingredient in pasta sauces, stews, and soups. I use a bit when I make gumbo.
Ok pro tip for getting rid of your grease that doesn’t assume you have infinite containers lying around or make you wait forever for it to solidify.
Put a sheet of aluminum foil down over your drain so it creates a cup. Then pour your grease in that cup. Then drop an ice cube in if you feel like it.
Then just lift the edges and twist the top of your foil and put it in the trash.
Aluminium foil needs a lot of energy to produce. I'd recommend an old newspaper or (non laminated) cardboard to soak it up. If you plan a barbecue anytime soon, you can use the greasy paper as a perfect firestarter. Otherwise just put it in the trash when cold.
...Why not just wipe the pan out with a paper towel and throw it in the trash? If you bunch up a few of them and move quickly, you can do this while the pan is still kinda warm, even.
Reduce FOG. Fats, Oils, Greases.
Especially if you're on septic. You can have clean pipes and a bricked tank or even worse clogged drainfield.
Sewage backing up into the home, or surfacing in the yard, and now the house is posted for non-occupancy and a 20-80k repair or replacement.
Gotem.
why the hell would someone throw out perfectly good bacon grease? or is that the joke, that the third fellow is deranged?
As long as I rent, it goes down the drain.
You're not just being inconsiderate to your landlord, though
'Monster' fatberg found blocking east London sewer
Perhaps the endorphin hit from sticking it to your landlord makes it all worthwhile.
"Monster" fatberg found blocking east London sewer
I was wondering why I hadn't seen your mom around lately
This year, on some random holiday, I had to take 20ft of piping out of the walls and remove one solid block of hardened grease that had accumulated there, blocking the pipes, causing dirt water to flow back into the kitchen and into appliances. What a joy that was... the stench alone.
Don't flush grease down the drain.
Pour the grease in a hole outside. Just dig a hole in the dirt where you don't walk a lot and pour it in there. It'll be fine.
Until you go outside and find every woodland creature in a 10 kilometer radius has dug up your front lawn looking for more bacon flavored dirt.
Just let a few sheets of old newspaper soak it up and burn it in the stove or the barbecue, done. Have none of those, just throw the hardened paper in the trash.
Hmm, you know, how many people actually have newspapers lying around anymore?
Edit: forgot about the junk mail!
This all probably sounds nuts, but here are my oil systems:
I wash out and recycle glass jars, but peanut butter jars are difficult to clean and will end up getting fat into the water system. So I keep the peanut butter jars for oil.
I also keep a bendy, steel decorating pallet in the kitchen for scraping out fat from the grill tray and rack. You’re left with some fat that you can wipe off with kitchen paper, which you can also use to wipe the pallet knife. Then washing up liquid and a splash of boiling water from the kettle.
There can be quite a lot of oil in leftover food, like sauces, too. I use a silicone spatula to scoop it off before washing.
I let it cool and then scrape it into our food waste bin. (I don’t know if grease composts but for us it’s moot; the city doesn’t compost food waste but instead makes it into pig feed or something.)
Smdh if you dont add pan drippings to your beans.
E: or rice! Next time you cook yourself up a little pot of rice go on and put those drippings in there!
My sister once asked if I could help with the kitchen sink in her house as it was blocked. I started taking waste pipes off and quickly realised there's a bunch of sardines stuck in one pipe. Her 15 year old daughter had shoved fish down the waste pipe of the sink rather than putting them in the bin. I still can't understand the logic in her head. Surely it's more difficult to push fish through the small holes at the bottom of the sink than it is to take 2 steps towards the bin.
If you put them in the bin, you're going to have to take the trash out or else it's going to stink up the house in a matter of hours. Having been a teenager myself, I can confirm that I would have done just about anything to avoid the laborious task of taking out the trash.
Some of us only learn the hard way.
I usually have so little oil left I just put enough dish soap in that it all mixes with water... Does that still clog my pipes?
Yes, but not because of the oil. Pipes often clog due to a buildup of soap. Don't use more soap than you need, which for most people is about 10 times less than what they use now.
You can actually pour it into a can or container, put a wick (or make one out of paper towel) and burn it like a candle. The aroma actually isn't that strong since it's mostly fat and it doesn't sputter or anything. The solids sink to the bottom while solidifying.
I use a fuckload of soap and hope it keeps the grease from re-forming. Is that still bad?
Yeah, still not great. Even with a bunch of soap you're still going to have some grease that doesn't get emulsified with the soap and water.
The way soap works is by attaching molecules of oil to water, but it requires a lot of agitation/energy for a complete emulsion that won't quickly break down to its constituent parts again.
If you're in a situation where you have to pour grease down your pipe, continue your soap method, but let the hot water run for a min or two before, during, and after you pour the grease. The hotter the better.
Less likely to cause issues, but it might still leave residue on your pipes over time. That said, I also do that. Wipe up what I can with a paper towel, then dilute the rest with hot water and soap
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