Submitted by vetiverbreath t3_z8u9s6 in LifeProTips
My husband is a chef and always orders extra to use in his kitchen. I find them to work even better than paper towels when draining bacon and other greasy things. And I used a couple to soak up extra oil in my pan so it didn’t have to go down the drain. Cheaper than paper towels too, if you buy em in bulk or at a Dollar Store!
Ooo this sound much better than hoping a paper towel doesn't tragically fall off my bowl of soup
Get the paper towel wet first and wring it out, then place it over whatever you're microwaving.
As a welder I feel the need to tell you its “spatter”, not “splatter”.
As a non native English speaker with access to Google, I feel the need to tell you that splatter is also a word that works in this context.
Splatter: a spot or trail of a thick or viscous liquid splashed over a surface or object.
"each puddle we crossed threw a splatter of mud on the windshield"
You two should settle this in the octagon
Never for any reason put FOG down your drain. (Fats Oil Grease.. ) for any reason… filtered through a coffee filter or otherwise. Right in the trash can. Your future plumbing bill will thank you.
Old milk kartons works great. Before the oil crisis here in denmark, i was on keto and used a lot of fats. I simply opened op, rinsed with water and stood by the sink.. Easily filled after a few dinners, and then ready to trash.
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I just moved into this apartment, thanks for fucking up the drains now I have to wait a week for the landlord to get them replaced
It still causes issues with city pipes and sewers, even if I do appreciate the screw crappy landlord mentality
Pretty selfish take on it.
Coffee filters are amazing for cleaning electronics too. Absorbent, strong, just the right amount of abrasiveness, AND LINT FREE. I use them on my glasses, lenses and even fiber optics in a pinch.
It also helps that they are stupid cheap, and available everywhere. There are stacks of them in every home and office and can be bought at just about any supermarket or convenience store.
Yep! I worked at a bar where I had to clean the doors and coffee filters work so much better with Windex than paper towels or napkins!
There is a larger size, specifically for grease filtering ( 10" diameter ) that I use in making maple syrup as liners to extend the useful life of my final stage micropore & wool filters. These can be purchased from catering supply stores for well under $1 each.
10 foot diameter?? thats substantial
My dad is a mechanic and he uses them to filter motor oil to see if there's any metal shaving and for filtering gasoline as well. Coffee filters are a lot more useful than you think.
Little bit of tinfoil in the drain, dump oil/grease/fat in it. Let it solidify or at least cool down a bit and then in the trash.
Coffee filters are highly flammable and even more so when soaked in grease. Is this use for them, in a kitchen, a good idea when inexpensive, non-flammable and reusable metal splash filters are already a thing?
All kinds of kitchen supplies will burn. They aren't putting them over the gas flame. Flur is highly flammable should we keep that out of the kitchen too? This is a helicopter parent warning.
I think the simplest answer is that it's going to take legislative reform to protect the people from this all too common and abhorrent danger. All paper towels, tissues, coffee filters, and paper products made from over 67.7% cellulose woodpulp will henceforth require a permit to purchase, the permit will only be obtained after taking a fire safety class by a trained firefighter actively serving the municipality or region, and the kitchen within which the paper products are to be used along with the pyrotechnic rated magazine used to store these dangerous, flammable materials must be inspected and approved by your regional fire marshal.
Oh my good lord this is how my boss operates.
Every time there's a tiny problem she introduces a whole new system to prevent it. We have to walk over to the other building about twice a day. Last week my coworker and I both walked over at the same time so nobody answered the door when this dude knocked. Whoopsie. Now, any level-headed person would know without prompt that we should simply peak around the corner and say "hey I'm walking over." Problem solved, now we won't go at the same time.
Nope, now we have a binder. And every time we walk over we have to initial the date and time we're walking over and when we return. Now we can see if the other person is already over there. But if you stand where the binder is hanging you can easily see if the other person is there or not. So now we have this whole new binder system thing, which is one of a bajillian binder system things she's implemented. I swear to god I could leave by 9:45am with all my work done if I didn't have to fill out all these redundant binder forms.
By the way, that guy who knocked when no one was there? I saw him from the other building and just walked over and said hello. So the system solves a problem that doesn't exist. Oh, and the dude was at the wrong address.
This is reasonable.
I'd suggest a 300% Cellulose Tax on all of those products too though, just to be extra safe.
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You drain your grease over an open flames? There’s your issue….
I typically drain grease/fat/oil over the garbage can…..
You are overreacting. Highly flamable stuff is things like ether, propanol, hydrogen. Even gasoline doesn't ignite when you throw a sigarette butt at it. Grease soaked coffee filters are way down the line.
Gasoline will unless its cold and can't vaporize. What people fail to understand is that liquid gasoline doesn't burn very well. It's the vapours of gas or when it's aerosolized that it explodes.
You can shove your lit cigarettes in diesel/oil all day though.
Assuming there is an open flame is suspect.
Paper towels are already flammable, even more so when soaked with grease.
Grease is flammable and it's subsequent fires burn houses down all the time without any help from paper products
Assuming there is even an open flame. Gas appliances are not popular where I live everything is electric.
Paper towel is highly flammable and even more so when soaked in grease.
Kitchen towels are high flammable and even more so when soaked in grease.
Grease is highly flammable and even more so when soaked into fabric.
Your clothes are high flammable and even more so when soaked in grease.
This and many other interesting facts common to 95% of the human race at six.
Big MIL energy here.
I've used exactly this combo as a great firestarter/kindling for a campfire. Soaking them in oil works too
So is paper towel. And tea towels. What do YOU wipe your grease up with that isn’t flammable? Asbestos?
Must be fun at parties..
I've had trouble with coffee filters not draining fast enough. But I like cheese cloth for draining bacon. Gets nearly all of the tiny bits out and is very quick.
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I use flour to soak up oil in pans
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Diabetes as a result of eating animal fats huh? Methinks you should read more.
Get out of here with that shit, where the fuck do you think maple bacon comes from? (edit: JFC, because it turns out it's necessary)
Maybe it's the maple syrup in that particular bacon that a person should watch out for. Or the pancakes they drizzle liquid sugar on top of beside the bacon. Or the sugar-filled orange juice in a cup beside that plate. It isn't the fat in the bacon specifically making anyone fat. It's the combined caloric intake and the sugar that are the problem.
r/whoosh
r/facepalm
Nah it's all good - just understand I'm arguing with a vegan moron in this thread and didn't realize you weren't just piling on. My bad.
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>an increase in muscle insulin resistance, caused by obesity, diabetes mellitus type 2, and metabolic syndrome, will result in an excess accumulation of intramyocellular lipids.
I think you know this, but the presence of something (IMCL) does not indicate its the cause of that thing.
Unless wearing large pants is also causing obesity?
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Because they eat way too much food, especially and in particular, sugar and carb heavy food. They don't fatten livestock with animal fats, man.
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This sounds like a Public Service Announcement
I know what my labs are. Its ok. Going to buy coffee filters.
She didn’t say she only uses them for grease or that she buys them in bulk. Her husband buys extra. That means any number more that they buy for coffee. Also you say this like it isn’t already commonly spouted knowledge (not saying it’s correct). But seriously who hasn’t heard this from their doctor or high school health teacher. 🤦🏾♂️
captainvancouver t1_iydkt4k wrote
Put one upside down over your plate of food before microwaving. Top notch disposable splatter-catcher.