# How do you dispose of cooking fat?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 23, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670 "2011-03-23T01:08:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670/41 "2011-03-24T23:33:28Z")

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Would it be a really really stupid idea to pour a little grease on charcoal briquettes, when starting a charcoal fire? Before tossing on a match, of course.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670/42 "2011-03-25T00:28:05Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> I put it in a shake.

_sniff_ You promised you wouldn’t tell anyone **MOL**!!  
Hey, I was going through an “experimental” stage in my life. It was just a one time thing. I swear.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670/43 "2011-03-25T00:43:34Z")

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I don’t deep fry, but I do collect a bit of bacon grease.

When I get enough, I like to warm it up a little and drop in about 1/2 to 1 cup of sugar and a bunch of frozen blueberries. Stir it up and put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. YUM!!!

Not really. I just said that to make people gag.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670/44 "2011-03-25T01:12:23Z")

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I keep it in a sealed mayonnaise jar and, when I’m ready to throw it away, I just screw the lid on it.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-cooking-fat/575670/45 "2011-03-25T03:19:17Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I don’t deep fry, but I do collect a bit of bacon grease.
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> When I get enough, I like to warm it up a little and drop in about 1/2 to 1 cup of sugar and a bunch of frozen blueberries. Stir it up and put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. YUM!!!
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> Not really. I just said that to make people gag.

Eliminate the sugar, mix the grease and berries with some ground up beef jerky, and you have pemmican. You’ll be a hit at the next tribal potluck.

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