Disposing of grease from ground beef - do you think this is gross?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would this be gross?

OP here, thanks everyone for the feedback.

Maybe because the paper towel is a communal roll on the counter and possobly slightly less sanitary than say a metal utensil in a open basket on the counter?

Or maybe it could be seen as something that could possibly lint? (It's bounty so it doesn't really lint, but idk).

We're clean, my house is very clean.

In general I think beef/animal fat of any sort is gross, I haven't seen people use the paper towel soak up method, and it was a random thought that popped into my head while doing it the other day - would people think this is gross. The paper towels soaked in grease seem kind of gross, but really any disposal method is kind of gross I guess.

[Anonymous]

I use a colander to strain off the grease into a bowl. The bowl sits on the counter until the grease has cooled and congealed. Then I wipe out the bowl with a paper towel, throw the paper towel in the trash and wash out the bowl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat beef but if I did I wouldn’t think this was gross.

I roasted potatoes yesterday and after the oil cooled I poured it back in the oil container. I reuse it for roast potatoes ( nothing else) next time. My spouse thinks this is gross.

Now THAT is gross.

Why is that gross? Much more flavorful for roast potatoes and much less wasteful. More environmentally friendly and tastier!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would this be gross?

OP here, thanks everyone for the feedback.

Maybe because the paper towel is a communal roll on the counter and possobly slightly less sanitary than say a metal utensil in a open basket on the counter?

Or maybe it could be seen as something that could possibly lint? (It's bounty so it doesn't really lint, but idk).

We're clean, my house is very clean.

In general I think beef/animal fat of any sort is gross, I haven't seen people use the paper towel soak up method, and it was a random thought that popped into my head while doing it the other day - would people think this is gross. The paper towels soaked in grease seem kind of gross, but really any disposal method is kind of gross I guess.

Yes, a grease-soaked paper is gross! You should.... throw it in the trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat beef but if I did I wouldn’t think this was gross.

I roasted potatoes yesterday and after the oil cooled I poured it back in the oil container. I reuse it for roast potatoes ( nothing else) next time. My spouse thinks this is gross.

Now THAT is gross.

Disgusto!!!

[Anonymous]

That's how I dispose of the grease from my mini foreman grill- paper towels.

[Anonymous]

This is DH’s method for any grease/frying oil, etc. I’d never seen it until I met him, but nothing gross about it.

I cook and bake a lot to share with others, so I have those little takeout-sized liquid containers- I just pour into those, then throw out.

[Anonymous]

Not appetizing, but not gross. You have to dispose of the grease somehow. I generally pour it into a coffee cup, wait for it to congeal, then scrape it onto silver foil and throw it out. But I sometimes use paper towels when there isn’t much to dispose of. Anything that has the potential to smell and/or get rancid I put in the freezer until garbage collection day.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was the recommended method. The food and grease are at a high temp so I would not worry about any possible contaminants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cut the top off a Bud Light can and pour it in there. The can stays on the countertop until full and then goes to the trash van.

Grease should never be throw into the garbage and into the garbage truck. How do you not know this? Thanks for being irresponsible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not appetizing, but not gross. You have to dispose of the grease somehow. I generally pour it into a coffee cup, wait for it to congeal, then scrape it onto silver foil and throw it out. But I sometimes use paper towels when there isn’t much to dispose of. Anything that has the potential to smell and/or get rancid I put in the freezer until garbage collection day.

We have trash collection places that have oil disposal stations, that is where the grease should go, not into your trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat beef but if I did I wouldn’t think this was gross.

I roasted potatoes yesterday and after the oil cooled I poured it back in the oil container. I reuse it for roast potatoes ( nothing else) next time. My spouse thinks this is gross.

Now THAT is gross.

Do you eat McDonald's fries? It is coated in beef tallow. That is what gives it that gross lasting taste in the mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not appetizing, but not gross. You have to dispose of the grease somehow. I generally pour it into a coffee cup, wait for it to congeal, then scrape it onto silver foil and throw it out. But I sometimes use paper towels when there isn’t much to dispose of. Anything that has the potential to smell and/or get rancid I put in the freezer until garbage collection day.

We have trash collection places that have oil disposal stations, that is where the grease should go, not into your trash.

Literally no one, except a commercial restaurant, is storing their hamburger grease for special disposal.

Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat beef but if I did I wouldn’t think this was gross.

I roasted potatoes yesterday and after the oil cooled I poured it back in the oil container. I reuse it for roast potatoes ( nothing else) next time. My spouse thinks this is gross.

Now THAT is gross.

Do you eat McDonald's fries? It is coated in beef tallow. That is what gives it that gross lasting taste in the mouth.

I thought they stopped using that forever ago, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not appetizing, but not gross. You have to dispose of the grease somehow. I generally pour it into a coffee cup, wait for it to congeal, then scrape it onto silver foil and throw it out. But I sometimes use paper towels when there isn’t much to dispose of. Anything that has the potential to smell and/or get rancid I put in the freezer until garbage collection day.

We have trash collection places that have oil disposal stations, that is where the grease should go, not into your trash.

What? Yeah..let me add that to my to do list.