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Default Draining fat from ground beef

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:52:04 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> PaPaPeng wrote on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:42:31 GMT:
>
> ??>> hahabogus wrote:
> ??>>>
> ??>>> Pan fry the ground beef...when cooked to your liking put
> ??>>> the beef in a fine mesh colander and rinse under the tap,
> ??>>> drain and drip dry.
> ??>>
> ??>> Just be sure to rinse it with HOT water so it doesn't make
> ??>> the grease solidify.
>
> P> Don't ever pour fat into the sink. It solidifies almost
> P> instantly and the fat layer grows like sclerosis. I went to
> P> help a friend to roto-snake his stuck kitchen sink. We
> P> ended up having to saw open the ABS drain pipe running from
> P> the sink under the basement to the waste water floor
> P> connector. That 2 inch pipe was plugged solid with fat for
> P> more than a foot run and of course we had to scrape out the
> P> rest of the pipe where the fat had not formed a solid plug
> P> yet. I think we finally just tossed out the old pipe and put
> P> in a new 8 ft. length where that helped.
>
> It's not a good thing to do but the old instructions were to
>pour it down the sink with the disposer running with cold
>water.I that solidified the fat and broke the solid into small
>particles.
>

Still not a good idea. Someone just posted about a clogged drain that
was "sludge" somewhere out in the line. What do you suppose that
sludge is? Fat and other greasy buildup.

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