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Default Methods for Filtering Cooking Oil

On Jul 11, 12:33*pm, Jeffy3 > wrote:
> I'm new to occasional deep-frying and everyone recommends cheese
> cloth
> or coffee filters, and I've tried to coffee filter method with a
> funnel but the process is so slow and the funnel only holds so much
> so
> I have to keep coming back every ten minutes to pour some more oil
> in. * *Does anybody have any good ideas ?


It's a trade-off, isn't it? The filter that removes the most
impurities will be the slowest, while faster filtering will let more
pass through. I use a couple of layers of cheesecloth in a strainer,
which is the compromise that seems to work for me. -aem.