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Default Methods for Filtering Cooking Oil

On Jul 11, 3:38*pm, aem > wrote:
> 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.


Thanks, but what do you put underneath the strainer? DO you have a
strainer that fits atop some other object? I am looking for ways to
do a lot of oil without having to stand there