dsi1 wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:59:10 -0400, MtnTraveler
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Question - how do you dispose of the oil you've used to fry fish
>>>> in....
>>> There are two products my wife uses when we can get them (which
>>> depends upon where we are living at the time.) One is a powder that
>>> you add to the oil and stir it in. Within 5 minutes the oil has
>>> hardened into a hard wax-like disk in the bottom of the pan. All you
>>> need to do is slid it into the dust bin.
>>>
>>> The second product is more like a cellulose sponge. It is about the
>>> size of two bars of soap and will absorb 3cm (about an inch) of oil
>>> out of a large frying pan and hold it. Then one only needs to drop
>>> that into the dust bin.
>>>
>>
>> Wow, I've never heard of either. Where did you find them?
>
> I have seen this stuff at the Asian 99 cent stores.

This would make sense. Asian cooking uses much more deep frying than
American or European cooking. One can find many different types of
household oil products for straining, cleaning, storing, and reusing
cooking oil.

The small bag shows
> pictographs of sprinkling the bag onto a pan of oil and then throwing
> away the solid disk.

That is the product to which I refer. Very easy to use, even without
reading the instructions. Just sprinkle the powder into 'warm' oil,
stir, and wait a few minutes. That's all.