January 8, 2003
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THE GREASE TRAP
Ok it’s time to address an important issue, one that’s rather personal actually. What should I do with all the bacon grease that’s in my freezer?
If I was back home in Virginia, I might bury it in the backyard (it sounds biodegradable to me). But here in Manhattan, that’s not really an option. I’m loath to pour it down the drain and reluctant to throw it down the garbage chute. And I can’t imagine reusing it…
On the other hand, my ice is starting to taste like bacon. Ideas?
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Know anyone that owns a dog??
Why reluctant to throw it in the garbage? What do you do with the rest of your food-type garbage?
It depends on what you store your bacon grease in…around here we take an empty jar with a lid, and when it is full we make sure the lid is good and tight and we throw in the garbage…..Unless you have really good grease and plan on making biscuits or gravy with it…your other alternative is using it for garbage. If you have it stored in an open container NO WONDER your food is starting to taste funny….remember lids are our friends…
I hope this helps….
Tina
ice tasting like bacon? hm, that could be the product of 2003!
throw it out or use it as cooking oil
I don’t use grease, but when I lived at home, we kept the old bottles that oil comes in and when we were done frying something, we’d take a paper plate and roll it up into a cone shape and put it at the top of the bottle and then pour the grease down into that. The holes on those bottles can be kinda small so if you missed the whole, it would just run down the side of the paper plate and then drip in. Once you’re finished, put the lid back on the bottle and throw it away. Viola!! All done!
Stop cooking bacon.
Have no clue were ‘home’ is for you but…
Its winner and wild animals would very much like to feast on such a delicacy!
Sail on… sail on!!!!
usually people throw it away.
WTF is it doing in your freezer? most of the time you can just put it in your fridge and it’ll still turn solid.
package it well and throw it down the garbage chute.
dreadpirate has the right idea. just mix in some birdseed with it and put it on a plate out on your fire escape (if you’re in an apt) or whatever.
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better question is, “what are you doing with bacon grease in your freezer???” i usually line a bowl with aluminum foil where I pour bacon grease after cooking. after it solidifies, i wrap it up and chuck it in the garbage.
I’d feed it to the dog
The birdseed idea sounds good to me!
sorry i can only think of that bacon dog commercial (or vise versa)…bacon! baconbaconbaconbaconbacon BACON! Hmm…
Is there any particular reason you were saving that grease???
Most people wait until it solidifies and then throw it away..rather than keep it! Hehe
BACON GREASE COOKIES
1 c. bacon grease or lard1 c. sugar1 egg, beaten4 tbsp. molasses2 c. flour1 tsp. salt2 tsp. soda1/2 tsp. ginger1/2 tsp. cloves1 tsp. cinnamon
Sift dry ingredients together. Stir in bacon grease and egg. Roll in balls. Roll balls in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Yummy! Guy
Just pitch it. There is no shame in it… Doesn’t need to be stored in the freezer (or the fridge, really) to solidify. Once it’s solid, throw it away.
reuse it? i dunno if that works buh its worth a try… juss wondering.. could you add cometcursor to your trusted java scripts? http://cometcursor.cometsystems.com/
*shakes her head*
What was it ever doing in the freezer? Did you save it for some reason? and if so what was it?
I’d go with the feeding birds/animals option, but if that seems like too much hard work, bif it in the rubbish bin.
Hi John…well, I have a Siberian Husky and a Big Back Yard!! 1 of 2 things can be done here to resolve the situation…….Fedex the Frozen Bacon Grease to Me “here in Virginia”
and I will either …one-Mix it with my Siberians Dog Food or …2-Burry it in Back Yard…lol!! 
Its a Win – Win Situation!! You can always Snail Mail it if Fed Ex is a problem 
Labz!! 
Throw it away….but to echo others…why were you keeping it???
ewww! throw it out! wat the hell?? lol…
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Just throw it out…I do it all the time. If its in your freezer for a while then it is a solid now and won’t do any harm especially since its in a can.
Lovable redhead,
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Trish
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Here in my neck of Virginia we put it out for the animals. In your area I would place it in a box sit it on dan’s or Marc’s door step, ring the door bell and run fast! Have a great night
auction it on eBay!
…..ya never know……
Mixing it in with birdseed is the best idea, and should be fairly inexpensive too, wild bird seed is not too much money at the grocery store, and you’ll be making a few wild creatures happy.
Throw it out babe. If you pour it down the drain the drain will develop terminal constipation, then close, then after forty bucks worth of draino you’ll call a plumber.
Put the grease ina jar, seal the lid, toss it in the garbage.
ROTFL! Bacon flavored ice! How novel and unique! If you put the ice in your coffee is that breakfast? LOL! Just put the fat down the chute… others are putting worse things there so it doesn’t really matter. One of the hazards of city life, eh? But bacon isn’t a hazard cos Emeril says ‘pork fat rules,’ LOL! This blog has me laughing! I hope you get it solved!
oh, 86 the grease
crazybear
my gosh, you mean you have to wait for it to solidify first before dumping? yikes! what have i been doing?!
You say that like “bacon ice” is a BAD thing.
If however you’re looking for an alternative, I suggest you dump it all into one large pile in your driveway, where you then can sculpt it into some sort of politically-motivated grease statue. And then, when it gets warm and the statue starts to melt, you can go out there and do performance art alongside it.
Plus it would also imbue your yard with the lovely smell of rotting bacon.
well by now it’s probably solidified so just throw it out =)
thanks john for everything… it’s been horribly busy for you these past few days and you’ve been totally awesome to us and never lost your patience!! that takes skill =)
thanks for being so cool =)
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Why not put in into a garbage bag for disposal? I wait until it thickens up and then wrap it in newpaper and into the garbage bag. Do you have such things in NY? zera
off the topic… but THANKS! and I hope you take care of that bacon grease.. we usually just put it in a empty can or jar when its cooled and throw it away. laters!
The comments were almost as entertaining of the thought of a dude pondering the disposal of bacon grease!
Lots of good ideas though…which one did you decide to use? Just curious 
~Spot~
LOL!
Toss it, or do the birdseed thing. You’re not gonna hurt the garbage chute.
Thanks for the attempt to help with my xanga site.. mucho appreciato (??).. As for the bacon grease… never knew I couldn’t pour it down the drain. Hm..i learn something every day.. And for the ice tasting like bacon… um… use the Arm & Hammer fridge box to get rid of any food smells..
While I would normally throw the nasty stuff away, others have found a more practical use for it. Here’s an excerpt from the article on Product Design News (subscription req’d):
“Check out how a couple of New Hampshire college kids spent their summer vacation—in a grease car! Follow the adventures of Justin and Skip at http://www.greasecar.com. They drove across the country in a ’82 Volkswagen Westfalia fueled by vegetable cooking oil they picked up from restaurants along the way.
“Their site describes and shows the conversion of the van to a diesel engine, which runs on anything from bacon grease to canola oil.”
“Driving your engine clean” just took on a whole new meaning…
Option 2: You might want to see if Manhattan has a grease recycling program. A cursory search on Google revealed that several US cities are considering them or have already implemented them as a way to keep people from dumping the stuff down the drain (and, presumably, into the water treatment systems).
Option 3: Make soap out of it. It is animal fat, after all. Check out how at this site: http://www.craftersnet.com/projects/pro_soap2.asp
Option 4: Make a public bacon grease art installation for the MOMA and negotiate for a percentage of the proceeds to be applied toward Xanga.
I like your idea of burying the stuff in the backyard a lot better though…something that nasty does not need to see the light of day.
One more thing for future reference…
It’s called Hormel Microwave Bacon. Tastes as good as the real thing (because it *is* the real thing) and it comes in tidy packages that you can throw away without risking lethal spillage.
In other words, there’s no grease involved. I’d heartily suggest you check it out.
Bacon grease is great to cook with. If you’re dry roasting beef.. and want some pan brown potatoes.. you just peel your potatoes.. boil them for a lil bit..add some bacon grease to the roasting pan.. toss in the potatoes and turn them every 30 minutes.. till they are nice and brown. Also.. it’s GREAT for makin gravey. And if you wanna make a wilted salad.. well gotta have the bacon grease.. and .. ohhhh! And Greenbeans!.. ok.. if you aren’t a southerner you won’t appreciate most of the above.. I will stop now.. *bet he’s glad I didn’t get to the chitterlings* ;o)
Ew!!!Throw it in the garbage!
…..wait a minute…just how long had it been there to have become solid?