I have a question for your advice blog, which btw I LOVE to read. You're so funny. Hubs & I need you to settle a debate.
A week or so ago we were debating what is the best way to dispose of bacon grease. I said you can dump it in the trash still hot or dump it down the sink while still hot w/lots of soap & hot water cause it isn't much. He wanted to put it in one of our drinking glasses and let it sit on the counter until it got hard (it sat there for 6 hours & never even started to get hard, let's be honest, it's too hot in AZ in the summer) then somehow figure out how to get it out & into the trash.
I put our debate out on the Facebook world to see what people said & we got versions of both answers, so now we both think we won. Who really won this one?
Corinne and Klint
Nothing stimulates my gag reflex quite like a container of coagulated bacon grease. Only grandmas who are like 100 years old pour their bacon grease in a cup to cool for hours on the counter before they dispose of it, and only even older grandmas (or Paula Dean) save it in a tin can in their freezer to cook with later.
Just throw it in the trash can! It's bacon grease, not a dirty syringe. Yes, I suppose it could possibly clog the garbage disposal once it cools down and hardens up, so I wouldn't recommend pouring it down there, but it can definitely be thrown straight into the garbage bag. If you're worried about it melting a hole, just put some paper towels or other trash on the bottom of the bag, but for heaven sakes do not let it sit on the counter and gross people out.
I actually cook my bacon in the oven on an old, tin foil covered cookie sheet, and then I just wad up the tin foil and put that straight in the trash. Plus, then you don't have to stand there and get a grease facial while you're cooking it, and your whole house doesn't smell like bacon for the next six weeks. It's a win/win!
So Corinne, I declare you the winner in the battle of the bacon. Your husband might be the one bringing home the bacon, but you're the one who's in charge of disposing of the grease...in the garbage, no cups or cans necessary. Problem solved!
Sincerely, Kimmie
Love it! Thank you! As I just turned to Klint to say u had an answer for us & offered to read it to him he said "why bother, I won", so as u can see we needed this. Thanks!
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