Getting rid of chicken fat
syt...@rocketmail.com
Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high protein kick.
I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes. Will
this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
If so, can someone suggest other ways to handle this?
Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sy
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through the pipes. This will solidify the grease and allow the insinkerator
to do its job.
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pour the fat into the can and put it in the freezer. Next winter, take it
out of the can, hang it from a branch by the string you thoughtfully placed
in the can and feed the squirrels and birds.
Bennet K. Langlotz
>I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
>an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes. Will
>this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
Actually, hot water will keep the fat liquid until it finally chills
and solidifies someplace remote and expensive to unclog. Cold water
will make it slightly less worse, but you really shouldn't put fat or
cooking oil down the drain. Toss it in the garbage in some container.
I have heard that the Roto Rooter types would be unprofitable if the
garbage disposal hadn't been invented. Apparently, the disposers give
people the idea that one's drain can be a dump.
It annoys my wife, but I put peelings, eggshells, and other large,
fibrous, or hard food garbage in the trash bag, and ask her to do the
same. Last night, she asked "then why do we even have a disposer?" I
told her how we really don't need it, except to handle the scraps that
inadvertently go down the drain. Garbage goes in the garbage.
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susan
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Don't you have a garden?
Compost, the solution to fertilizer and disposal problems.
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congealed, pitch it in the garbage.
Peter Owitz
syt...@rocketmail.com wrote in message ...
>
>Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high protein
kick.
>
>I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
>an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes. Will
>this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
>
Daniel Hicks
>
> Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high protein kick.
>
> I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
> an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes. Will
> this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
>
> If so, can someone suggest other ways to handle this?
A better approach is to pour the fat into an empty milk carton and put
it in the trash. When you do run grease down the drain, there are some
who recommend following up with COLD water since it will tend to cause
the grease to clump up and not leave a thin deposit of grease on the
pipe walls, etc.
Also, never put any significant quantity of grease down a drain leading
to a septic tank.
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compost pile unless you really want to attract a bunch of unwanted
critters who like animal products - roaches, rodents and other nasties.
Have fun, Michele
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> syt...@rocketmail.com wrote in message ...
> >
> >Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high
protein
> kick.
> >
> >I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink
(there's
> >an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes.
Will
> >this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
> >
> >If so, can someone suggest other ways to handle this?
> >
> >Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
>
> All used cooking fats are just fine for the compost heap.
>
> You will have very fat worms around, though ;-)
>
> George Antony
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Bennet K. Langlotz
>Don't you have a garden?
> Compost, the solution to fertilizer and disposal problems.
Small lot, large house, steep slope, and can't yet afford what the
landscape architect suggests. Composting would be a form of disposal,
but not recycling. (And near the woods here, it would attract the
raccoons, mice and field rats.)
Good thought, however.
Hamm4fun
fat, wrap it up and roast it in the oven. Spread the mixture on some good
Italian bread and enjoy.
rric...@lanminds.com
wrote:
>Pour the fat in a can and when the can gets full and the fat
>congealed, pitch it in the garbage.
Or line the pan with aluminum foil and just throw it into the trash
when you are done. (I know, not very environmentally friendly, but I
don't accumulate enough grease to make the can approach worthwhile!)
Rebecca
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Wendy E. Betts
Peter Owitz <peter...@home.com> wrote:
>I'm thinking Matzo Balls. Quite delicious, although not so healthy.
My thoughts too. Also, I make a really terrific pot pie crust using
chicken fat instead of butter. It can be substituted for butter in a
lot of things and I don't think it makes much difference from a health
standpoint.
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children would pour off the fat into a jar and present it to him at
holidays. He used it to lubricate his tools and boots (the dogs in town
followed him around) and even as hair dressing (I have personally seen
that). ------Schell McKInley
In article <sytech-ya02408000...@netnews.att.net>,
syt...@rocketmail.com wrote:
>
> Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high protein kick.
>
> I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
> an Insinkerator in it) then letting hot water run through the pipes. Will
> this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
>
> If so, can someone suggest other ways to handle this?
>
> Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sy
>
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>
> All used cooking fats are just fine for the compost heap.
>
Meat and other fats tend to cause annoying smells in the
compost and attracts pesky wildlife. You may wish to
reconsider adding them to your heap.
Ted Edwards
I always have been. :-)
> I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
> ...
> If so, can someone suggest other ways to handle this?
What do you have with your chicken? I really enjoy rice, macaronni,
spaghetti or noodles with chicken. Some chicken fat poured over the
rice/pasta is *much* tastier than butter (IMO) and with a little sambal
(Indonesian hot pepper condiment) is totally delicious!
BTW, I'm 64, eat the skin from my wife's chicken when there's more than
she wants, consider it sacrilege to trim fat off a steak and eat far
more protien than most people think is healthy (except that Dr.
promoting it). I'm 6'2, weigh about 170lbs and my Dr. envies my
cholesterol readings. IMO (not humble), pouring chicken fat down the
drain is a waste of a fine food.
Ted
Ted Edwards
Darn you! Now I'm going to have to clean the drool out of my keyboard.
;-)
Ted "It must be time for a snack" Edwards
Ted Edwards
> You are an exception to the rule, Ted.
To most rules, I am indeed.
> Chicken fat is saturated fat which is loaded with calories and is not healthy for
> most people. Once in a while ok, but otherwise it should be sold by prescription
> only. :)
This is the *current* popular wisdom and like most popular wisdoms is
probably dead wrong. Most of what you eat in excess of basic needs is
turned into calories and, if not used, is turned into fat. If you eat
to satisfy physical, rather than psycholgical, needs, you should have
few problems.
BTW, why reply by both posting and e-mail? Who wants to read it twice?
Ted
Bennet K. Langlotz
> Chicken fat is saturated fat which
>is loaded with calories and is not healthy for most people.
As I understand, whether fat is saturated has nothing to do with its
caloric content. An ounce of lard and an ounce of olive oil have just
as much caloric content.
(That's why I enjoy tasty things like cream, butter and marbled beef
without guilt, because I enjoy them in moderation.)
Of course there is a health difference relating to how saturated fat
is more prone to cause arterial clogging.
Wendy E. Betts
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>On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:12:47 GMT, w...@deeptht.armory.com. (Wendy E. Betts)
>wrote:
>
>>My thoughts too. Also, I make a really terrific pot pie crust using
>>chicken fat instead of butter. It can be substituted for butter in a
>>lot of things and I don't think it makes much difference from a health
>>standpoint.
>
>
>it in jars at any market that carries ethnic foods, it is in fact better
>obtained this way since it is processed to remove any impurities and
>usually is kosher too!
But buying it kind of defeats the purpose, which is of not wasting
what you've akready got. Now, if it's cheaper than butter it might be
worth it.
McD
butter (butter when I was growing up was synonymous with any yellow
rectangular object in the kitchen), cream! But you did hit the nail
on the head with that keyword.... Moderation. I believe the same
applies to chicken fat. Chicken broth without chicken fat is like salt
water. Fat does contain the flavor. It is the essence of the chicken.
Again moderation is the key.
McD
Careful, bears love it too!
susan
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> Careful, bears love it too!
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syt...@rocketmail.com
>
> This is the *current* popular wisdom and like most popular wisdoms is
> probably dead wrong.
YOU are dead wrong.
Most of what you eat in excess of basic needs is
> turned into calories and, if not used, is turned into fat.
This sentence makes no sense at all.
If you eat
> to satisfy physical, rather than psycholgical, needs, you should have
> few problems.
>
> BTW, why reply by both posting and e-mail? Who wants to read it twice?
It was done in consideration of someone who doesn't always go back to the
Newsgroup. Sorry for the inconvenience. Maybe the excess chicken fat
makes you cranky.
Sy
Sean Smith
syt...@rocketmail.com says...
>Lately I've been baking chicken for myself because I'm on a high protein kick.
>I've been taking the chicken grease and pouring it down the sink (there's
>this cause any damage to my plumbing system or to the Insinkerator?
This usually builds up in one slow spot or another in the drains and
many times cools sufficiently near the end of a run to start to clog the pipes.
I would say *STOP* doing this. Grease is easily disposed of in the regular
trash. Put it in an old tin can and cover it with foil when full and dispose
of it with the regular trash.
Putting any grease or oil in the drains is simply asking for problems.
Even if it doesn't clog, a lot of times the small amount that sticks around
will go rancid and really start to smell in the disposal and/or pipes.
Sean
John van Gurp
: BTW, I'm 64, eat the skin from my wife's chicken when there's more than
: she wants, consider it sacrilege to trim fat off a steak and eat far
64!? Do your kids know you're using the computer?
Ted Edwards
> 64!? Do your kids know you're using the computer?
All grown and on their own. I'm kinda new at this - only been computing
since 1956. :-)
Ted
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> Peter Owitz <peter...@home.com> wrote:
> >I'm thinking Matzo Balls. Quite delicious, although not so healthy.
>
> chicken fat instead of butter. It can be substituted for butter in a
> lot of things and I don't think it makes much difference from a health
> standpoint.
> Wendy E. Betts,
I was thinking chopped liver.
Francine
Ron Natalie
>
> All grown and on their own. I'm kinda new at this - only been computing
> since 1956. :-)
That was when the internet used vacuum tubes, right? ;-)
marc schneider
To help your pipes in general -- and to undo the fat build up you have
already caused -- use the bio-type pipe cleaners. They use enzymes that
"metabolize" the fat and waste and leavesthe pipe diameter closer to its
original size.
Marc Schneider, Psy.D.
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(call sign: W4NVY)
Ted Edwards
> That was when the internet used vacuum tubes, right? ;-)
No internet. Not even ARPANET yet. Computer used tube flip-flops,
Germanium diode logic and magnetic drum store.
Ted