Reply #4: Well, I just remember what my Grandma and Mom did in the 1950's

[pengillian101]

Grandma kept solidified bacon grease in a container next to the stove (yikes - not even in the fridge) but we never died from it. I was just little, but man, she could cook some good stuff.

My Mom was a waitress at a high-end steak house in the 1950's, who learned how to make good steaks and fries. For the fries, she would would double fry (fry, drain and fry again) for that great color and crunchiness.

Afterward, strain the oil through a cheesecloth in a wire strainer, and pour into a jar and refrigerate. That oil was used over and over like that for fries.

That's what the steakhouse did, and so did she. Delish fries.

So much for my reminiscing :-) hope it helped.