When I fry shrimp in oil, can I reuse that oil a couple of weeks later to make more shrimp?
I usually use my deep frying oil 4 or 5 times, unless I've fried fish, then it goes out. Once the oil cools, I pour it back into the 1 gallon plastic jug it came out of, through a gold coffee filter that fits inside a big funnel. When it's time to go, I just pour it into the plastic jug, screw on the cap, and put it into the dumpster.
Crikey, I would like to know what sort of oil they use. I go through 80 to 100 liters a week to cook around 180kg of fish fillets and 500kg of potato chips plus the other odds and sodds. Waste management and recycling is paramount for us, recyclable materials must go in the recycle bin and the remainder in the land fill bin. Our grease traps are tested on a regular basis and we pay $x to have that water treated, if we don't comply and put to much rubbish through the trap the inspectors could well put a bung in the line and close us down, no mucking around.Last night on the Travel Channel they did a bit on fried food heavens. One place deep fries hamburgers and has been using the same oil since they opened in 1912! They say the oil gets filtered everyday and then reused. They even lock up the oil in a special room to prevent tampering! I was astounded!
That is just...wow.Last night on the Travel Channel they did a bit on fried food heavens. One place deep fries hamburgers and has been using the same oil since they opened in 1912! They say the oil gets filtered everyday and then reused. They even lock up the oil in a special room to prevent tampering! I was astounded!