[identity profile] prosodic.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I kind of like that random "SAVE YOUR WASTE KITCHEN GREASE" directive. Those were the days when absolutely nothing went to waste.

[identity profile] leahtaur.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It says it can be used for explosives... o_O Who knew? I wonder if you would ship it off to someone, or if a person came around to your house collecting kitchen grease?

[identity profile] meezergal.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you turned it in to the local butcher.

[identity profile] amyangel96.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I know my mom and grandparents had special canisters for savin gthe kitchen grease, but I have no idea what they actually did with it. This was up through the early 80's, so it must have been mostly residual habits?

[identity profile] violetscorpion.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
My MIL actually uses that grease...over and over and over and over...and in whatever she can.

[identity profile] crabofdoom.livejournal.com 2010-07-08 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I always thought it was only kept back to fry other foods later, like my grandmother did. First time I've heard that it was for explosives, too. Although, given how grease burns, I suppose it makes sense in hindsight.

[identity profile] blucola.livejournal.com 2010-07-09 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
I strain my bacon fat through coffee filters and use it in green beans and in white sauce. I keep it stored in a jar in the fridge. My husband's grandmother always saved her grease to make soap.