Who re-uses cooking oil here too? Put your hands up
By wiLLmaH
@wiLLmaH (8801)
Singapore, Singapore
August 17, 2016 9:38pm CST
After frying tofu, we wait until the oil cooled down then we put it to a separate container. Last Saturday, we saw a fresh red tilapia, bought and fried it in with the same oil we used on tofu. I told my husband to not throw away the over two cups of oil because I will be using those for one more time.
Last Wednesday, after an overnight (vinegar, pepper and bunch of garlic) marinate of milkfish, I fried it for dinner.
I know it is not good to re-use cooking oil. I am sorry about that! Hehe.. But the oil is still somewhat clear after our second use.
Photo: From Google
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I throw it if I fry dried fish and if oil color is not clear anymore 
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
yeah, the result with dried and salted fish (daing at tuyo) is different than when it's fresh fish being fried, even if the oil is new.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@hereandthere Does it not affect the taste of the fish?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
sometimes i want to buy a small but deep frying fan so i can fry food faster yet evenly
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32512)
• Calgary, Alberta
18 Aug 16
I reuse them as long as they were clear as glass. Once they look brown, I throw them to the flower pots.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32512)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Aug 16
@hereandthere Avocado oil, grape seed oil and virgin coconut oil.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
cooking oil as fertilizer? by the way, what oil do you use?
@peavey (16936)
• United States
18 Aug 16
I always reuse it. It's too expensive to use one time and throw out! If you slice a small potato and fry in it, the potato will absorb other flavors so the oil tastes like fresh. The potato is good to eat, too (depending on what the oil was used for!).
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
it's good that tilapia and milkfish are also available in singapore. how about galunggong?
we have a metal can with a handle, lid and strainers where we put the oil after first use. i don't know where my mother bought it.
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@Letranknight2015 (51554)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
I only re-use it once but ifit was use to fried fish I'll just throw it.
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@LadyDuck (460235)
• Switzerland
18 Aug 16
I reuse the oil for two times, no more, but I use a paper filter before putting the oil in a glass jar, so I am sure that it's really clean. Of course I separate the oil that I use to fry the fish, from the oil I use for the potatoes. I would not like to have French fries that smell like fish.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
18 Aug 16
we used to reuse oil all the time. i don't fry schtuff these days very oft, so don't save 't. 'course, our oil 'f choice used to be bacon grease - adds a wonderful flavor to most anythin' :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
24 Aug 16
@wiLLmaH yepperz, they're purty proud 'f 't here, too. 'tis a rare treat to've bacon these days.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
I reuse cooking oil too but not anymore when it's already dark in color.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
My wife also re-use cooking oil a second time and even a thir at time when it's still clear, as you said. It's a different story for palm oil (as told by the gils during our prayer meeting this week). They said that palm oil is only good for one use as it turns dark right away after use and loses taste. Coconut oil, they say, still retains it's taste on second use.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
is coconut oil different from palm oil?
we use canola, but i'm starting to buy palm oil to alternate with it.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@sunrisefan does the oil come from different parts of the coconut or palm plant?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@hereandthere Yes, they're two different oils. Palm oil usually comes from Malaysia where there are big plantations of such. Our friend recently had a side trip to Malaysia and he sw heactares and hectares of palm plantation.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
24 Aug 16
I don't cook but my parents' do save oil. Depends on what they cook and if the oil is still good.
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