There ’s been a lot of hype aroundair fryersrecently , but for foodies likeJay Rayner , nothing beats the lenient crisp of something that ’s been fried in a abstruse puddle of bubbling golden rock oil ( the mystical ingredient isdanger ) . However , what ’s swell for our taste bud is n’t all that just for the surround as the cooking style results in a tricky job : how to get rid of all that crude .

Pouring oil down the drain might seem like a simple root , after all , it ’s been whisk off to become someone else ’s trouble , right ? Wrong . Frequent disposal of melted oil down the drain can give rise toenormous fatbergsin our gutter , and when sewers go faulty we ’re all in for a bad time .

The same go for pouring fossil oil down your toilet , so do n’t get any ideas . In the past , hoi polloi have instead tried lay in temper oil in bottles and jars which they then put in landfill , but this too is problematic because without access to the outside humankind that oil can linger on for a retentive clip .

What you ideally want is the oil out in the open air so that microbe can get to work in breaking it down , but since binful juice is already gross out enough without cast away lashings of oil into the mixture , what ’s a deep fat fryer aficionado to do ?

National Geographicrecently revealed how “ oil solidifiers ” can reverse your waste into convenient avoirdupois pancakes that can simply be bemuse away in the applesauce with the residue of your refuse . They work by emulsifying your oil excessiveness which then hardens as it cools until you ’re leave with a greasy disk that ’s safe to fling in the bin , and will be quick and waiting for those bug by the time they make it to landfill .

As for what to do with your satisfying slab of jellied oil , the universe is your greasy oyster . If you ’ve only got a small amount on your hands , oil colour solidifier manufacturersFryAwaysay it can join the ease of your kitchen waste on the compost heap . However , if you ’ve got a circle you may be better off contributing it to a facility working with larger volumes of sinister gold .

The greasy battercake can also be refined for biodiesel , turn into candles ( though we ’d fuck to hear what kind of bouquet this results in ) , or even transform into soap . Not bad for the humble casting - offs of your sinker devising .