Originally Posted by
BamaVol
Yeah, I did the same. I had a metal container with a plastic lid. Most of my frying was chicken nuggets. I’m not sure I would be reusing fish oil for potatoes or chicken, regardless of filtering. IMO, the oil retains some flavor from what’s been fried in it.
I've had different outcomes in terms of smell. Often I can't detect any, but maybe that's when it's potatoes or other neutral foods. I have a hypothesis that if my oil is the right temperature the food will not be oily and the oil will not be food-y. That's based on no science at all, just my uneducated brain that's been helping me cook meals since I was 8 years old. It may be that I believe it because I want to

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