Is this gross or normal?

[KindergartenKop]

My relative cooks potatoes or parsnips in fat (like beef dripping or whatever), eats the potatoes, lets the pan cool down ( including a few leftover crusty bits) and then puts it back in the pan drawer without washing it, then cooks with it again a week later.
I think that's a bit gross really.

Old fashioned normal iyswim.

What flibberty said

Really common from years ago

Why don't they wash it? Won't it just all stick on?

Is that not sort of seasoning the pan?

Interesting. The person is older but never used to do this in the 80s and 90s! It could be worse I suppose!

It's what my mum always did, so I do it too. Normal for us.

The fat stays in the pan in the drawer.

Perfectly normal for me!

My roasties are bloody delicious too...

Ahh I didn't realise you meant all the fat still in the pan.

We used to do it when I was younger in the 80's/90's except the pan would stay on top of the cooker with the lid on. There were times we'd find the cat had moved the lid and licked the fat though! Don't worry we changed the oil then.

Sounds like my mum's old deep fryer pot. It had lard in it for frying chips and then it hardened again after use and was put away again

My mum would pour any left over meat juices from roasted meat in to a metal tin that she would keep in the fridge. She would then use it to fry bubble and squeak in at a later date. Would taste amazing!

All my older relatives do this but I just can’t bring myself to. Rationalyy, I know that I have been brainwashed by the cleaning industry/hygiene police, but I still won’t do it!

My mum always had a cup of recycled fat in the fridge when I was growing up. She’d always wash the pan though

Yeah, she always had a pot of fat in the fridge in oldentimes but it's the sitting in the drawer all week (roast is only on Saturday) at room temperature which is a bit yuck to me.

It's not really done now often but was quite common at one point.

My dads chip-pan was only emptied when the oil was changed, once it had cooled the lid was put on and it was kept in a cupboard next to the cooker.

To be honest if it was me I'd wait until it was cooled then put a layer of baking parchment on top just to keep the dust etc off it. If it dripping or lard it becomes a (soft) solid once cooled so the parchment would just on top.

Yh this was normal when I was young ,was a bit off putting when could see the mouse feet prints on the cold fat !

I can’t be the only one who thinks this is gross and unhygienic
Eww

My Mother in Law saw that I was about to wash the Yorkshire pudding tray after Sunday lunch at her house ages ago, she lost her shit.

My GM used to do this if I recall everything she cooked in that pan tasted amazing.

Not envy.

Bluerrghhhh. No thanks!

My parents used to do this - the big pan of lard that used to live in the top oven (switched off).

Memories.

When the pan is heated up any germs will be killed (hopefully). It sounds good to me but I'd be more likely to drain off the fat and bits, put in a container in the fridge and wash the oven dish.

Gross! 🤮

My grandma would pour the fat into a mug and keep it in the fridge to use at a later date.