Food Tips & Info > Helpful HintsAugust 25, 2009

Use Brown Paper Bag to Drain Fried Food

When you are out of paper towels and need to drain fried food, like chicken or French fries, use one of those brown grocery bags. It absorbs the grease and you can just throw it away.

Source: My grandma

By Gayle C. from Tallahassee, FL

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08/26/2009

My mother always did that too (she would put newspapers under the bag). She lived through the Depression & had a lot of savings rituals.

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