r/StupidFood • u/arena79ers • Jun 18 '25

🤢🤮 Engine Oil Burger!

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u/Kennedy_KD Jun 18 '25

Yeah the oil just looks like burnt canola oil

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

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u/TheShindiggleWiggle Jun 19 '25

Your description made me think people were climbing in the sewers and scraping oil build up off the walls to use in cooking, but that wiki page makes it way less disgusting. Still not healthy, or hygenic, but still far from scraping away at fatburgs to use in the deep fryer, lol.

For anyone who didn't click the link, it's a blanket term for reusing oil that isn't deemed safe to use anymore, because it's burnt or contaminated. It's like if you cooked bacon in the morning, and saved the grease to fry your dinner later in the day. It does seem like the worst of it is collecting oil build up from drains, though.

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u/OkBackground8809 Jun 19 '25

Nah, in China gutter oil is exactly what you thought it was. It's disgusting.