u/ChrisShapedObject

After frying food, we often need to drain it on paper towels to soak up excess oil. Many use paper towels now, but when I was a kid we used old newspaper pages.

I started seeing plain brown paper being used to cushion items when packed in boxes — and decided to try it to drain food.

The brown paper works great to soak up food oil (you do need more layers than paper towels), AND it’s free!

I just roll it up to store and tear off some when I need it. I usually fold to get 2-4 layers depending on the amount of oil expected.