Why Old Kitchens Kept a Jar of Saved FAT Beside the Stove (The Old-School Way)

Beside almost every stove, there used to be a can - and it was a working part of the household budget. In this episode, Eleanor Price explains the drippings jar: what it actually was, what belonged in it and what never did, why wartime kitchens treated saved fat as part of the national economy, and the careful modern version that is still worth keeping. In this video: how the can and strainer worked, the rules that kept saved fat usable, what a week of cooking looked like on drippings, why the government collected kitchen fat during the war, the real limits the old kitchens knew, and a safe, honest starter jar for tonight. Do you remember a can like this on a stove you knew - or would you start a jar now?