Zaldy Kimberley

I don't love getting rid of fry oil though. Every step of the process feels like an opportunity to make a big mess. While Seattle, where I live, offers several disposal options–in the garbage, in the city compost, or in containers next to the trash—each has its own hurdle.

Perhaps as a result, my ears perked up when, through WIRED friends The Spoon, I heard of a cooking oil solidifier called FryAway. Not the sexiest thing, I know, but practical. It looks a bit like shredded coconut and feels a bit like a fatty soap, and it essentially promised to turn my Dutch oven into a Jell-O mold for french-fry oil, thus making it easier to dispose of used oil.

"The last thing you want to deal with is a sewer overflow or sewage backup in your home," says Marie Fiore, a strategic communications coordinator for the King County Wastewater Treatment Division in Washington state, before stating a refrain I'd hear again and again in the following days: "Don't pour your cooking oil down the drain."

I figured a product like this would be a hit among the folks I would interview for this review, and it was almost comical how each one stopped the conversation to make Fiore's last point clear.

Speaking with Fiore also gave me a childhood flashback wherein my dad and his friends tried blowing a clog through our house pipes using an air compressor. It was a long time ago, and I have no clue how they came up with this strategy, but I think the idea was to blow the pipes clear. Everybody was assigned a drain to stuff closed in order to build pressure, but nobody remembered the vent above the kitchen, leading to what has since been referred to as the “banana peels on the roof incident.”

In a related vein, Fiore went on to say in a sort of shook voice how she had "first-hand visuals" of a fatberg—a giant sewer and stormwater drain clog made of cooking oil and other fats along with wipes and diapers people have mindlessly jettisoned out of view. "Those things need to be removed by hand," she said, leaving me to imagine the sheer disgustingness of that task. "Please tell your readers flushable wipes aren't flushable!"

It was a clever, fear-of-God way to underline the importance of finding good ways to dispose of cooking oil, and it gave me a promising feeling as testing began.

Since the founder of FryAway said she got the idea for it from similar Japanese products, I started with pork katsu, shallow fried in about a quarter inch of oil. Once I'd cooked all the pork, I sprinkled some flakes of FryAway into the hot oil and stirred it. As I ate the delicious katsu, the oil in the pan cooled and solidified into a semi-rubbery disc at the bottom of the pan. From there, I could scrape the whole thing into the garbage or put it in the city yard-waste bin.

Below are answers to some common questions about Kesimpta.

Kesimpta is used to treat certain types of multiple sclerosis (MS). (For details on the drug’s uses, see “What is Kesimpta used to treat?” below.)

You may wonder how Kesimpta compares with other drugs that treat MS, such as:

All the drugs listed above help stop your immune system from attacking the covering that protects your brain and spinal cord.

Kesimpta, Ocrevus, and Tysabri are given as injections. Tecfidera comes as capsules you take by mouth.

For more details about how Kesimpta compares with these medications, talk with your doctor or pharmacist.

Kesimpta has been found effective for treating certain types of MS. (For details on the drug’s uses, see “What is Kesimpta used to treat?” below.)

The manufacturer of this drug doesn’t provide reviews from people who’ve taken its drug. But you can learn more about Kesimpta’s studies by visiting the manufacturer’s site. Or, you can read the drug’s prescribing information.

For more information about what to expect with Kesimpta treatment, talk with your doctor or pharmacist.

MS, which Kesimpta treats, is a condition that causes your immune system to attack the covering that protects your brain and spinal cord. Your spinal cord contains neurons (nerve cells) that help your brain communicate with the rest of your body.

When this protective covering is damaged, your brain has trouble communicating with the rest of your body.

Kesimpta’s mechanism of action (how it works) to treat MS isn’t completely known. The drug is thought to lessen the activity of your immune system. By lessening your immune system’s activity, Kesimpta may keep it from attacking the protective covering around your brain and spinal cord.

If you have more questions about how Kesimpta works, talk with your doctor or pharmacist.

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