finally! after all the hours of following up with people, explaining what Im trying to do and how they can help me, after seeing more kitchens, fryers and grease traps than I could have ever wanted, I scored MY OWN WVO SOURCE!
On Sat 5/10, driving home from UMMA, noticed the new Panda Express on corner of La Cienega and Centinella. Edson gives me cubies from P.E. so thought Id give it a shot. Spoke to Esteban, cook and one of kitchen managers, I think. Right away said yes. Said hed arrange for the barrel to be cleaned and filled with WVO from the fryer only. After 2 attempts (both times the guys didnt save the oil, hadnt cleaned the barrel even, but did give me the empty cubies), I got a cubie full. He said thered be more since they only emptied one fryer, not all 6. So, I could have LOTS more VO on my hands!
Also, made headway at Harbor. The first try, the Cafe. The hot oil into the bucket melted it. The 2nd try, they took the oil down and dumped it. On this try, on a whim today (Thursday) spoke with Candelario and he saved 2 metal bins for me to fill a cubie and a bit left over. I also took a cubie full off the top of the collected barrel. Aside from some french fries and bits and kibbles, looks pretty good. No foam or obvious animal product to be seen.
So, the oils sitting down in the garage, sitting and sitting and settling and waiting 3 weeks.
Im excited and will continue to collect.
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