I do the "put it in a can" thing for bacon grease (yeah, yeah, bad Jew and all that), but I don't really do enough frying to warrant it for the oil I used tonight.

In terms of the makeshift salad spinner... I suppose it could work. I'm actually using a bag of pre-washed spinach, so there wasn't *all* that much water to begin with, but I'll keep this in mind for when there is.