(AP) -- Phil DeVore pulls a folded piece of aluminum from a murky pond. The aluminum looks like a piece of siding that's blown off a building, but DeVore knows it's much more valuable than that. He slips a rubber band off the aluminum and unfolds it. He likes what he sees -- 50 or 60 glistening black leeches. They're your common ribbon leeches, Nephelopsis obscura to aquatic biologists.
Store the oil to be reused in cooking or deep frying for no longer than three months and avoid re-using the oil for deep frying more than once or twice, as the smoke point of used oil is reduced after multiple uses. Avoid pouring your used deep fryer oil down the drain or tossing it in the trash.
How long does coconut oil last? Since virgin coconut oil has a fairly long shelf life, many people ask does coconut oil go bad? The shelf life of coconut oil depends on the best by date, the processing method to retrieve the oil, and how the coconut oil is stored. Coconut oil is a healthy fat which is composed of 50% lauric acid, an essential fatty-acid that boosts immunity.