use a white towel to blot up the stain blot as much of the cooking oil up from the carpet as possible using a white towel.... it's not hard to clean the oil out of towels�it just takes a little bit more work. i have to get bigger or smaller by five-ten pounds. they say it’s an easy major and not really that big of a deal. about a month ago my wife went out-of-town for a whole week, which left me to look after our three kids all by myself. 