"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 7/19/2013 10:13 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> So... Freed up a lot of room on my pullout cupboards. And also the one
>> over the stove where the plastic containers are. Do any of you have this
>> container problem? Seems that my MIL always did and so did my mom. Not
>> only did they have purchased containers but they reused stuff like butter
>> tubs and now those things that some lunch meats come in. They also saved
>> jars. I don't do that stuff any more. I do have canning jars if I need
>> a
>> jar and I bought the plastic lids for them. But if I just have a little
>> dab
>> of a leftover, I tend to put it in a plastic bag or something instead of
>> using a container.
>
> I only keep containers some food comes in to capture used oil and grease
> that can't go down the drain. Mostly cottage cheese containers because I
> love that for breakfast so I go through a couple of tubs a month. The
> rest of them I don't keep, they go in the recycle bin rather than clutter
> up my cabinets. The only other ones I tend to keep are the small ones
> that WisPride cheese comes in. I love that stuff for snacks. The small
> containers are useful.
> http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/st...52&lang Id=-1

Have seen that before but don't think we get it here. My problem with
reusing containers is that people tend to assume that whatever is on the
label is what is in the container. So it often doesn't get eaten.

Will never forget the dinner I was invited to some years ago. The couple
served our food out of various containers. My roommate got the Cool Whip
tub and I got a Margarine tub. Can't remember what they served. Was
probably mac and cheese or something. Served straight from the pan. We
went out and bought them a set of nice mixing bowls. They literally had
nothing in the house except for some of my old stuff that they bought at my
yard sale.