"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> Julie wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:43:25 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>> The whole reason for the little cans is because "this person" is too
>>> lazy to find a container to store the leftovers and too ignorant of
>>> the cost of food. And this person's mother will cater to her every
>>> whim so when she wants little cans, it's little can she will get,
>>> dammit!
>>
>> No. That's not it at all. Same scenario as when I used to eat canned
>> pears. If I were to buy a larger can, half more more would be tossed
>> out.
>> Why? I don't like pears enough or want them often enough to eat the
>> whole
>> large can before they go bad. Same situation here. Sometimes someone
>> wants
>> a little can of pears. And sometimes that person needs to take the pears
>> with them. They are perfectly portable that way. Eat them and dispose
>> of
>> the can.
>>
>> Nobody in this house wants to be bothered taking a container of something
>> somewhere and then bringing the container back home. You are free to do
>> as
>> you want.
>
> So where is this person getting the cottage cheese to eat with the
> pears? I've never seen cottage cheese doesn't come in less than 16
> ounce containers. And I don't know any pig that eats 16 ounces of
> cottage cheese at a time (especially along with 8.5 ounces of pears).
>
> So how is the cottage cheese portable, too?
>
> -sw

Well then you don't get out much. You can get cottage cheese here in 4 oz.
and 8 oz. containers. I normally get a dozen of the 8 oz. at a time at the
business Costco. Yes, they take up room in the fridge but they are much
cheaper to buy this way and they usually will get eaten before they spoil.