On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 00:49:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 00:09:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 15:41:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
>>>>>news >>>>>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 00:50:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>"sf" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:geb9gblrnq014st25ror2mnfng6h33s1l3@4ax .com...
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:00:32 -0400, William > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is your method of rotating foods including leftovers into the
>>>>>>>>> refrigerator and out to be eaten or dumped into the garbage?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I buy food for 3 days which usually expands to 5 and try not to cook
>>>>>>>> more than will be consumed by dinner the following day. At least
>>>>>>>> that's the plan. Very little goes into the garbage and there are no
>>>>>>>> science experiments in my refrigerator.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That would be doable here except for the winter. Although we haven't
>>>>>>>been
>>>>>>>snowed in for several years, it can happen. So I need to keep a
>>>>>>>stockpile
>>>>>>>for winter. Also with things that I buy at Costco like pasta, there
>>>>>>>will
>>>>>>>be
>>>>>>>far more than we can eat in that length of time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dried pasta will last for a long, long time, (years?). No need to
>>>>>> throw it out unless you are talking about leftover cooked pasta.
>>>>>> Leftover naked cooked pasta is a wonderful thing. It's good hot or
>>>>>> cold, salad or main dish and depending on the amount it is good for
>>>>>> lunch or dinner. So many ways to dress it up
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>>Dur...
>>>>
>>>> Apparently you meant to express something with a sneer but were unable
>>>> to formulate a thought. Now we have no idea if you mean dried pasta
>>>> needs to be thrown away quickly or if you believe there is no use for
>>>> leftover cooked pasta.
>>>> Janet US
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>>>I meant that you were pointing out the obvious.
>>
>> didn't seem obvious to me when you said "I need to keep a
>>>>>>>stockpile
>>>>>>>for winter. Also with things that I buy at Costco like pasta, there
>>>>>>>will
>>>>>>>be
>>>>>>>far more than we can eat in that length of time."
>> You appear to be saying
>> that either that the amount of dry pasta from Costco is beyond your
>> family ability to eat before it goes bad or that your family can't eat
>> the cooked pasta before it goes bad.
>> Janet US
>
>Apparently you missed where I was specifically replying to sf's remark about
>buying food for three days at a time. And pasta would be but one example of
>things you can buy at Costco that would come in quantities larger than that.
>Unless of course, you have a very large family. For us, half a bag of
>Costco pasta is a meal plus perhaps one serving leftover.
>
>What I was saying was that if you buy pasta there, unless your family is
>large, you'll get more than three day's worth.

It isn't necessary to cook more dry pasta than is needed for a meal.
You simply put the unused portion away for another meal. The above
sounds exactly like you are saying that one package of Costco pasta is
more than your family is able to eat at one time therefore you can't
use it. That is exactly why I replied as I did the first time.
Janet US