"Dimitri" > wrote in
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> Ok so you have a recipe that calls for a Tablespoon of oh lets say
> tomato paste. You open a small can and spoon the tablespoon. What do
> you do with the rest of the can?

Can we say it calls for 2 tablespoons instead? From the rest of the
responses I can't tell if this is something available in the US, but at
the supermarket here (Penrith, NSW, Australia) I can buy a box of 4 x 50g
sachets of tomato paste. Each sachet is equivalent to about 2 tablespoons
(Australian so 20ml). That's how I buy it. The sachets store at room
temp. I don't think I've ever only had to use part of a sachet.If the
recipe really only called for 1 tablespoon I might decide to see how it
tasted with 2, make a double quantity or toss the rest of the sachet. I
could try storing it in the fridge but that little amount would probably
get thrown out later on.

>
> The recipe calls for 1 1/2 cup of onions. You slice and dice 2 onions
> and find you've got 2 cups. Do you just use them anyway?

I'd just use them, probably. If I really thought it was going to be a
problem, I might pop them into a container and put them in the fridge to
use in the next meal, or a salad or something.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia