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Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Reusable containers
Do you reuse containers? I do. I save jars that had pickles or olives, etc. and pickle more stuff in them, like kimchi or my own pickled garlic. I was thinking about this today. I was jonesing for some KFC - a rare treat that I indulge in about once a year or two- and noted the side dish for my 4 piece dinner - 2 today, 2 tomorrow - was reusable. Heck, it's microwavable and dishwasher safe.
My mom used to use those Shedd's spread Country Crock containers to store food in.
Do you reuse containers? I do. I save jars that had pickles or olives, etc. and pickle more stuff in them, like kimchi or my own pickled garlic. I was thinking about this today. I was jonesing for some KFC - a rare treat that I indulge in about once a year or two- and noted the side dish for my 4 piece dinner - 2 today, 2 tomorrow - was reusable. Heck, it's microwavable and dishwasher safe.
My mom used to use those Shedd's spread Country Crock containers to store food in.
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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There's a place around here that sells a quart of oysters. It's in a 32oz glass jar with a lid. I buy the oysters about once a month, but think, "Free drinking jar!"
I have one cupboard that is practically all mason jars and small peach jars. I use them to drink from, to make infused berry waters, overnight oats...I even do salads in a jar.
I save plastic containers for disposing of grease after browning ground beef or cooking bacon; otherwise, they get recycled. I do save glass jars for a variety of uses.
I am cool with it as long as there is space to store the receptacles you save. My husband would hoard every bottle and jar and tub for reuse indefinitely. I do a weed out where it goes to recycling once he amasses too many. I can't have my home taken over by items he saves from the recycling bin "just in case" we find a use for it.
I save Litehouse dressing jars for lard and bacon fat
DH buys those containers of macaroni salad or potato salad for lunch sometimes. I reuse those for storing tartar sauce, Bloomin' Onion Dip (always in the fridge), ranch dressing, smoked salmon dip, bar cheese
Cottage cheese and sour cream containers get saved for sending food home with people
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Reusable containers
