Pasta containers

@RiotDemon I ran out of rice so I am putting it in my rice container, which I believe is a cereal container.

@ELUNO multi use!

@ELUNO @RiotDemon
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Just came out today.

@Ignorant

@Ignorant no, we are all hoping by posting or reading we will get one @barney @riskybryzness @sohmageek

@RiotDemon I recently upgraded to a nicer model!

@RiotDemon I do… but… still…

@ELUNO @RiotDemon a model friend?

@RiotDemon yes, but for those thinking long term storage, the penne pokes right through the bags. sharp little corners on those suckers.

@unksol I just don’t want the pasta stealing gnomes to steal it

@unksol
it was fresh before it was dried
If you have ever had fresh pasta, you would know the difference.
that being said, i would imagine it could get bugs in it so something air tight would be good.

@Cerridwyn it’s like flour. Or beans. Even rice which can actually go rancid but there is no point in trying to seal it. It’s fine. They are dry goods. There is a reason they come in paper sacks

@unksol I was starting to doubt the soundbess of my decision to cut open the bag and leave it sitting in the middle of the floor. All these yokels gaslighting me and making me forget how dried pasta works and always has worked.

@ELUNO @unksol “pasta stealing gnomes”
Also known as mice?

@Kyeh @unksol I call him Charlie

@ELUNO @Kyeh @unksol

Also known as mice?

When moving to my new place I had a box of groceries I bought on sale tucked way back under my dining room table at the old place.

2 separate 1# bags of DollarTree macaroni were in the box…well…the bags were. The pasta was completely gone.

It must have been aliens.

@ELUNO @therealjrn @unksol Fuzzy little aliens with long tails and beady black eyes - I know them well. They have no fear of my cat!
Who admittedly at 17 years old and weighing only 5# is not very fearsome.

@ELUNO @Kyeh @therealjrn @unksol Many years ago I had a cat, 14ish at the time and a mouse ran between his food bowl and the wall. Evidently that mouse was used to my 2 cats. My cat turned his head to watch where his future toy ran. When he was done eating he went over and sat down in front of the fridge staring at it for probably a half hour before the urge for a nap took over. Mouse did not come out. Turns out there was a mouse hole behind the fridge.

@Kyeh - You might be surprised if the conditions are right. My 19 year old fluctuates between 5 and 6 pounds although her use of claws (that I fortunately clipped for all of them before dropping them off) and teeth (she is missing two fangs) on the woman trying to pill her while I am out of town would give some evidence that underweight still can be fearsome. Took us both by surprise as she is calm when I pill her. I hope she can get her pills down her as missing her thyroid meds for 4 days will not be good.

@ELUNO @Kidsandliz @therealjrn @unksol I hope she gets her pills also. I give Django his quarter-of-a-tab of famotidine in those Greenies pill pockets. He loves those. He’s been very weak though, and spends almost all his time now on his pillow on the shelf near the front window.

@Kyeh How is your kitty doing? Mine did not get her pills for 2.5 days and then that person found she’d eat them dissolved in food. She came home though a bit skinnier (has since regained the weight after wolfing down expensive food I know she loves and rarely buy due to the cost).

@Kidsandliz Thanks for asking - I’ve been very sad because he died on July 3rd, after about a week of getting progressively weaker. He developed some kind of respiratory illness - I even wondered if it was covid - but because he started having trouble with his hind legs, it sounded more like another feline virus I read about online. He finally stopped eating and drinking on the 3rd, so it wasn’t a surprise, but I’ve been pretty torn up about it. He was such a sweet cat! I’m not going to get another one right away, but I miss him so much.

@Kyeh I am so sorry. It is so very hard when our sweet kitties die.

@Kidsandliz @Kyeh that sucks

@Kyeh I’m so sorry.

@Kidsandliz @unksol @RiotDemon Thanks. This is the first time in 40 years I’ve lived without a cat - it’s weird; you just get so accustomed to knowing that other little being is somewhere in the house, expecting you.

@Kyeh that’s exactly how I felt when I lost both my cats last year. It had been around 25 years of constantly having a cat. That first morning alone was so hard. It was so quiet. Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.

@RiotDemon Yes, and all the little reminders … but you lost both cats and also your mother last year?! That’s terrible, I’m so sorry.

Do you have cats now?

@Kyeh @RiotDemon And it is hard even when you still have cats around. I still miss my 2 that died 1.5 years ago and still can have tears over them (like right now), and even ones that died earlier. And I still miss some strays I came to love that I rehomed - especially 2 I wished I hadn’t had to. I don’t even want to think about when my 19 year old dies. I’ve had her since 10 days old and bottle fed her.

They are so much a part of our lives, our emotional well being. And they love you back. I will never understand the people who say, “It is just a cat (or dog or whatever). Get another one.”, like they are a pair of shoes or something. Each animal is so different. You don’t “replace” them. You can’t even though you come to love a different one. And regardless of loving another cat, you are left with a hole in your life and heart from the sweetie who died.

@Kyeh yeah. Last year was one of the worst years of my life. Right up there with the year that my dad died of brain cancer after a 3 month struggle.

I don’t have any cats right now. I still have my dog who is almost 13. Eventually I want to foster, I think. I’m not ready for the lifelong commitment. I want to do some traveling eventually and it’s not cheap to board plus it stresses the animals out, so I’d rather not. I feel like I could help a lot more pets though fostering.

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon Yes, they’re all unique, and they become like family. But in the past when one cat died, I still had its companion. I didn’t get another when Taffy, my previous cat died, because Django was 15 and I was worried that he’d have trouble adjusting to another; so for the past two years he and I got especially close.

@RiotDemon Wow. Devastating. Words are inadequate, but I’m so sorry. We carry on, eventually, but one never really “gets over” such losses.

Fostering sounds like a good idea. I’m thinking of starting even smaller by just spending time helping out at the local shelter, but I’m a bit leery of getting too attached to the animals before I’m really ready to adopt another; I’d like to thoroughly clean my house first (Django had trouble getting to his box towards the end) and also do some traveling.

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon K&L, I’m glad the 19-year-old survived your absence!

@Kyeh thank you. Shelter work is a good idea too. I’ve wanted so badly to go to the humane society and pet cats but with this Covid mess it’s impossible.

I’ve literally only gotten to pet a cat once this whole last year. I cried a little.

@Kyeh

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@OnionSoup
or whatever works for your usage size. use smaller ones and premeasure, put in larger ones

and if you feel the need, because of volume, food saver some of it

@MrMikenIkes This one? https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-2108400-Premium-Stacking-Containers/dp/B07X3XTRQC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=rubbermaid+cereal&qid=1591793022&sr=8-3

@ACDawg no these ones: https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Cereal-Container-5-2-Cup/dp/B00H0RUB5K

Although it looks like these are cheaper and would work just as well:

https://www.target.com/p/goodcook-cereal-container-24-4-cups/-/A-78682016

@djslack I have some of those flip containers in a couple of different brands. They are honestly not my favorite. If you grab the lid, you can usually pull it off even when it’s sealed. I guess it’s ok if you remember to always lift it by the bottom.

@RiotDemon I can see that. Mine are new, I haven’t had them for long as I just started having bulk dry goods when the apocalypse began rolling out. So I don’t have long term data or many miles on them but I can see how the sealing mechanism could be finicky or not last. I will remember not to handle them by the lid as much as possible.

@djslack you only need a container to contain one bag of pasta.

There’s no need to take them all out of their packaging, unless you’re trying each bag to see if they taste different.

@djslack @OnionSoup maybe someone bought every single pastadrop so they need at least 4 containers?

@OnionSoup Thanks. I think you’ll need a few to contain a 10 lb bag. That’s all. Unless you have one of those Pinterest pantries where everything is in matching containers. In which case you’re probably not gambling on mass mystery pasta from some shady website

@djslack
Only 3 left at Walmart someone’s been storing their pasta

@OnionSoup I must revise my estimate. I have been granted the opportunity to find out today that this container will damn near hold 10 lbs of linguine in the bag. By the time you crack the bag and boil a pot of it the rest should fit.

@djslack The flip-locks on those are very fragile. We bought a similar style from Aldi’s and most have broken. The Push lock style are better, but still don’t lift by the lid as it can drop the container of flour or sugar on your tile, making quite the mess. Ask my friend (when I get one for posting here) how we know.

@djslack @OnionSoup @RiotDemon I bought every pasta drop…

Although only 3 of the 5 are going to my house. The others go to friends and family.

Next drops will be for more family most likely as there’s already a ton of pasta en route to my home

@InnocuousFarmer I am actually using a container like this currently for my quarantine food because my kitchen is too small currently.

@InnocuousFarmer @RiotDemon I have 5… but I’m storing and shopping for 3 households still. And 2 of which are super picky.

@tinamarie1974 is this similar to a slim Jim?

@tinamarie1974 Are the jars glass or plastic? I have a collection of similar plastic containers that originally held various snack items from Costco. They come with a foil seal under the lid, but once you rip that off, the rim of the jar has little notches in it that prevent a tight seal. I had planned to use a couple of them for small batch fermentation, but the lack of a tight seal made them unsuitable. Probably doesn’t matter that much for dried pasta though.

@macromeh they are plastic and I just opened one to check, yup foil seal. I don’t think we have to worry about an air tight seal so I think it will be ok?

@RiotDemon it is a much higher quality. Closer to the refrigerated beef sticks but dried.

@tinamarie1974

Pardon me, but since you were there, why isn’t there a link embedded in that image so I can buy meat-treats?

…and to seal those just use a layer or 2 of cling wrap over the top, but under the cap/lid as a gasket to fill the irregularities.

@PhysAssist well…that is an excellent question

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@macromeh @tinamarie1974 In a pinch with jars such as these, place Saran (plastic) wrap over the top and screw tight. I do not have a pest problem (yet) and I’m putting my pasta in zip lock bags.

@riskybryzness

Why joking?

We recycle/re-use them often for a lot of different things, but first make sure either they’re food-safe, or that food is hermetically sealed [like in mylar bags] before putting it inside them.

We dismembered 2 of them to use as a new facing for our snowplow & the snow just slides off it now…

@dyhorse Actually, no… While I/we love, love, love T-ware, they don’t really make things big enough for true bulk storage.

We are using the white, food-safe HD-PE, 5-gallon buckets that Brill cake-icing came in to store out rice- under vacuum, by way of an added valve [stopcock, really], and our vacuum sealer bottle attachment- to retard development of rancidity and mildew [because they’re in our basement].

Similar buckets can often be found on Craig’s List, or by calling larger bakeries that make [especially wedding] cakes.

The stopcocks were repurposed from my homebrewing supplies previously purchased from our local beer store.

@dyhorse @PhysAssist alternatively, you can buy brand new food safe buckets at Lowe’s:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Encore-Plastics-5-Gallon-General-Bucket/3694238

Spinny lid. I had a container like this for horse food once. They were super expensive back then!
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Encore-Plastics-12-in-White-Plastic-Bucket-Lid/50094688

@rtjhnstn Preferably unused!

@rtjhnstn Naw, just line with a new clean unused tall kitchen garbage bag [or to avoid food tasting like plastic bag- wash the container out instead…, if that kinda thing’s important to ya.]

@PhysAssist @rtjhnstn
be sure it’s not feebreeze scented

@melonscoop #nottilefriendly

@melonscoop the voice that could shatter a half gallon mason jar…would probably burst your eardrums.

@kevinrs Broken glass and bleeding eardrums… I wouldn’t be in the mood for pasta anymore.

@kevinrs @melonscoop If you didn’t want me to sing, you shouldn’t have put on that Justin Bieber album.

@mehbee - The people I sent pasta to are now asking questions like when my birthday is. Which is odd because one of them is my brother.

@aetris Might you better go into hiding then on your birthday?

@Kidsandliz - Well, I do like linguine…

@aetris That sounds ominous. My family wouldn’t send me something good like pasta, it would be corn. They know I hate corn with a purple passion so that’s what they would send. Nick is completely happy with his pasta loot so I don’t see him retaliating. The girl…that remains to be seen.

@kalma why wouldn’t you leave them in the original bag? Or do you mean you do this with only the open bag?

@RiotDemon I thought we were talking about giant/wholesale bags of pasta. (Like they send in a pastadrop(?) … I haven’t gotten mine yet) We bought several 5-10 lb bags of pasta from a restaurant supply store at the beginning of this when the shelves started emptying of anything shelf stable. Most regular store packages are 1lb so that’s what I broke them into so we could just grab and go.

ps. DAMNIT I MISSED YESTERDAY.

@PocketBrain No, no, no. Only three times.

@JOATMON @PocketBrain Twice on the pipe, if the answer is no.

@JOATMON @PocketBrain While you’re being picky, the knock knock knock comes before the penne.

@dbmittens photo search and maybe ebay or etsy