> > > but if I'm not going to use the whole thing.....
> >
> > It has a punch down spout :) It keeps for at least a couple weeks
>
> GREAT, it can get shoved into the back of the fridge and start house elf
> science experiments

yes, I've had my fair share of those... 
When Kevin was living with me I had more. Some of them were countertop
experiments. 

> as I said...."if  I'm not going to use the whole thing....."
>
> [I even tried to use tube o' tomato paste once..... now, if it HAS to be
> tomato paste, I use ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer) and adjust
> seasonings around it.]

gack
ketchup 

> > > chunks -- but that requires more forethought (and dedicated
> > freezer
> > > space) than I ever want to manage.
> >
> > amen, sister!
> > though I do sometimes wish I had a stand-alone freezer....
>
> they're nice -- mine is pretty full right now, though.
> Some day they need to build in barcodes or other automatic inventorying
> system....

I understand they have something darn close now... though I think you have
to enter it yourself. Not sure.
I *am* sure I wouldn't sit down to program my fridge (or freezer) with its
contents 

> > A Broccoli Cheese Casserole
> > Everyone loved it, and everyone was modifying it because no one knew
> > what "1 cup raw ric" was
> > (I'm not kidding)
>
> LOL!!!
> >
> > it's a cup of rice, of course :)
>
> and here I thought it was ricotta cheese..... =wink!=

It just amazed me...
I remember mom sitting round the table with my grandmother, and our family
friend and maybe a couple other women, and my mom was just *sure* it was
rice, and hadn't anyone done that? None of them had. One thought about rice,
but you never see it as "raw rice" so she thought she must be wrong, and
besides even if it *was* raw rice, why wouldn't you cook it first? Well, the
rest of the story is that it was missing the instruction that said to cook
the rice... which contributed to the problem :) So anyway... mom decided to
cook the rice and add it, and WOW whole new dish! LOL. Belvy still tells the
story...



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