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General Discussion => Share Your Badassity => Topic started by: HipGnosis on September 14, 2017, 10:09:17 AM

Title: Zip bags
Post by: HipGnosis on September 14, 2017, 10:09:17 AM
I know this is small beans (just a bean?), but...
More and more things come in zip-top bags now.  And the 'bag's are thicker than actual sandwich bags.  Some are even foil(ish).
But most of them are odd shapes.  And I wouldn't store food in some of them.
I found a good (great?) use for them.
I use them to throw away the fat I trim from a roast and then what I scoop out of the roasting pan.  No chance of it leaking out or attracting bugs.
Now I keep at least one under my silverware tray - taking up virtually no room.
Title: Re: Zip bags
Post by: bortman on September 15, 2017, 06:29:43 AM
I re-use zip top bags whenever I can. I use them to bring sandwiches and salads to work. DW rolls here eyes when I stop her from tossing the zip-top granola bag. Those bags last a long time.

I'll stop her with "Oh, wait .. that's a good bag, eh". I don't know why, but it's funnier when I say this with my thickest Canadian accent. Now she preemptively apes me as she stuffs the bag into our dedicated bag drawer.
Title: Re: Zip bags
Post by: Rubic on September 15, 2017, 07:30:15 AM
I use them to throw away the fat I trim from a roast and then what I scoop out of the roasting pan.  No chance of it leaking out or attracting bugs.
Now I keep at least one under my silverware tray - taking up virtually no room.

I'm using the coffee cans from Trader Joe's, but your method
takes up less space.