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Old math, New Math, (Original Post) kairos12 Mar 2021 OP
IKR. You've also triggered a Tom Lehrer song! soothsayer Mar 2021 #1
I have 16 lids and 5 containers questionseverything Mar 2021 #2
A couple Thanksgivings ago... Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #3
I like your thinking there. yonder Mar 2021 #6
I live alone so single-serving leftovers are the rule. Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #7
Sock math- I have about 50 of them. LisaL Mar 2021 #4
I cleaned up my kitchen cabinet a while back Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 #5

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
3. A couple Thanksgivings ago...
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 06:08 PM
Mar 2021

I sent home leftovers with everybody in all my old Tupperware and told them to keep the containers. Then I threw out all the spare lids and replaced the whole collection with glass and ceramic with either glass lids or screw-on lids where appropriate. No more random collections of containers and lids that don't match. I especially like the wide-mouth 1-pt Mason jars with matching plastic screw-on lids for single-serving leftovers.

yonder

(9,631 posts)
6. I like your thinking there.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 06:18 PM
Mar 2021

Unmatchable plastic containers/lids is somewhat of an issue in our place. Plus, washing glass is much more pleasant than oily plastic that never seems to quite come clean.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
7. I live alone so single-serving leftovers are the rule.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 10:25 AM
Mar 2021

When I make a big crock pot of chicken soup I dish it up into wide mouth pint jars and eat it all week.
Same with casseroles and stews. It suits my lifestyle just fine.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
4. Sock math- I have about 50 of them.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 06:13 PM
Mar 2021

Single socks. No clue where the mates of the single socks are. I am thinking of wearing different socks on each foot.

Just_Vote_Dem

(2,790 posts)
5. I cleaned up my kitchen cabinet a while back
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 06:15 PM
Mar 2021

Made sure the lids and containers matched. Must have tossed a few containers cause now I have a ton of lids

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