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When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my
habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. I believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. I do the same with dry goods that are transferred from box to plastic storage containers. (My current favorites for dry goods are Lock & Lock from heritagemint.com. I've bought them at Walmart, local supermarket, and the QVC store at TMOA. A boatload of sizes available in rectangular, round, square.) I label those with the date of the contents, too. I use masking tape slapped on the container. Free tip: If you turn under a leetle bit of the end of the tape, you won't have to pry it off the container when you need to remove it * the turned under bit makes a little handle. It's now something I do without much thought * I tear off what I need and turn a bit under of what's still on the roll. Lather, rinse, and repeat. Do you have much storage space for foodstuffs? I have generous shelf space in my basement for canned goods (commercial and home-canned). I usually have at least four tomato variations available to me. I might keep one can upstairs and the remainder down. Tammasita, if it weren't you expressing curiosity, I'm sorry for the error. -- -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated 3-16-2007 http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:57:03 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote: I use masking tape >slapped on the container. Free tip: If you turn under a leetle bit of >the end of the tape, you won't have to pry it off the container when you >need to remove it * the turned under bit makes a little handle. It's >now something I do without much thought * I tear off what I need and >turn a bit under of what's still on the roll. Lather, rinse, and repeat. Heheheheheh We do this all the time at work. Ever have to tear tape off of something really fast, in an emergency situation? It helps. We call it a courtesy tab. Christine |
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On Apr 17, 10:57�am, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote: > When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. *I > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. * I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe Perhaps this dating things became a habit of those who since childhood have been a philatelist... no, that's not a kinky sex act. Sheldon |
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message ... > When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. I > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. > > I do the same with dry goods that are transferred from box to plastic > storage containers. (My current favorites for dry goods are Lock & Lock > from heritagemint.com. I've bought them at Walmart, local supermarket, > and the QVC store at TMOA. A boatload of sizes available in > rectangular, round, square.) > > I label those with the date of the contents, too. I use masking tape > slapped on the container. Free tip: If you turn under a leetle bit of > the end of the tape, you won't have to pry it off the container when you > need to remove it * the turned under bit makes a little handle. It's > now something I do without much thought * I tear off what I need and > turn a bit under of what's still on the roll. Lather, rinse, and repeat. > > Do you have much storage space for foodstuffs? I have generous shelf > space in my basement for canned goods (commercial and home-canned). I > usually have at least four tomato variations available to me. I might > keep one can upstairs and the remainder down. > > Tammasita, if it weren't you expressing curiosity, I'm sorry for the > error. > -- > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ > http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated > 3-16-2007 > http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey > Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007 > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor Just don't ask her about the 55 gallon drums out back that she keeps the body parts in......oops! I wasn't supposed to tell, was I Barb? -ginny |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. I > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. > > I do the same with dry goods that are transferred from box to plastic > storage containers. (My current favorites for dry goods are Lock & Lock > from heritagemint.com. I've bought them at Walmart, local supermarket, > and the QVC store at TMOA. A boatload of sizes available in > rectangular, round, square.) > > I label those with the date of the contents, too. I use masking tape > slapped on the container. Free tip: If you turn under a leetle bit of > the end of the tape, you won't have to pry it off the container when you > need to remove it * the turned under bit makes a little handle. It's > now something I do without much thought * I tear off what I need and > turn a bit under of what's still on the roll. Lather, rinse, and repeat. > > Do you have much storage space for foodstuffs? I have generous shelf > space in my basement for canned goods (commercial and home-canned). I > usually have at least four tomato variations available to me. I might > keep one can upstairs and the remainder down. > > Tammasita, if it weren't you expressing curiosity, I'm sorry for the > error. For most pantry items and storage things, I'm only 2-3 items or amounts ahead. SOme things we buy in bigger quantity when on sale. What we do is pick a color for the year in marker and we mark the month number on the tops of cans or boxes quickly. So anything bought this month will have a big 4 on top in blue, the color of the month. I don't worry about day of the month. I need to know month and year. When we store things in the pantry or basement, the oldest get placed in front, rotating the items if need be. We do the same with freezer goods though I may have to put a piece of tape on something to be able to mark it. If we use an item, we have a master list that we note that "such and such" is gone from inventory. Melondy |
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On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:57?am, Melba's Jammin' > > wrote: > > > When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. ?I > > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. ? > > I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the > date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods > with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by > etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by > writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's > mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe > Isn't it a federal crime to mark the U.S.'s legal currency? Hmmm. ;-) N. |
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Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote: >> On Apr 17, 10:57?am, Melba's Jammin' > >> wrote: >> >>> When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious >>> about my habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery >>> purchases. ?I believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very >>> practical. ? >> >> I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the >> date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods >> with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by >> etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by >> writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's >> mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe >> > > Isn't it a federal crime to mark the U.S.'s legal currency? Hmmm. ;-) > > N. Yeah, like they bother to enforce that with everything else going on! I can't count the number of times I've gotten bills in change with things like "Johnny luvs Suzie" written along the edge. Of course Johnny now hates Suzie, or has forgotten who the heck Suzie even is Jill |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. I > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. I tend to using LIFO system; not so much for practicality, but because the ages of some of the things in the back gets really impressive. HTH :-) Bob |
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Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote: >> On Apr 17, 10:57?am, Melba's Jammin' > >> wrote: >> >>> When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my >>> habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. ?I >>> believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. ? >> I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the >> date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods >> with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by >> etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by >> writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's >> mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe >> > > > Isn't it a federal crime to mark the U.S.'s legal currency? No, I don't believe so. I could only find info on coins on the Treasury site, but it should apply to bills as well, I'd think: Q: Is it illegal to damage or deface coins? A: Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who “fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.” This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent. Serene |
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zxcvbob > wrote: > Melba's Jammin' wrote: > > When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about my > > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. I > > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. > > > I tend to using LIFO system; not so much for practicality, but because > the ages of some of the things in the back gets really impressive. HTH :-) > > Bob Hey, I've still got my box of masa harina in the freezer. It's gotta be around 14-15 years old by now. I'll have to check. (Smartass!) -- -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated 3-16-2007 http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor |
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"Nancy2" > wrote in message oups.com... > On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote: >> On Apr 17, 10:57?am, Melba's Jammin' > >> wrote: >> >> > When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious about >> > my >> > habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery purchases. ?I >> > believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very practical. ? >> >> I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the >> date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods >> with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by >> etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by >> writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's >> mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe >> > > > Isn't it a federal crime to mark the U.S.'s legal currency? Hmmm. ;-) > > N. > If we do find one with "Penmart" on it, we can always write 'hates George Bush' or 'has a crush on George Bush' or someother subversive thing to wind up the conservative right and pass it on..........that will teach Sheldon to write on money, when he finds electronic bugs in his dry goods cabinet or under the cat's collar. -ginny |
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