Last Christmas, I shipped my son-in-law 5 lbs. of fudge. I packed the
container in lots of bacon rinds, for my low-carb nazi daughter. Worked, and
both were happy.

"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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> "Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message
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>> in article , Vox Humana at
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>> > "Marge" > wrote in message
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>> >> good tips, thank you. I was thinking to use the plastic wrap then
>> >> foil. I've shipped cookies in the plastic tupperware before, usually
>> >> cookies like biscotti. I never heard of using edible popcorn,
>> >> interesting idea. Yeah, I'm going to make a list of what I want to
>> >> bake and get it ready this weekend to ship.
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>> > The edible popcorn is more environmentally friendly than plastic
>> > peanuts
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>> > bubble wrap. You can feed it to the birds.
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>> Edible popcorn is fine for shipping baked goods.
>> And why waste it on the birds? LOL
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>> However, I once had someone ship me some glass bowls, using only POPCORN
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>> bubble wrap....needless to say, the popcorn did a lousy job of protecting
>> heavy glass bowls.
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>> It works for fragile cookies, but not for heavier items.
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> Right. I won't attempt to ship anything heavy or valuable in popcorn.
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