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.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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