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[TorqueDog]

Do you not own a pickle jacket?

[surferguy]

He used to but an incident occurred and he had to “break in case of emergency”

[woob]

Imagine how heavy that jacket would be.

[troutman]

Tomato Paste in a Tube! No more buying a can for 2 tbsp, and throwing out the rest.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by troutman

Tomato Paste in a Tube! No more buying a can for 2 tbsp, and throwing out the rest.

Open both ends of the can. Push the paste into a Ziploc bag. Freeze. Break off as needed.

[photon]

I discovered tomato paste in a tube years ago, no more tomato ziplock baggies like a pleb for me!

Freezing is a good idea though, they should sell tomato paste frozen cubes.

[Burninator]

I just bought a 3 pack of those large style ice cubes trays. Was going to use them for cooking related things. Like white and red wine when you need a little bit for a recipe. Tomato paste would be good in there as well. Need some other ideas.

[indes]

Pesto cubes are fantastic to have kicking around if you're a fan.

[Fuzz]

I call those 454's, because they are Big Blocks.

If you make your own broth, or just want to save smaller portions from the carton you can freeze that. I often don't use a full can of coconut milk, so also good for that.

I also have the larger two and four cup Souper Cubes. Being celiac and lactose intolerant, I gotta make a lot of my own stuff. So I freeze soup bases like cream of chicken and mushroom. Bean mix for burritos or dip. My freezer is full of cubes!

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I just bought a 3 pack of those large style ice cubes trays. Was going to use them for cooking related things. Like white and red wine when you need a little bit for a recipe. Tomato paste would be good in there as well. Need some other ideas.

I have those and use them quite a lot. Frozen gravy (make home made gravy once, use every time I buy a rotisserie chicken), homemade stock, homemade chili paste, stuff like that.

I also use the 1 cup sizes for things like chili.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I just bought a 3 pack of those large style ice cubes trays. Was going to use them for cooking related things. Like white and red wine when you need a little bit for a recipe. Tomato paste would be good in there as well. Need some other ideas.

my wife bought a TON of baby food freezer containers when our first kid was born. after our second had out grown baby food we went thru all the containers - tossed a bunch that were in rough shape and kept the rest.
i love them!
i use them for pizza sauce, marinara sauce - stuff like that. i'd say they hold about 1 cup

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by photon

I discovered tomato paste in a tube years ago, no more tomato ziplock baggies like a pleb for me!

Freezing is a good idea though, they should sell tomato paste frozen cubes.

I need to get one of those detachable grid styled ice cube trays to do a bunch of cubes I can just start tossing into a single freezer bag for things like tomato paste, garlic, ginger, broth, pesto etc. I should also probably start freezing unused tomatoes in the freezer more often. Dunno about coconut milk, but certainly stuff that isn't as good/no dry powder option is worth considering. Using ziplocs as a pseudo piping bag to extend the open life a smidge is an intermediate concept worth considering too.

Finding out about condensed milk in a tube was also a game changer, but finding a regular supplier and regularly grabbing those vs the cans is the hard part. Broth... I'm not bothered by powdered to the point I need/want frozen from scratch and frozen options. Not to mention I can do a relatively easily and decent broth via pressure cooker + smidge of MSG.

I also found an Asian place with good mustard powder. Basically I can have something that's kinda like a brown deli/dijon mustard on demand by mixing it with water and acid (ie: similar to powdered wasabi concept). The mustard that goes with certain cold plates appetizers at certain Chinese restaurants that doesn't have an easy pre-made equivalent. I'd no longer have to worry that I only use mustard a few times a year and I frequently throw out mostly full bottles of mustard that are many months past the best before date and liquidly/separated.

Originally Posted by bc-chris

my wife bought a TON of baby food freezer containers when our first kid was born. after our second had out grown baby food we went thru all the containers - tossed a bunch that were in rough shape and kept the rest.
i love them!
i use them for pizza sauce, marinara sauce - stuff like that. i'd say they hold about 1 cup

Agreed. Most of them broke within a few years though. That being said, those super tiny 150-200 ml ish mason jars are just as amazing and more durable for similar usage.

[photon]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I also found an Asian place with good mustard powder.

Great idea, I have the same problem with bottles of mustard.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Open both ends of the can. Push the paste into a Ziploc bag. Freeze. Break off as needed.

Dead horse, prepare to get beaten one more time.

So, that's where all the clay ended up...


Sis, boom. Make sure to tip your waitress. I am here all week.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by troutman

Tomato Paste in a Tube! No more buying a can for 2 tbsp, and throwing out the rest.

And it tastes so much better!