Re: plastic yogurt containers with thin, insecure lids

[Guest guest]

For transportation home, how about duct tape for the lid?

Deanna

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:01 PM, a_roff <a_roff@...> wrote:

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> Hi,

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> I get my yogurt from a known farm. I seem to have a lot of trouble

> transporting the yogurt which is in plastic containers with thin, insecure

> lids.

>

> Anyone have any tips on how to transport them from the pickup location to

> home? And also freezing them without the lids popping off (my freezer is

> packed).

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> Thanks,

>

> Amy in Bloomington

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[Guest guest]

Taping the lids should help. I package my yogurt in canning jars with tight

lids--they may break but generally don't open. You could ask them if you could

provide jars or another container to have your yogurt put into--or bring a

different container along and put it in when you pick up.

Or just make it at home--it isn't difficult!

Perhaps a cooler just for the yogurt too so it does not get bumped around when

moving?

Freezing is best done in containers made for freezing. You can get plastic ones

from stores--they are square and have red lids. May want to check on the BPA

tho. They also have some canning jars in smaller sizes that are able to handle

the freezer, just don't overfill glass containers. Zip lock bags would be messy

but they would work too.

>

> Hi,

>

>

> I get my yogurt from a known farm. I seem to have a lot of trouble

transporting the yogurt which is in plastic containers with thin, insecure lids.

>

>

> Anyone have any tips on how to transport them from the pickup location to

home? And also freezing them without the lids popping off (my freezer is

packed).

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Amy in Bloomington

>

[Guest guest]

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Thanks for the duct tape idea, Deanna. I'm going to do that for transporting.

> Or just make it at home--it isn't difficult!

LOL! Oh, before I've even gotten home, I've dumped containers, or spilled

them. I can't freeze them in the containers they provide because they are

unthawed when I get home. And my freezer requires being able to put items any

which way to fit in there (full).

I load my medium-wheeled cooler pretty full and tote it through a parking lot

and up apartment stairs. I want to streamline everything.

Good idea about buying new plastic containers for freezing.

Thanks,

Amy in Bloomington