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Title: Storage ideas?
Post by: berringamababe on August 21, 2012, 02:03:54 pm
I love my things orderly and organized my friends comment on my pantry it looks like a Tupperware brochure ( I had weevils once so bought a heap of Tupperware and never had the problem again).
I love different sized storage boxes to keep things neat and tidy including keeping my cleaning products in, under the sink another to keep torches batteries and extension leads etc
I'd like to hear your best storage idea?
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Post by: cecilia on August 21, 2012, 02:12:49 pm
You have the best idea already - Tupperware! 
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Post by: Cuilidh on August 21, 2012, 09:25:25 pm
I wish I was organised enough to offer you some ideas!  I'll look forward to seeing responses to this thread.
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Post by: obbie on August 22, 2012, 01:57:22 am
My whole pantry is in Tupperware, I had none at all, then bought $700 of modular mates....
I have 1 plastics draw too, but everything has its lid on, just to grab and go.
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Post by: mcmich on August 22, 2012, 07:48:35 am
My pantry is modular mates too.
I would love to have more organised laundry cupboards. That might be my job when I get back from WA.
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Post by: Halex on August 22, 2012, 07:50:34 am
I have tupperwware, lots  of it, but need help, total mess mine.

 :)
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Post by: nazar on August 22, 2012, 07:53:15 am
obbie     were they the modular mates you got from oversea l think through ebay

l remember someone saying they had orderd some from overseas .
 l was wondering what they are like
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Post by: mcmich on August 22, 2012, 08:02:12 am
I ordered mine from o/s Nazzar as I can't get the cranberry lids here anymore. I got mine from Hong Kong and its great.
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Post by: Halex on August 22, 2012, 08:08:32 am
Michele, is it cheaper o/s?

H :)
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Post by: mcmich on August 22, 2012, 08:32:42 am
Definitely.
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Post by: nazar on August 22, 2012, 08:53:07 am
thanks  mcmich .
 l thought someone got it from there
does it look the same and has it the tupperware name on it and does it preform the same way
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Post by: gertbysea on August 22, 2012, 08:58:18 am
Has anyone mentioned this yet?

http://cakesnake.com/about.html

Gert
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Post by: Cuilidh on August 22, 2012, 09:26:30 am
Some time ago someone suggested a plate holder (I think) from Spotlight for storing baking trays, etc.  To be honest I cannot remember whether it was actually a plate holder, but perhaps by putting this post here it will jog someone's memory.
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Post by: mcmich on August 22, 2012, 10:12:19 am
thanks  mcmich .
 l thought someone got it from there
does it look the same and has it the tupperware name on it and does it preform the same way
Looks exactly the same. I can't tell which is my origonal tupperware and which is the new stuff.
I'll bring you a container on retreat so you can see for yourself.
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Post by: nazar on August 22, 2012, 12:10:47 pm
oh thanks for the offer  mcmich
 but no need to worry about bringing a container , l ll take your word for it .
thank you
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Post by: cookie1 on August 22, 2012, 12:20:45 pm
I use mainly Decor for my pantry. It is a horrid mess. I have flour etc all in canisters but it is the bits and pieces, like half finished tiny teddies, and DD's chocolates that sit on the shelf and fall off.
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Post by: obbie on August 23, 2012, 12:01:35 am
Michelle, where did you buy your tupperware from overseas.

I would love more, but its so expensive.
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Post by: pippa on August 23, 2012, 01:40:17 am
The thing that annoys me most is that Tupperware doesn't nest like Decor does.  How on earth did they get that so wrong?  I have a mix of both, and the Decor stacks so much better and stays so much neater in the cupboard when it is not being used.

We get our fruit and veg once a fortnight through an co-op and I store it in a mix of fridge smarts and reusable green bags (that keep the produce longer).  Tupperware says that you shouldn't need to store your fridge smarts as they should always be in the fridge with produce in them, unfortunately for me, by the end of 2 weeks, they are almost all empty and I have to find somewhere to put them.  Why oh why can't they nest?  ???

I would love to know how to keep a plastics cupboard tidy though....
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Post by: keiramax on August 23, 2012, 05:50:00 am
Hi Pippa, I just put back the empty clean fridgesmart back into the fridge ready to be refilled.  Same with the other Tupperware that goes in the fridge.  They all have their home regardless of full or empty.  That way they are always cold as well.
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Post by: Halex on August 23, 2012, 05:57:02 am
I have the fridgesmart, I find the long ones very bulky in my fridge & sometimes a nuisance. Do tou thi k they really keep the veg fresher longer?

H :)
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Post by: Tam on August 23, 2012, 06:04:46 am
Michelle, where did you buy your tupperware from overseas.

I would love more, but its so expensive.
Obbie, we have our whole pantry decked out with modular mates too.  We bought ours from a tupperware distributer in Malaysia - about 1/3 of the cost it is to buy it here.  I had troubles with my conscience at first as I like to support Australian businesses but then I got over it and realised how much they are ripping us off!!!!!!    The tupperware is exactly the same, arrives promptly at your door and is CHEAP. If you go on to e bay and google tupperware modular mates - look for tupperware coming from Malaysia and it'll be the one!!!
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Post by: obbie on August 23, 2012, 06:25:31 am
Thanks Tam, I looked at ebay today, modular mates, and there was one from Malaysia.

I'll get some more from them.
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Post by: goldfish on August 23, 2012, 06:40:33 am
Michelle, where did you buy your tupperware from overseas.

I would love more, but its so expensive.
Obbie, we have our whole pantry decked out with modular mates too.  We bought ours from a tupperware distributer in Malaysia - about 1/3 of the cost it is to buy it here.  I had troubles with my conscience at first as I like to support Australian businesses but then I got over it and realised how much they are ripping us off!!!!!!    The tupperware is exactly the same, arrives promptly at your door and is CHEAP. If you go on to e bay and google tupperware modular mates - look for tupperware coming from Malaysia and it'll be the one!!!

I've just had a look there - it is SO much cheaper! Could you tell me if this is this the genuine Tupperware made in the USA . . and not elsewhere?  It doesn't say on the listing . . . thanks!
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Post by: Yvette on August 23, 2012, 07:00:08 am
Hi has anyone tried the Ultra Pro Tupperware?
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Post by: berringamababe on August 23, 2012, 03:09:37 pm
Another storage tip is folding you sheets and putting them in a pillow case.  I also put thetupperware lids in plastic draws .
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Post by: Deeau on August 24, 2012, 12:54:10 am
Just looked at the cake snake page, in the testimonials page there is a picture of the cake snake in the cupboard with the Thermomix base sitting beside it......what the? Who keeps their TM in the cupboard?  :-\
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Post by: obbie on August 24, 2012, 02:17:17 am
who would ever put the thermomix in a cupboard...
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Post by: pippa on August 24, 2012, 02:28:28 am
Hi Pippa, I just put back the empty clean fridgesmart back into the fridge ready to be refilled.  Same with the other Tupperware that goes in the fridge.  They all have their home regardless of full or empty.  That way they are always cold as well.
Problem is, I usually need the space for the things I have cooked.  Will see if I can make that work as it is a good idea
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on September 05, 2012, 03:49:03 am
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/05/ny6ura7u.jpg)

Hello hello and what do we have here? A little bit of unwelcome activity happening in the back of the cupboard I see...
Title: Re: Storage ideas?
Post by: judydawn on September 05, 2012, 03:56:49 am
CP, when I was little I remember opening the fridge and finding those little blighters all over the place.  Somehow they had escaped from Dad's container.  Do you call them 'gents' like Dad used to?
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on September 05, 2012, 04:00:29 am
just bl**dy weevils...again!

Must've been the one thing that I haven't frozen prior to putting in the cupboard.
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Post by: judydawn on September 05, 2012, 04:04:39 am
They look exactly what Dad used to use as fish bait.
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Post by: gertbysea on September 05, 2012, 07:17:54 am
At least they were contained. Never forget waking  up one morning and thinking someone had spilled the rice in my bedroom.  At least you can herd them towards the light .

Gert
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Post by: Yvette on September 05, 2012, 07:20:22 am
Lucky they were frozen and you found them
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on September 05, 2012, 07:50:29 am
Not frozen --- only with fear when they knew they'd been sprung
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Post by: gertbysea on September 05, 2012, 07:54:12 am
What was that they were in CP?

Gert
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Post by: jeninwa on September 05, 2012, 09:07:29 am
I can't seem to get rid of the weevils in my pantry either CP, found some in my dried chili the other day.
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Post by: Cornish Cream on September 05, 2012, 09:37:40 am
just bl**dy weevils...again!

Must've been the one thing that I haven't frozen prior to putting in the cupboard.
I can't seem to get rid of the weevils in my pantry either CP, found some in my dried chili the other day.
Looking at those maggots reminded me of an incident that happened to me about 30 years ago.DH and I were living in the Doha at the time,supermarkets were very basic and when you saw stuff on the shelves you bought it.One day I happen to see some chocolate covered raisins for sale "oh nice" I thought and bought them.That day I decided I was going to be mean and eat the chocolate raisins all myself and not share them.So I start scoffing them,then half way through I bit into rather large raisin and OH!!! I bitten a maggot in half :o :o.I spat what was in my mouth clear across the room,gargled with hot tea that was in my other hand to rinse my mouth and put the remainder of the packet in the bin.DH just nearly wet himself when I told him :-))
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Post by: judydawn on September 05, 2012, 09:50:11 am
CC, that will teach you not to share  LOL
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on September 05, 2012, 10:52:55 am
Nope these were not maggots, just friendly weevils that like to visit from time to  time. need to go through my pantry and turf a few things soon.
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Post by: Cornish Cream on September 05, 2012, 11:06:35 am
CC, that will teach you not to share  LOL
Payback for my gluttony Judy :D :D

Nope these were not maggots, just friendly weevils that like to visit from time to  time. need to go through my pantry and turf a few things soon.
Nasty little blighters to have in your pantry CP. We get them occasionally here in the UK and like you said very hard to eradicate.
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Post by: cookie1 on September 06, 2012, 10:54:23 am
Oh CP I really feel for you. I hate them with a vengeance.
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Post by: obbie on September 07, 2012, 06:44:43 am
CP bay leaves help get rid of weevils.
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Post by: gertbysea on September 07, 2012, 06:47:25 am
If you put dried stuff in the fridge for a few hour it  will kill the eggs which are usually present.

Gert
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Post by: Emme on September 07, 2012, 06:52:07 am
Oh CP I really feel for you. I hate them with a vengeance.
Me too, I have bay leaves in every container, haven't seen any for ages and hoping it stays that way.

Marie