amightyfortress Posted March 16, 2009 Report Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Get soda drinkers you know to save those cardboard boxes the canned soda comes in. I just experimented and those boxes are GREAT for storing your canned goods in. Look at my pictures to see an example of how I used old Fresca, Dr. Pepper, and Rootbeer boxes to store beets, corned beef hash, and canned soup. Can't wait to get more boxes (and some plain white labels for the front bottom of each box). I just did this a couple minutes ago. Does anyone else have any cheap ways they came up with to store canned goods and keep them rotated? Edited March 16, 2009 by amightyfortress Quote
pam Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 What pictures? I would like to see them but I don't see a link anywhere. Quote
Guest Alana Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 the pics in her profile. Nice collection of food storage. Hope you're not in a place where there are earthquakes. I could never store those glass bottles like that here, not even just for everyday use. In the earthquake in 89 all the plates got shaken out of the cupboard. Oh the joy of shattered glass! Quote
prospectmom Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 AWESOME IDEA Thanks for that one. I am doing ok but your pic's gave me a few ideas. We have used more of our food storage this year and I have to revise what we need as we are out of some items already. Being more organized about it will help also. :] Quote
pam Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks Alana...I found them. Yeh the soda fridge pack containers look like a great idea. Helps to rotate the cans as well. I would never have thought of that. Quote
amightyfortress Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Posted March 18, 2009 I'm not in an earthquake zone (I'm in Wisconsin). However, I have been thinking of putting each bottle into a clean tubesock (for cushioning) and then putting the bottles into some sort of rubbermaid tub to "corral" them. Afterall, there could always be an explosion in the neighborhood or airplane crash (I live near an airport) or something else that could cause the house to shake a bit and the bottles to tumble. Quote
amightyfortress Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Posted March 18, 2009 Those are boxes that originally held 12 cans of soda. I want to get ahold of one of the boxes that comes with 24 cans of soda and see how those work. You don't even have to cut the boxes or anything. They come perforated like that and are meant to self-dispense. Hint: It's easier to load the box if you stand it on end...load it, then lay it down like in the picture--you can get more cans in it that way. Quote
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