Here is a way to recycle a Parmesan cheese shaker container. After washing it tonight, I filled it with powered sugar and it is now ready for my busy baking season! I can shake the powered sugar more evenly now. Hope other busy cooks find this tip a good one!
By kathy ashlock from Southern Illinois
This is a great idea! :-)
I do have to mention though that someone posted in the archives below about people with food allergies and food residue remaining even after washing the plastic container. I just did a little research and it is indeed true :-o Here's one thing I found:
The cheaper plastic containers are very porous which means have alot of microscopic holes which hold odors and trace elements of whatever was previously stored in them.
Anyway, I still love your idea but make sure no one eating that powdered sugar has a severe dairy allergy :-)
(11/16/2009)
By Deeli
I keep one of these containers full of baking soda for at my kitchen sink. It does an excellent job of cleaning, deodorizing and polishing my stainless steel sink and it's cheap and non-toxic. (11/16/2009)
I use them for instant potato flakes for adding to cream soups that are too thin. (11/19/2009)
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Great idea! I read they were good to keep, I just couldn't remember why I think the lid is the same as reg canning jar lids!
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