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Is there a reason why some restaurants will stab the lid of take-out containers?
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:41 am
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:41 am
so you cannot re-use them?
this infuriates me
ETA:
I'm talking about this type of container FWIW
this infuriates me
ETA:
I'm talking about this type of container FWIW
This post was edited on 12/20/22 at 11:26 am
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Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:47 am to Salmon
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so you cannot re-use them?
this infuriates me
It let's the steam out so the top doesnt pop off in transit. Just put a piece of masking tape over it.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 8:48 am to NOFOX
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It let's the steam out so the top doesnt pop off in transit.
this is what I assumed, but a quick burp will fix that
just feels like a waste
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:03 am to Salmon
you talking about that $.02 Styrofoam box?
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:10 am to cuyahoga tiger
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you talking about that $.02 Styrofoam box?
$0.02 to make and 500 years to disintegrate.
What a time to be alive.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:11 am to Salmon
You reuse take out containers?
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:16 am to SUB
It appears so 
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:18 am to S
I guess I don't know this level of poor.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:35 am to Salmon
Puncturing the lid to let the steam out will also keep your fried items crunchy and not soggy.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:41 am to cuyahoga tiger
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you talking about that $.02 Styrofoam box?
no I'm talking about these
> We order a lot of take-out pho (my wife requests it anytime it gets cold and dreary) so I get a lot of these containers and it annoys me to no end that I can't re-use them
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:56 am to Salmon
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We order a lot of take-out pho (my wife requests it anytime it gets cold and dreary) so I get a lot of these containers and it annoys me to no end that I can't re-use them
This is one of the cheapest things I've ever heard. You can buy 240 of them here for $116. LINK
But I agree with you that for something like pho it doesn't make much sense to let the steam out. I could understand for fried foods and a lot of other things, but not pho or any other kind of soup.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 9:59 am to tigercross
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This is one of the cheapest things I've ever heard.
I don't deny that I'm cheap (although ordering take-out as much as we do probably refutes that) money isn't the issue, its the principle
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:05 am to Tornado Alley
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$0.02 to make and 500 years to disintegrate.
What a time to be alive.
I just throw mine in the fire. Takes about 2 seconds to disintegrate.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:05 am to Salmon
I've never had one of those containers with a hole in the top when a go order comes in them. Local Chinese restaurant even wraps them in plastic wrap.
ETA: Maybe you could ask them not to punch the hole in the top when you order.
You could reuse them and simply put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of the food and then put the lid on them. When I freeze soups or gumbos in them, I do that to prevent freezer burn.
ETA: Maybe you could ask them not to punch the hole in the top when you order.
You could reuse them and simply put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of the food and then put the lid on them. When I freeze soups or gumbos in them, I do that to prevent freezer burn.
This post was edited on 12/20/22 at 10:07 am
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:10 am to Salmon
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We order a lot of take-out pho (my wife requests it anytime it gets cold and dreary) so I get a lot of these containers and it annoys me to no end that I can't re-use them
well then just have them replace the top before you leave with it or give you an undamaged top.
the tops come seperate and they have hundreds of extras for the tops
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:16 am to SUB
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You reuse take out containers?
My mother-in-law does this. But she’s 80 so I’ll give her a pass. And she also rinses out ziplock bags
This post was edited on 12/20/22 at 10:18 am
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:29 am to Salmon
Let the steam out so the food doesn’t get soggy.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:34 am to Salmon
Those are great to reuse. We order Pho a lot too and I use those to store chopped vegetables as well as to store homemade rubs and spices.
The ones we get are not punctured but I don't think that would prevent reuse for my purposes.
The ones we get are not punctured but I don't think that would prevent reuse for my purposes.
Posted on 12/20/22 at 10:38 am to GRTiger
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Those are great to reuse. We order Pho a lot too and I use those to store chopped vegetables as well as to store homemade rubs and spices. The ones we get are not punctured but I don't think that would prevent reuse for my purposes.
Same here. Also great for storing stocks and things like that around the holidays to take up less room in the fridge. Great for leftovers too.
Mrs Crickets also eats a LOT of to-go pho.
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