Kitchen Cruft -- Going, Going, Gone!
Aug. 17th, 2005 08:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Yesterday, R went on a cleaning "binge" and threw out my "collection" of sauce packets -- ketchup, mustard, hot sauce from Taco Bell, soy sauce from take-out sushi and Chinese restaurants, etc. I don't remember how long I've had them; I do know they don't last forever.
Yeah, I was upset when she threw them out, and took them to the neighboring apartment complex's dumpster. But I'm over it now. And I'm starting to feel a little better about throwing things out that have little or no intrinsic value or importance. It's like a spell has been broken, or a little bit of the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders.
So why do I keep these things? I'm not so hard up that I take home these free packets and fill up bottles while nobody's looking. I just hate wasting food, and wasting money. But if I got these things for free, am I wasting my money? No. I just think they can be used, mostly by me. Even though we have enough sauces in the fridge, outside of the packets.
I also threw out some marinara sauce cups that have been sitting in the kitchen for months. And now I don't feel so bad about throwing out some French's mustard I've had in the fridge for several years. R prefer's Gulden's, and I like Weber's Horseradish Mustard on my hot dogs and brats, and I've not used French's at home for years.
As for things like Speedway plastic drink cups, cottage cheese and yogurt containers, I could use them again, but I don't. (Or what I do use, I have enough.) Maybe I'll give them to M's day care center to use for crafts, or the free store for teachers in the Cincinnati area.
Let the de-crufting begin.
Yeah, I was upset when she threw them out, and took them to the neighboring apartment complex's dumpster. But I'm over it now. And I'm starting to feel a little better about throwing things out that have little or no intrinsic value or importance. It's like a spell has been broken, or a little bit of the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders.
So why do I keep these things? I'm not so hard up that I take home these free packets and fill up bottles while nobody's looking. I just hate wasting food, and wasting money. But if I got these things for free, am I wasting my money? No. I just think they can be used, mostly by me. Even though we have enough sauces in the fridge, outside of the packets.
I also threw out some marinara sauce cups that have been sitting in the kitchen for months. And now I don't feel so bad about throwing out some French's mustard I've had in the fridge for several years. R prefer's Gulden's, and I like Weber's Horseradish Mustard on my hot dogs and brats, and I've not used French's at home for years.
As for things like Speedway plastic drink cups, cottage cheese and yogurt containers, I could use them again, but I don't. (Or what I do use, I have enough.) Maybe I'll give them to M's day care center to use for crafts, or the free store for teachers in the Cincinnati area.
Let the de-crufting begin.
