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imasinger
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Wed, Mar 31 2021, 7:04 pm
Anything vacuum sealed/canned. Spices, in a ziplock. Potato starch. Teas. Matza meal and nuts sealed in freezer. Some sauces and jams double sealed in ziplock in extra fridge.
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Lady A
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Wed, Mar 31 2021, 7:06 pm
We strictly save only spices and matzo as far as food items go.
Even matzo meal gets used year round.
This year we splurged on a water urn and I feel like I am a member of the Rothschild family!
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amother
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Wed, Mar 31 2021, 7:08 pm
Till this year we saved lots. Note we found shmurah Matzah from 2017 that's disgusting smelling and cannot be used. I wanted to cry.... Never again. I recently heard a a short podcast explaining that hording stuff (in general) shows a lack of bitachon that HKBH will provide for you in the future. From now on my motto is USE IT SO YOU DON'T LOSE IT.
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 6:06 am
Reality wrote: | Some are. Like I bought sugar for 3.99 instead of 1.49. Still doesn't seem worth it to save. You are taking a chance that it will go bad and then everything goes in the garbage. If you just use it at least I know it didn't go to waste. |
Regular sugar doesn't go bad. I wrap in cling film.
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amother
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 6:14 am
Closed boxes of matzah. My mother saves a lot, mil doesn’t save at all and this was my and HD’s compromise.
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amother
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 6:17 am
For those saving sugar: isn’t (most) sugar kosher for pesach year round? Why save? Unless you’re using the heimish brands that is? Are you saving domino sugar?
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 6:18 am
I check exp dates and save certain things but never spices. They lose their flavour even in a freezer.
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Frumme
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 6:18 am
Reality wrote: | Some are. Like I bought sugar for 3.99 instead of 1.49. Still doesn't seem worth it to save. You are taking a chance that it will go bad and then everything goes in the garbage. If you just use it at least I know it didn't go to waste. |
! $4 for a bag of sugar?!
And here's me thinking everyone just gets the Walmart or Domino's sugar which is KLP year round
(Btw I agree with you, my mom used to save matzah but I never understood it. Now the only things that get "saved" are things that inadvertently haven't been used in a year 😂 looking at you, canned sardines....)
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PinkFridge
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 7:07 am
Whatever you do, make a list of what you have/need easily accessible so you can augment as soon as the products hit the stores, before you start cooking. (I'm looking at you, vanilla extract, this year.)
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:22 am
PinkFridge wrote: | Whatever you do, make a list of what you have/need easily accessible so you can augment as soon as the products hit the stores, before you start cooking. (I'm looking at you, vanilla extract, this year.) |
Thanks for reminding me.
This Pesach you didn't get vanilla extract? Sold out?
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funkyfrummom
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:32 am
adwe tums
adwe toothpaste
tea bags
ground pepper
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amother
Emerald
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:51 am
I’m fascinated that people have freezer space to save things? How many/how big are your freezers?
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SixOfWands
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:56 am
Eemaof3 wrote: | I always save my spices but this year I noticed that many had expired 3-4 YEARS ago! Yup - dumping this year! |
I save them, but note to replace every 2 to 3 years or so. This year was a "replace" year.
I save unopened honey. Sometimes sealed potato starch, although I use that year round. Artificial sweetener. Tea. Everything else is pressed into year-round use.
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amother
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:59 am
Only spices and unopened packages (didn’t bake and I have sealed vanilla extract and baking powder) tuna and sardines. My DH went to the store and I don’t know what he was thinking-I have 24 cans of tuna and used 2. During the year I use regular OU, not hamish brands, and I am finding these gross. I will probably keep 4-6 and donate the rest. I will keep my unopened apple cider vinegar.
Anything which can get bugs or spill/explode/spoil, or won’t be eaten next year either will be either made chametz or donated.
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paperflowers
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 8:59 am
Reality wrote: | Why do people save every day food items? I just use them. The only reason I have saved almond flour is because I never use it during the year. |
Because I don’t finish it throughout the year, end up getting a new one the next pesach and not finishing that either. I don’t bake a ton so certain ingredients last me a long time. I haven’t saved in the past, but I have too many jars of cinnamon and bottles of vanilla extract so I think I will save them this year. Things like sugar I wouldn’t save because I’ll go through more than a bag in a year.
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FranticFrummie
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 9:06 am
amother [ Lavender ] wrote: | Till this year we saved lots. Note we found shmurah Matzah from 2017 that's disgusting smelling and cannot be used. I wanted to cry.... Never again. I recently heard a a short podcast explaining that hording stuff (in general) shows a lack of bitachon that HKBH will provide for you in the future. From now on my motto is USE IT SO YOU DON'T LOSE IT. |
Having recently recovered from a severe case of pantry moths, I am not storing ANYTHING for next year. I use it right away, freeze it, or don't buy it in the first place.
As for the hoarding issue, I agree 100%. I am a recovering hoarder, and when I first started learning about emunah and bitachon, it finally clicked in my brain. I was severely insecure about needing all my "stuff", because I had been homeless in the past. (Like one change of underwear, and sleeping on park benches type of homeless.)
Once I started working on my relationship with Hashem, and learning to trust, I was able to let go of so much of the baggage that I'd accumulated, both emotionally and in material goods. It's still a work in progress, but I'm doing so much better. I'm very happy with how far I've come in just a couple of years.
I'm able to stop myself from impulse buying (usually ), and ask myself if I NEED it, and if I can afford it. I'm not always successful, but I try very hard not to beat myself up about it. I just go through my things and see what I can cull to donate or sell.
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moonstone
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 9:26 am
ChutzPAh wrote: | Not worth it to me to save a $3 container of spices taking up ‘real estate’. Sugar? No way. Use it during the year. Not worth the risk of bugs/ants. Spices lose their potency and when you are spending for meat and chicken $$$$ why go cheap on spices and ruin it all? |
Yeah, I don't understand the mentality of keeping food from year to year. Totally not worth the savings of a few dollars to store that stuff, even if it doesn't go bad (which it might). I have no desire to use year-old food. Just use it throughout the year and buy new for Pesach.
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amother
Yellow
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 9:47 am
I store sealed cans of cocoa and cottonseed oil.
Make sure to write down what you are saving.
Also, I save the havdala candle and besamim because I somehow always forg3wt to buy a new one.
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Bnei Berak 10
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Thu, Apr 01 2021, 9:48 am
amother [ Emerald ] wrote: | Only spices and unopened packages (didn’t bake and I have sealed vanilla extract and baking powder) tuna and sardines. My DH went to the store and I don’t know what he was thinking-I have 24 cans of tuna and used 2. During the year I use regular OU, not hamish brands, and I am finding these gross. I will probably keep 4-6 and donate the rest. I will keep my unopened apple cider vinegar.
Anything which can get bugs or spill/explode/spoil, or won’t be eaten next year either will be either made chametz or donated. |
No way of making tuna salad or something else which can conceal the taste?
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