barbaral@tekig1.UUCP (Barbara Lee) (03/05/84)
I saw a "household hint" I've never seen before: It said to store things like cottage cheese and sourcream upsidedown...that they will keep longer that way. I can't see any logic to that. Has anyone else heard of doing this?
halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (03/07/84)
We have been doing it for years. It really does work. Cottage cheese and sour cream both keep longer upside down, well past the expiration date. If on occasion we forget to invert them, the lifetime does decrease significantly. I'm not sure why it works, but I'll bet it has something to do with sealing the lid from air circulation.
topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot) (03/09/84)
I imagine the logic behind it is the same as that behind the advice I have seen repeatedly in home handyman (ok, ok, PERSON) columns to store your cans of paint, varnish, etc. upside down: If there is a leak in the lid that would otherwise have let in air, and caused the top layer of whatever it is to dry out, then instead a little bit of the goo will ooze out the hole, dry there, and effectively seal the container against further drying. Of course, this doesn't work so great if the hole is to big. -- Cheers, Topher Eliot Cyb Systems, Austin, TX ihnp4!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher
hcr@hcr.UUCP (HCR Clerical) (03/20/84)
Perhaps storing liquidy substances in a plastic tub type enclosure upside down forms a better air tight seal around the rim of the closure. This is just a guess anyway. Paul Bonneau at HCR hcr!hcrvax!paulb