tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post4196741230653777578..comments2024-03-28T08:30:59.644-04:00Comments on Frugal Workshop: Institutional Sized Cans ~ Number # 10 CanBelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-88347433250504139672012-08-14T06:10:30.227-04:002012-08-14T06:10:30.227-04:00Thank you, Lili. It was so good to see all the stu...Thank you, Lili. It was so good to see all the students again. Some of them came up and hugged me and a couple of them told me that I must have missed them over the summer, lol, which was true. :)<br /><br />Looks like you save a lot of money on these big sized cans too. Like you, I love saving money for my family. Good idea on putting the olives in canning jars. I hadn't thought of that. It probably keeps them fresher even longer. I don't have a Costco membership, but they built a new one in Fort Oglethorpe a couple of years ago, so I need to check it out and see what it's like. <br /><br />We love peanut butter here too. I recycle the jars into storage jars when we are done with them. I am hoping to find a back, to school sale on it sometime soon. This is the time of year for that. Time will tell. :)Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-37620732028673206582012-08-13T20:45:44.802-04:002012-08-13T20:45:44.802-04:00So great that you're subbing already! I'm ...So great that you're subbing already! I'm glad for you!<br /><br />I buy canned tomatoes, canned tomato paste, catsup, and sliced olives in the institutional size cans. I shop at a restaurant supply that sells to the public. The chain near us is United Cash and Carry. There's also Smart and Final in other areas. Business Costco also carries these sizes, if you have a Costco membership.<br /><br />The whole canned tomatoes are about 50 cents less per can than the diced, at the cash and carry store where I shop. So I buy the whole and run them through a food processor to chop.<br /><br />The canned tomatoes I freeze in quart containers. They freeze well. The tomato paste, if I don't use it all in a big batch cooking afternoon, like pasta sauce, then I free in quart and cup containers to use in cooking later. The catsup I transfer the bulk of it to large containers for the fridge, and refill our family bottle as needed. The olives I transfer to quart canning jars, and store in the fridge. I've never had any problems keeping these food like this. The olives and catsup will keep for many months in the fridge with no issues. <br /><br />There are just one or two canned/packaged foods I don't like to buy in the super large sizes, mayo being one of them, gets all yucky around the edges.<br /><br />Last fall I bought peanut butter in 5 pound jars. They were enormous, but my girls love their peanut butter for lunch. <br /><br />Buying these large sizes is an easy way to get loss leader prices any day of the week.Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.com