Frugal Kitchen Tip

 Go to the dollar store and buy however many iced tea spoons one can get
for a dollar these days.  The long handles and small tips are perfect
for getting the last bits out of jars and cans, particularly tall ones.

For that matter, when you are using a can of, say, tomato sauce, and you
are also adding water to what you're cooking, put the water in the can
and swish it around to get all the sauce out.

You may not save lots of money, but you will get better value for your
money.

--
Evelyn C. Leeper
Be braver.  You cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.

  Evelyn Leeper wrote:

My parents always added a bit of water to get that last drop of catsup
out of the bottle.  I still do that, for whatever bit of money it saves.

Marsha

 

Evelyn Leeper wrote:

A spoon works, but it's a waste of time. If it's something that sticks
to the can I can either cut both
 ends off the can and push the lid through or use a rectangular
spatula made for the purpose. One scoop and the can is empty.

 On Dec 3, 5:02 pm, MSfort...@mcpmail.com wrote:

That's what I do for tomato paste; but I'm finding more and more cans
that no longer have a bottom you can cut.  Especially annoying for
cream of chicken soup or refried beans.

 
I just use a butter knife; does the same thing.  One other trick I use
with some sauces is to take some of the cooked noodles while they're
hot and drop them into the can, swish them around to catch some of the
left over bits.