Original packaging - yes or no

Now I am curious about decanters for mouth wash. Its just not something I ever thought about doing.

I only transfer out for two reasons. First, freshness or avoid tiny little ants in the flour. Second, I bought Costco size, and that doesn’t work for storage in our tiny kitchen. So I have containers for flour, white and brown sugar, rice, baking soda, vinegar, olive oil, popcorn and probably something else I’ve forgotten.

Tea bags and hand cream. Not together!

I put things that could get weevils or other bugs into sealed containers, like various flour, pancake mix, cereal, pasta, rice, sugars, etc. I put things like various chocolate chips, Reese’s Pieces, M&M’s etc. into big containers that are easier to measure out of since I buy those in huge bags for baking. Things that already come in containers that seal tightly can stay in their own containers, such as dog biscuits, soap and shampoo, molasses, honey, corn syrup.

If something has a bag or inner bag that can be reclosed with a clip or a ziplock like crackers, chips, cookies I leave that stuff in the original package because it usually will be consumed fast enough to not warrant changing it into another container.

"Original packaging - yes or no" does "yes" mean "Yes, original packaging," or does it mean, "Yes, I take items out of their original packaging and put them into different containers."?

My first thought was, "What about all those cinnamon recalls, where there was lead and arsenic tainted product. How do you know if your stuff is recalled if you don't have the packaging?


I keep all my food in original packaging.



The only item I put in my own container is handsoap, because I buy big refill bottles. But I keep the refill bottle under the sink, so I know what i have anyway.