Turn those plastic bags wrong side out when you wash them. It is much easier to get them clean, especially in the corners. When I realized we were paying almost $.20 for one plastic bag in the boxes, I started re-use even more of them. I used to thrown away some of the greasier ones. Now that I turn them wrong side out, I can be sure I am getting them clean.
By Ann Winberg from Loup City, NE
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I wash mine too but if I have had meat, raw or cooked, in the bag, I toss it rather than take a chance on getting food poisoning. By the way, how do you dry yours? I haven't found an easy way but hand the bag by a wooden clothespin at tip of big & try to keep bag opening open then later when dry outside, I turn back out to right side & let hand some more if still wet. I am most anxious to know how you dry your bags?
I also re-use mine unless as stated above if they have had raw chicken in them, then I toss them. To dry mine, I just "hang" them or place them over the kitchen faucet, but first I sort of "fluff" them open.
I made a little stand to dry my bags. Took a small piece of scrap wood and inserted 3 dowel rods of different lengths in it.
I reuse mine also and when our grandson outgrew his bottles, took the bottle drying rack that our daughter had and used that to hang the bags on.
libri, I really like your idea so I am going to get my husband to do this for me. I often have more than 1 or 2 to dry after washing so hanging over faucet wouldn't work for me but this would.
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