Any time if my mother would buy sherbet ice cream, she would usually keep the containers to clean out first and use the containers for anything. For Example:
What's the point of buying small containers from a dollar store, when you can use food containers for anything.
Source: my mother, Kathleen
By ERM747 from Houston, TX
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You took the words right out of my, umm, fingers, lol! I made a batch of pasta salad last weekend for a friend's birthday party in a public park. The 5-quart ice-cream tub was the perfect size. It also had a handle, which made carrying so much easier! If they hadn't sent the leftovers home with me, I wouldn't have missed it, we could've replaced it by just buying another tub of ice cream. :D
We save those big ice cream containers with the handles for berry picking in the summer! Also, you can use them to take food/desserts to get-togethers...then it's no big deal if you forget to grab it when you go home.
I use mine to store Quick Joe ice melt in it. I have a scoop in it. It is easy to pour the ice melt in from a container and scoop it out with the scooper.
Our church has a lot of potlucks. When I get a nice to-go box from a restaurant, I use it to take my potluck dish. That way I don't care if I get it back or not.
I save the Rubbermaid containers that lunch meat comes in for sending food home with my son when he comes for dinner on holidays. Or for sending food to my elderly in-laws.
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