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From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: storing cottage cheese, etc upsidedown?
Message-ID: <345@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 13:12:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  9 13:12:58 1984
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Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, Texas
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I imagine the logic behind it is the same as that behind the advice I have
seen repeatedly in home handyman (ok, ok, PERSON) columns to store your
cans of paint, varnish, etc. upside down:  If there is a leak in the lid
that would otherwise have let in air, and caused the top layer of whatever
it is to dry out, then instead a little bit of the goo will ooze out the
hole, dry there, and effectively seal the container against further drying.
Of course, this doesn't work so great if the hole is to big.
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Cheers,
Topher Eliot
Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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