Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cyb-eng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher 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 Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.345 Posted: Fri Mar 9 13:12:58 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 13:10:11 EST References: <1565@tekig1.UUCP> Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, Texas Lines: 12 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. -- Cheers, Topher Eliot Cyb Systems, Austin, TX ihnp4!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher