My girlfriend did this and I am not sure how I feel about it.
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Like her mom never scared her as a kid of all those illnesses you get from leaving things in cans
Buy her a tube of tomato paste with a screw on cap. Worth it.
I mean, that Ikea set came with some quasi-useless teeny tiny containers too. Finally a reason to use those!
I don’t think I’ve ever opened a tiny can of tomato paste like that without using the whole thing at once.
It wont stain the Tupperware that way.
I usually buy the tube, but when I get the can I put the leftover in a ziplock bag very flat in the freezer so when I need to use it the next time I just break the piece I need and back to the freezer
It keeps the botulism from spreading to other things on the fridge /s
Put the unused tomato paste into ice cube trays and freeze. Once frozen empty the trays into a ziploc bag and you can then use it as required.
Sealed and inprisoned away to prevent can-tankerous activity.
Why do you want your tomato paste to absorb fridge ambiance?
After reading this thread, it comes in tubes?!
That’s called “ingenuity”!
I do this too! With my unfinished cans of Chipotle, why is it so weird/bad haha?
#**~~Botulism~~**
Edit: [I guess I was wrong.](https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/open-metal-cans-in-fridge/#:~:text=Storing%20open%20food%20cans%20in%20your%20fridge%20won't%20cause,%2C%20dents%2C%20leaks%20or%20bulges.) I was going off information I learned from ServSafe back when I worked in restaurants but it appears as though this has been debunked.
Eh, what’s wrong with it?
I mean…it’s that much less cling wrap goin to the landfill
It’s not staining the Tupperware at least.
Absurdity is the *real* spice of life! Why not put it in tubberware! Does it work? Yep. Is it less efficient? Sure. Did it cause a few laughs? Did for me.
But please don’t take health advice from reddit without reputable sources like some of these comments. Do your own research.
You’d rather waste saran wrap? She should dump you.
I love tomato paste, eat it right out of the can.
I have never used just part of a can of tomato paste.
I mean at least she’s not wasteful
It seems better than the good ol tin foil cap
I’m totally on board with this. Marry her
For years, I would leave leftover paste in the can sitting in the fridge because I couldn’t just toss it out. It would sit there for about a week or so until I would toss it because I felt it absorbed refrigerator smells or the can was leaching something rancid into the paste.
What I would do now is put the contents into a Ziplock bag. I would spread it out a bit and divide it into 3 to 4 evenly spaced sections. Then stick it into the freezer. When I need some tomato paste, I can take out a section or two from the bag, use it and put the rest back in the freezer. I found this to be better because I don’t throw money away.
pouring the contents into plastic will ruin the plastic if you microwave it. It’s been stored in the can for months, a couple of days inside a sealed plastic container inside a refrigerator won’t matter a damn.
Seal tomato paste in the can with 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil on top. Stays air-tight. The oil solidifies hard and opaque -white in the fridge…
[https://i.imgur.com/zl4vNki.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zl4vNki.jpg)
When you cook again, scoop paste and oil chunk directly into sauce pot.
This comes from my dad, a 94 year old Italian man.
And I’ve done this for 44 years.
Where I live tomato paste comes in a tube, like many other things. It keeps much longer.
I think you are not supposed to store open cans in the can. Something to do with iron or tin leeching into the food, especially something highly acidic like tomato paste.
I just put the rest in a small ziplock bag and freeze
Bad can goes to can jail.
r/therewasanattempt
I recommend buying tomato paste in tubes, it lasts longer and easier to store.
I wish they’d change Tomato paste cans into something that can be resealed. A whole can and I only need 1 tbs is ridiculous
Bad idea. Open can in the fridge can grow a decent amount of bacteria. Plus that sauce is gonna start tasting weird.
You know when people say “I didn’t see any signs”.
There are always signs
The advise I got in Denmark was to never leave it in the can after opening. Exposing the inside of a can to oxygen releases off flavors and other elements you don’t want in your food.
I bought those puppy food can sealer for my cans. They work amazingly and I don’t understand why they are only advertised for dog food?
[https://www.amazon.ca/4Pack-Universal-Silicone-4-Pack-orange/dp/B09P62797Z/ref=sr_1_4?crid=NBON3MLW4Q02&keywords=dog+food+can+sealer&qid=1673459232&sprefix=dog+food+can+sealer%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-4](https://www.amazon.ca/4Pack-Universal-Silicone-4-Pack-orange/dp/B09P62797Z/ref=sr_1_4?crid=NBON3MLW4Q02&keywords=dog+food+can+sealer&qid=1673459232&sprefix=dog+food+can+sealer%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-4)
Okay, so I HAVE to say something about this!
Food safety and sanitation is something that I attended classes through taking Culinary Arts, and the first thing you are taught is to NEVER keep food in the same container (it arrives in) AFTER opening it.
Unfortunately, finding specific sources for every case where someone has ended up sick, there’s also an equal amount where people have been “unaffected” and/or unfazed.
Food storage, food handling, food safety, etc., is all a science; not an EXACT science, because in every situation, in every scenario, something may change.
If someone forgets to shut a fridge door, or doesn’t notice that the fridge is at 49°F, instead of below 40°F, you could end up poisoned.
Is chicken going to do more damage than spinach? Yup.
But what about a bag of spinach, where raw chicken juices coated the perforated bag, because someone put away food, and forgot to clean their hands or food station?
Probably as bad, if not worse; imagine eating a spinach salad in this scenario, where nothing in that food dish was cooked.
Let’s put aside whether BPA is released, whether it changes quality and shelf-life, or metal leaving into food?
None of that really matters when you take into account that canning requires a specific, proper canning technique.
The USDA regulates this. It’s not something to mess with.
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/home-canning-and-botulism.html
I would like to also state that someone included a link to a picture of how to use oil in order to preserve food for longer…
PLEASE NOTE that the food is being kept IN glass jars/containers.
Cans are made in the sense of preserving edible products; just because you can heat them in the oven, or microwave Tupperware seventeen times at the same time, instead of dirtying another dish and using a glass plate, doesn’t mean that you should.