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Here’s a quick hint for you.
Once you’ve opened that package of instant rice, pasta, or hot cereal you may want to store the remainder in a secure plastic food storage container of some kind. In fact, a lot of people buy the larger, economy size packages with the intent of storing it in such containers at home. The large package has saved money, and the air tight food storage provides a safer way of keeping it. It’s a win win situation.
Well, it’s not quite so “win win” if weeks or months down the line you go to use that hot cereal and have to say to yourself, “now just how much water do I use, and how long do I cook it?” Admittedly, you might know, but what about other family members who want to do that food preparation in your absence?
Fortunately, there is an easy solution. Merely take that now empty box of whatever it is, and, with that handy, dandy pair of scissors that you are sitting there somewhere, you can clip the cooking instructions from the side of the box. It’s only a small, flat piece of thin cardboard that can simply be laid on top of the food in that new container.
Consequently, when you or someone else is ready to make use of that food, knowing how to do it will no longer be a problem.