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Old 03-19-2018, 12:34 PM   #1341
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I leave eggs in their cartons, which I cut back as I use the eggs, and that has worked pretty well.
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I do that occasionally, but the problem, as always, is the intense humidity in the deep south. The pulp cartons tend to get soggy and disintegrate. I've had the danged things collapse on the counter in front of me.

Those of us who grew up with yard birds know that, left to their own healthy devices, chickens lay quite a variety of eggs. The monoculture of eggs in the consumer market derives entirely from industrial agricultural practices - factory farms with 125,000 laying hens and machine sorting and such. If I buy from sources that I believe are a bit more humane, I know that I'm going to get big eggs, small eggs, brown eggs, white eggs, round eggs, oblong eggs,...
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Old 03-19-2018, 01:08 PM   #1342
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Maybe beg a few styrofoam containers from someone who buys eggs in them.

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Old 03-19-2018, 02:36 PM   #1343
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Maybe beg a few styrofoam containers from someone who buys eggs in them.

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RECYCLE a few styrofoam containers....

Always a good idea!
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Old 03-19-2018, 02:55 PM   #1344
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Yes...begging from someone else would be recycling.

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Old 03-22-2018, 08:36 AM   #1345
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This idea for vertical storage/organization was in my Mother Earth Newsletter this morning...what a great idea for those pesky boxes of wax paper, plastic wrap, foil, etc.

I store mine under the pull out drawers in my galley, but one of these magazine store-ers would be perfect for them maintenance on the inside of a lower cabinet or door.
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This is bigger than what you're looking for, but it's the only one I've found that does actually hold x-large eggs.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I had been looking for some space efficient way to store toilet paper in bathroom (obviously not a wet bath) and had been looking for a holder to go behind the toilet on the floor. I happened to have purchased more than one paper towel holders and rather than hassle with returning it am using it as a toilet roll holder. Perfect for the space.
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Old 03-23-2018, 11:14 AM   #1348
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That’s a great idea.

I store toilet paper and paper towels in the odd little cabinet under the frig in the galley area...their soft, squish factor make them very adaptable for this area.


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Old 03-23-2018, 12:00 PM   #1349
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I’ll second the couglins yellow egg container. I don’t use mutant large eggs but these seem to work well for extra large organic we buy. They have three plastic tabs in the bottom that compress with larger eggs. Have you tried these? Link below.

Also have a friend that takes silicone baking Cups, for cupcakes and lines the paper cartons with them for more robustness. Works for him, but I don’t like the extra work or pieces. The yellow is m choice.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000E...NcL&ref=plSrch
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:19 PM   #1350
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I’ll second the couglins yellow egg container. I don’t use mutant large eggs but these seem to work well for extra large organic we buy. They have three plastic tabs in the bottom that compress with larger eggs. Have you tried these? Link below.

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I have that one, only in green.

Maybe they produced different size lots at different times or something. Here's a review from the REI site:

"Not only is the Egg Holder too small for USA supermarket eggs, it is too small even for the eggs we bought in little towns in Mexico, Central America, the Galapagos, and French Polynesia. We even tried alternating pointy end up, pointy end down, but they just wouldn't fit."
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I have that one, only in green.

Maybe they produced different size lots at different times or something. Here's a review from the REI site:

"Not only is the Egg Holder too small for USA supermarket eggs, it is too small even for the eggs we bought in little towns in Mexico, Central America, the Galapagos, and French Polynesia. We even tried alternating pointy end up, pointy end down, but they just wouldn't fit."
Strange... the last eggs we bought (those on the photos I posted) were big... no issues when I placed them in the carrier...
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Old 03-23-2018, 01:28 PM   #1353
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The containers may have been produced at plants in different countries....manufacturing differences could account for the varying sizes.

Kind of like when you order the same item of clothing in two different colors, one fits and the other doesn’t, the labels tell you they were manufactured in different countries.


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Old 04-22-2018, 05:43 AM   #1354
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I came across these this morning...

I couldn’t see driving with these filled and hanging on the wall, but while parked they would be a great space saver.

Or, used in the closet or anywhere else for great use of vertical storage.

https://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-Han...X7VVW5HJ8DVGTJ

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Old 04-22-2018, 06:33 PM   #1355
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I love those Maggie.

I too would probably take them down for travel. I think I will put them on my Amazon list. That reminded me that I need to look for those great big tea diffusers.

A blogger named Monica who did a Blog called "Just five more Minutes" (and popped into the forums on ocassions) is discontinuing her Airstream travel due to her husband's health concerns.

She had absolutely beautiful pictures of her organized Airstream and her organized kitchen. I will miss her kitchen pictures. These little bags are something I could have pictured hanging in her trailer also.

So fun to look at.
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Old 04-22-2018, 06:55 PM   #1356
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One picture showed plastic bags in one of these, and I can think of all manner of soft things they could be used for...on the walls, in the bathroom, or in the closet.

Pretty clever.

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Old 04-22-2018, 07:08 PM   #1357
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Or, used in the closet or anywhere else for great use of vertical storage.
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Not sure about putting the garlic one in the closet . . .



Seriously they look very handy!

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The idea being that these expandable, soft, hanging storage items could be used for things other than the potatoes, onion and garlic shown here, Peter...many things would be suitable for a closet.

I’m thinking things like cotton balls, plastic bags, Tide Pods, cleaning rags, underwear , socks, etc.


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I happened across this item on WalMart’s website, substantially discounted , and have ordered it for the Interstate.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Over-the-...of-2/855461493

I am going to take off the over-the-door hooks it comes with, and use those two holes at the top with those high-octane suction cup hooks to put this on an inner wall in my little bathroom.

I will rig something to secure this to the wall at the bottom corners, as well, lest the rocking and moving of travel dislodge the contents onto the floor.

Although my Interstate model has a tiny medicine cabinet over the toilet, there is basically no storage to speak of in the bathroom, and this would be an excellent way to store and carry lightweight, bathroom-type items.

And...it’s girly and pretty. Being an all-girl traveling band these days , girly and pretty is good, but these kinds of things are also available in solid and more gender-neutral colors.

I was looking for a link toma very inexpensive something I picked up the other day in this department at WalMart, but couldn’t find it...a 2-pack of small, soft, mesh storage bags, which will be perfect for some further organizing in cabinets.

They stand upright, tho have the necessary squish factor that is so helpful in small spaces, and are made of something similar to the waffle-ey shelf liner you can find anywhere and what the tote shown is made of.

I have a smaller, similar tote I have used in the under-galley area, that holds cleaning supplies.

I intend to use them in the kitchen.

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I mounted this on the wall behind the toilet, with two of those large, heavy duty, meant-for-Xmas-wreaths silicone suction cup hooks, and it fit perfectly...landing at the bottom behind the back of the toilet, which will reduce in-transit movement.

Medicine cabinet and toiletry type supplies are now in there, and there are lots of empty pockets for which I will be sure to eventually find a use.

I used the little silicone mesh bags (fuschia ) I mentioned here under the sink in the galley, where at least we older models have an odd storage space that also houses some hoses and the water pump.

Cleaning supplies fit snugly in these, and these square bags take up negligible space of their own and hold the same items as the bulkier, handled, compartmented ones I have been using for several years.

I love anything in the Interstate that squishes and takes up only the space of what’s in it.

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The idea being that these expandable, soft, hanging storage items could be used for things other than the potatoes, onion and garlic shown here, Peter...many things would be suitable for a closet.
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. . . which is why I said "Seriously" after the [apparently unsuccessful] attempt to joke about garlic in the closet.

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