If you buy spaghetti, linguine, or other long pastas in bulk it can be difficult to find a good way to store the excess once you open the large package. Tall thin Pringles brand potato chip cans excel at this use.


Life hacking weblog How To Life Guide recommends using the processed potato chip can to keep a lid on your excess pasta. Rinse out an empty can and allow it to dry. Be careful not to let water sit in the can—the interior of the can has a thin aluminum coating which should repel water and allow you to quickly rinse out potato chip crumbs, but leaving water inside the can for more than a minute is inviting the water to find a leak and compromise the rest of the cardboard tube.

Do you have any other clever containers for bulk pasta or do you just use a gallon-sized freezer bag? Let us know in the comments below.


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