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SautƩ with some teriyaki or hoisin and sriracha until they get a sticky coating, and enjoy.
(But yes, the hotdog bun dilemma is a real one too - I make lobster rolls or shrimp rolls when that happens.)
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Whoa. I think that might be pushing the envelopeā¦ 
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Brilliant!
Not a big fan of take-out containers. Just not very sturdy. Iām a Lock-n-Lock guy. Brand only, no knock-offs. Before COVID-19 Iād started taking our own containers along when we went out so I could pack leftovers. My attempt to reduce waste.
Weāre not big take-out people even with CV-19. We just cook for ourselves. A night off is leftover/refrigerator scraping nights to empty the fridge. In fact we have one of those planned for tonight. One may not be enough to get the fridge under control. We may need another one tomorrow. grin
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Thereās just so many chopsticks one family can use/reuse. We share. My repurpose efforts are decades old; a habit that just is. There is far too much waste. Iām quite sure I am not alone in that belief.
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I definitely agree with you that there is too much waste.
I do cook with chopsticks. Big help with stir fries and getting air out of Ball jars when cooking. I have a pair of stainless steel chopsticks in my yacht delivery go bag. Nothing gets in there that doesnāt earn its keep.
Our local Chinese place asks what you want before loading up with plastic ware, napkins, and plastic packets. grin
Iām the solo cook in our house. The husband works crazy hours, so he likes to say that he sometimes ācooksā for me with a credit card. Which means takeout.
One of our local joints packs ketchup with everything weāve ordered except pizza or a subāasking them to hold the ketchup
is uselessāso I may never need to buy ketchup again. 
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The version I know isnāt grape jelly, but sausage, ketchup, mustard, and jellied cranberry sauce. Over mashed potato.
The cocktail sausage ārecipeā we were taught in the ??ā80s?? was chili sauce and grape jelly. Works. Especially if imbibing enough cocktails.
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Thatās the one Iām familiar with as well, @pilgrim and @greygarious.
As I added Lilā Smokies and Pillsbury Crescent Rolls to our online grocery cart Giant suggested I consider these: https://www.hebrewnational.com/appetizers-snacks/beef-franks-blanket . Now setting aside the degree of processing for a computer somewhere to make the connection between the contents of my cart to what I might be making, I was gobsmacked. $15 for 32 pigs-in-blanket compared to $6 and ten minutes to make 24. Just how bad are American cooks anyway? Jeepers. If youāre like @MsBean (I think) and cut each piece of pastry into five pieces instead of three itās really nuts.
Now Iām going to have to run numbers on raising my own pigs, smoking my own little sausages, and making pastry from scratch. Because I can. Eventually. When I have time. grin
Seriously, how bad off are we when people canāt be bothered to roll little weenies up on premade pastry (that is so fun when it poofs out of the tube) the world is on the brink of disaster. Maybe COVID-19 is not our big problem. sigh Get the movie Idiocracy. Go ahead. Iāll wait. Laugh until you cry.
Okay - I feel better now.
Momos on the meal plan for next week and Iām making the dumpling wrappers from scratch. That will make me feel better also.
My mother had a reversible magnet on the refrigerator that said āMom made dinnerā on one side and āMom made reservationsā on the other side. I always rooted for reservations.
There was a subordinate story line on The Big Bang Theory about a draw full of ketchup packets in Mrs. Walowitzā kitchen. We have a lot of packets but surprisingly few are ketchup.
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One of our favorite movies!
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Make it last; make it do; do without. The credo here is routinely sending guestsā leftovers home in second-use containers, regardless of first purpose ā sour cream, takeout all work just fine.
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P.S. Our favorite repurposers are the kids who give second life as doll furniture to the three-legged pizza savers often used in carryout boxes.
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We donāt use chopsticks for eating Chinese food. We repurpose them for getting crab and lobster meat out of the hard to reach places in the shells. You just poke them right through the narrow holes in the shells and the meat pops out.
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Chopsticks are also great to use if your half bagel gets stuck in your toaster. No electrocutions that way. 
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Chopsticks and plastic wares I use them in the gardens, inside the pots to hope to prevent cats digging.
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Now THERE is an idea.
Those damn cats! 
