Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Aluminum Foil Trick - who knew?

Have you seen the email going around about the tabs on the sides on aluminum foil? Thanks to Tanna at www.completeorganizingsolutions.com for the great tip!

"I’ve been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.

Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, “Press here to lock end”. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can’t count the number of times the Saran wrap roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up."

3 comments:

karingebhardt said...

Well, i looked at my Saran Cling plus and i could'nt find the lock, but hey, you made me look. Where is the camera ;) ?

jane said...

Just ran to the kitchen and checked my generic plastic wrap, foil and press-n-seal...All 3 have the tabs! YOU MADE MY DAY!

sandra said...

Nik,
This just made me giggle! It is one of my pet peeves as well! I have never noticed that tab at the end of the roll! Thank you for enlightening me!!!!!!!!!