[nabs-l] labeling food products and storage

Sun Oct 31 19:43:39 UTC 2010

It's free; just downloaded it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ignasi Cambra" <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] labeling food products and storage

>I don't think so. I either got it for free or for very little money, I 
>can't remember.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 31, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Is that the one that I heard about a few months back cost $29?
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>>
>>> I agree. Sometimes you get more information than you need. There are 
>>> some solutions on the iPhone that work quite well. I use an app called 
>>> oMoby which is not only a barcode reader. You can take a picture of 
>>> pretty much anything and it will identify it for you. It works with 
>>> food, money and if you take a picture of your clothes it will even tell 
>>> you what color they are.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Though I don't own one,
>>>> I got to use one at one point with some basic products.
>>>> It seems to work ok. Infact, the one I used had too much information on 
>>>> it, because it read me everything that was on the label. Too much for 
>>>> me at the time, but certainly useful for someone who'd have a need for 
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Jorge
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Katie Wang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Ashley and all,
>>>>> I heard that a bar code scanner can be used to read the lables for
>>>>> canned and frozen foods so one can save the work of traditional
>>>>> labeling. Has anyone had any experience with this type of product and
>>>>> how well does it work? Thanks!
>>>>> Katie
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/30/10, Nicole B. Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>>>>> The containers that I use for left over storage depend on what it is.
>>>>>> Generally, if it is something that is not one solid chunk, like 
>>>>>> pasta, I
>>>>>> will store it in a zip or glad container. If it is something like 
>>>>>> pizza, it
>>>>>> just goes in a zip lock bag. If I want something to last for a long 
>>>>>> time, I
>>>>>> freeze it. I cannot smell, so I cannot say whether or not that works. 
>>>>>> In
>>>>>> general, if it is more than 2 or 3 days old, it probably needs to go,
>>>>>> especially if it is meat. Also, I tend to divide up my food as soon 
>>>>>> as I
>>>>>> cook it and put away the left overs right away.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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>>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 4:35 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] labeling food products and storage
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you use for labeling food products?  I reccon its personal
>>>>>>> preference.  I know about dimo tape.  what about freezer products?
>>>>>>> Also what do you store leftovers in? Tupaware?  My family usually 
>>>>>>> uses
>>>>>>> dishes with wrapping on it such as tin foil.  How can you tell when 
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> goes bad?  You can't see mold.  Is smell a good indicator?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>> Ashley
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