Baking Soda

[David Thomas]

Welcome, Regis, to BPL.

Depending on the quantities you carry, I’ve found diabetic test-strip canisters excellent for that.  Similar in size to the old 35mm film canisters we used to use for everything, just a bit slimmer, but with an easy flip-top and a little gasket around the rim to make it moderately water / humidity proof.  They’ll be ideal for 2 tablespoons of salt or baking soda (label the outside!) or 30-50 pills.  I once happened on a few score of them at the recycling center, but if anyone is out to you as diabetic. . . .

[Anonymous]

That would be a good size.  It wouldn’t take much of either substance to last a while.

Pills.  Yes.  I’m at that point in life where pills are a daily routine.  sigh.

Thanks for the tip.

[David Thomas]

For smaller quantities of one-time use things, like spices for a particular meal, you can heat seal the ends of a polyethylene drinking straw for sturdy, water-proof transport.

Then there’s the whole ethical dilemma of swiping those little snap-open salt and pepper packets from McDonalds.

[Craig]

Finding plastic straws today in 2022 is a challenge!  Ive recently run out my stash and realised the anti-plastic purge has replaced these with paper or metal.

[Rex Sanders]

Lots of polypropylene straws still available on Amazon, which continues delivering to locations where thin hollow tubes of plastic are not welcome.

Like these, with a shape optimized for baking soda storage on backpacking trips:

Individually wrapped to maximize wasteful consumption.

— Rex :-)

[Craig]

Thankyou!

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