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Lock Tabs Recipe

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  • Go look at the ends of your Saran Wrap and your Aluminum Foil boxes. Did you ever know there are push in TABS on the ends of those boxes to keep the roll from popping out of the box when you tear it off???
  • When a friend sent me this little heads up I immediately went and checked out my boxes. Sure as HECK...there ARE PRESS IN TABS on the ends of the boxes! Also, on one box it reads: 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 foil roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something.
  • I honestly feel like an idiot!! So... go push your tabs in and join the 21st century! I wonder if I am the LAST PERSON ON EARTH THAT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FEATURE???
  • Was I??

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    " It was excellent "
    twilightrose ate it and said...
    WOW. I feel naive too. Thanks!
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  • grumpymomma 15 years ago
    My sister & I knew.
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    sandygalesmith ate it and said...
    Did you know if a person takes the pop and beer tabs off from the can and add it to an container and give it to McDonalds and the tabs goes for the people that are on Dialysis?I've been doien it for 11 yrs.
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  • brianna 16 years ago
    Well, what do you know. I went & checked mine out & they were right there. I've never noticed them before. Thanks for a very handy bit of info. High 5
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    minitindel ate it and said...
    never knew it cos the roll always falls out or i get cut on it too funny how dumb i never read it or seen it lol lol thanks karen
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    m2googee ate it and said...
    Going to lock mine now; had no clue!
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  • krumkake 17 years ago
    Well, I do believe MANY of us are feeling like dummies...I never saw tabs, never heard about tabs, never thought about tabs preventing the rolls from jumping out of the boxes - this is too funny...WHY have the makers of foil, sarah, etc, kept us CLUELESS all these years??? Wouldn't it have been GREAT if they had put a HUGE sign on the boxes, with an arrow pointing to the tabs on the ends?!?! Some marketing genius that WASN'T!!!! You've now officially lived up to your name here - thank you, my angel gal!
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    grandmacooks ate it and said...
    Thanks! I just locked the tabs on my Saran Wrap and my aluminum foil.
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    oregongrandma ate it and said...
    I didn't know about it until just now. I hate it when the foil jumps out and hits the counter. Then the end gets bent and the pages tear. Thank you for a wonderful post! :)
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    wynnebaer ate it and said...
    OMG....I just went and looked....Thanks...:)
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    " It was excellent "
    lunasea ate it and said...
    I had no idea - thank you! You have saved me a lot of future cursing...heh. Great post...and now I shall go about spreading this knowledge to those around me. ~Vickie
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    jenniferbyrdez ate it and said...
    I didn't know either, big surprise, clueless to the end. And I have been cooking for a lot of years. Thank you.
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  • auntybea 17 years ago
    I admit, I didn't know! And I agree with Debbie -- now I gotta go dig out all my boxes of wraps....! But really, great post!!
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  • debbie919 17 years ago
    Aww mannn! Now I gotta go look at the foil and plastic wrap...sigh...
    Lol..thanks for the heads up!
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    " It was excellent "
    momo_55grandma ate it and said...
    I got so excited about this I tried to rate it a 5 again Oh well things happen Ha
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    momo_55grandma ate it and said...
    Nope heres another clueless person boy I'm glad you figured this out Im tired of chasing Tin Foil{Ha}
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    raelene1951 ate it and said...
    No clue here!!! Thank for the post.:)
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    jett2whit ate it and said...
    OMG!! My husband just told me about those the other day! How funny
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    " It was excellent "
    mrtnzangel8 ate it and said...
    I've gotta 5 this for the hilarious memory of it all....I am still laughing.
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    " It was excellent "
    mrtnzangel8 ate it and said...
    LMAO! (John is that you?)

    Got a funny story for you....
    Last summer the dad's friend John was here and they were grilling, Steve asked John to come in and get him some alum. foil. So John comes in grabs the foil and yanks it out of the box...ruined the whole thing and then went into a big lecture about the tabs at the end. He was upset cuz he had to go down and buy a new box. I never knew they were there..then again I don't yank the foil out as if it were a lawnmower cord.
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