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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I just read this letter from the new edition of Backwoods Home magazine.  I 
really don't know if the author is correct,; but it does make sense.  It is 
certainly not something I had considered as a multi-use container.  
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Best water and air tight container to store food

I read your every issue from cover to cover. In your Nov/Dec 2008 issue "Ask 
Jackie" section she talks about storing food, but don't use ammo cans. Her 
answer was so-so to OK. The BEST water and air tight container is a 1-gallon 
paint can. These can be had at any bulk paint store; I buy them by the case 
and store food, etc. in them. They have lids that are water and air tight, 
and have a handle on each can; plus with a marker pen you can identify what's 
in each can. They can be opened and resealed many times; the lids are metal 
also. They don't break like glass jars. 

Major E. A. Kelly (USAF, Ret.) 
Twin Falls, Idaho 


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