Stuff Mennonites Like #3

Re-using

This one needs little explanation.

My mom:

- washes ziploc bags, and then puts them back in a drawer

- transfers some of the margarine from the large container into an old, small container

- folds up used tinfoil, parchment paper, wax paper, and seran wrap

- saves the oil from a batch of rolkuchen ("roller cookies". they're deep fried and served with watermelon) and uses it for the next 5 batches

- after finishing a Frosty or Blizzard, washes the plastic spoons

My dad:

- saves our tea bags after being used once (or even twice), claiming "there's still more flavor in there!"

- used the bottom half of his "zip-off" pants as a head covering while in Africa...

- built a bed for Kody out of trees

My grandpa:

- after finishing a 2L bottle of gingerale, will juice watermelon rinds, and put them in the old gingerale bottle (ALWAYS sniff the liquid before pouring yourself a glass)

- will take a piece of old cheese, and put it in a cupboard where it proceeds to get even MORE mouldy... then cuts off the mould and eats it

I:

- have a box under my bed filled with shopping bags; plastic, paper, big, small, wide, thin... 

- never take a clean cup from the cupboard at home. we're all related

- why dirty another dish? rinse that spoon/knife/pan and use it again!