I have a book for you, MMario. I'll dig it out and send the title.

We had the missing label problem every so often when I was a kid, because we used to play with the cans in the cupboards. I think Mom solved this problem by getting a few cans that looked familiar and opening enough till she could make something with them. Her purchases were predictable--canned veggies, tomato sauce, canned soups. She could usually make something from it.

The latest time I got tired of throwing out food I lost track of in the back of the fridge was last summer. I cleaned it out and have simply made a point of doing what MMario described and gone back to having at least one meal a week of leftovers. Whoever is there first gets first choice. When they invented the microwave they gave a whole new outlook to the prospect of leftovers for dinner.

I have frozen garden stuff in the freezer, but it's in quart plastic bags and I can tell what it all is. The frozen cherry tomatoes are just like little marbles!

SRS