Not only that, consider glue bases. They're either water or saline (salt water). Those will not survive long in freezers. Also additional to item identification however you choose to do it with a traditional label or a unique number supported by a brailled key with matching numbers on it and traditional label identifications beside them on the key) it's necessary to put expiration dates on freezer items so items get removed and trashed at or beyond expiration dates. This is a board of health requirement for places serving the public and should be no different in people's homes.
On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:11:43 > From: Dani Pagador via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Dani Pagador <pocketfulofs...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem > > That's why I went the low-tech route. I know that it takes time to > make the labels by hand, but if a high-tech device like Pen Friend or > the bar code reader ever breaks or isn't available and I were > dependent on it, I'd be in huuuge trouble. I'm waaay too dependent on > my iPhone as it is. > > At least for this gal, Braille and the slate and stylus will never go > out of style, not as long as I can read it and use them. I may run out > of Dymo tape and elastic, my preferrd materials of choice, but there's > all kinds of stuff labels can be made out of. > > I like seeing what everyone else is doing to solve the labeling > problem. Mary, too bad there isn't a site that can identify seeds for > you the way they have one now for identifying mystery pills that find > their way out of the bottle. Maybe you could sprout some of the > mystery seeds and, if you've had them before, identify them by taste? > Aaron wouldn't be able to help identify them visually, would he? > > More Later, > Dani > > > > > > On 8/17/20, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > I take it that the Pen Friend 2 labels cannot go in the freezer? I mean, > > get wet? > > > > I hope the second iteration of this is smaller than the first one, which I > > thought was rather clunky and awkward to use. I would rather not have to > > haul my phone around to look at these labels, but I might have to. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of > > Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:35 PM > > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > Cc: Richard Kuzma <rmku...@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Labeling problem > > > > good evening, > > do you have any kind of labeling device such as a pen friend or id mate? > > What I do is put a pen friend label/dot on a business card and then > > laminate > > it and then punch hole in it and tie to bag and it works wonderfully in > > frezzer. > > I do the same thing with bar code lables I make for use with my quest. > > I have created a program to print my own barcode labels. > > If interested, just let me know. > > thanks > > rich > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of > > meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:44 PM > > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > > Subject: [CnD] Labeling problem > > > > Does anybody have a way to label things that are in plastic bags kept in > > the > > freezer or refrigerator? Dymo tape does not work. > > > > > > > > I have lots of seeds for my sprouts and microgreens, and I am starting to > > have trouble keeping track of them. But labeling things in the freezer is > > not exactly a new problem. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > -- _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
