Do you keep ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, napkins from take out?

[ocean_brez]

We rarely eat out, but when we do, we usually end up with extra condiments that we like to save for the kids lunches and whatever else that may come up.

The only packets that I tend to cut and pour together are the peanuts that come with dessert sundaes. I like to save these for recipes and it's much easier to store them altogether in a jar in the cabinet.

[barb1210]

I do!!!!! I use them for my kids lunches and save them for Camping.. They really come in handy .I dont have to pack bottles of mustard or Ketchup for a weekend camping Trip..

[enginerd]

Sure - why throw them out. The only thing I don't save is ketchup because I've had bad ketchup from old packets before (yech!). My mom just gave me a whole shoebox full of parmesan and red pepper flake packets - said they won't use them. I've already used a parmesan packet for a recipe that called for 1 T. of parmesan cheese.

[hburnette3]

I'm guilty of being to frugal.
I refill me ketchup bottle. I save up me packets and when the ketchup gets to about 1/4 bottle. I get the funnel out and scissors out and fill that bottle right back up! I snip the entire top off the packet and use the funnel. It only takes a minute doing it that way.
We go through ketchup like water and I can rarely find a deal on ketchup.

[cecaic0609]

I like to keep Taco Bell taco sauce, Burger King onion ring sauce, Wendy's hot sauce for their chili and McDonalds ranch sauce because those are the things I get the most mad about if they forget to put them in my bag. But yes, I am also guilty of saving packets of ketchup, Smucker's jelly, duck sauce, and other various things because you never know when they will forget to give you some!

[justmama]

We buy taco bell sauce at the store, but my boys say it doesn't taste the same.

[couponfanatic]

I keep 'em too.
I use them as packets for lunches etc., I don't refill my ketchup or whatever bottle.
With one exception, DH recently ended up with a BK bag that was like half full of salt packets. Some employee must have gotten excited or something.
Anyways, he looked at me kinda weird sitting watching TV at night emptyting all those little packets into our salt shaker.
There's no way we'll ever use that many packets, and I coudn't bear to throw them out.

[mom2lucas]

We keep the napkins, tartar sauce packets from Long John's, plasticware, and dressing packets from salads. I have been known to keep Parmesan and red pepper flakes from pizza, and I have also kept the honey packets from KFC.

I keep the tartar sauce packets because no one else in the house eats it but me. I won't buy a bottle because it will go bad before I eat the whole thing, so I just keep the packets. napkins go in cars or on the counter for spills. dressing packets are perfect for DH's lunch (he packs 4 days a week).