Dear Folks, Tonight before I trundled off to bed I thought I'd like to have a late night snack and decided that a bit of a slice of American cheese on some saltine crackers would hit the spot. But here's where I've been having a problem. I don't snack on saltines very often and therefore I'm very careful how I store them once I've broken into a small stack of them out of the big box. I've tried to secure the stack and I've been storing them in the meat drawer of my refrigerator but so far that doesn't work. They always turn out stale. Now if any of you know how to freshen the saltines up, I'd be grateful to find out how you do it. There's such a big difference between fresh saltines and stale saltines. vee

Put them in a single layer on a cookie sheet in the oven at about 250 degrees for 15-20 min should do the trick. You can always put the crackers with cheese on them in the microwave for about 15 sec for a real treat. Ruth At 11:53 PM -0500 3/18/05, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, > >Tonight before I trundled off to bed I thought I'd like to have a late night >snack and decided that a bit of a slice of American cheese on some saltine >crackers would hit the spot. > >But here's where I've been having a problem. I don't snack on saltines very >often and therefore I'm very careful how I store them once I've broken into >a small stack of them out of the big box. I've tried to secure the stack >and I've been storing them in the meat drawer of my refrigerator but so far >that doesn't work. They always turn out stale. > >Now if any of you know how to freshen the saltines up, I'd be grateful to >find out how you do it. There's such a big difference between fresh >saltines and stale saltines. >vee -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT