imilar to the NY-type ""lox"" I had hoped it would.  Here, the amount of cream-cheese SO overwhelms the amount of smoked salmion, that it ALMOST tastes like exotically spiced, and flavoured, cream cheese!<br /><br />The little black ""tubs"", however, are definitely re-usable.  Of a size similar to restaurant trays for artificial sweetner, they are happily made of ""No. 5"" plastic.  According to an ""Organic Gardening"" article I read a while back, ONLY No. 5, or No. 6 plastic are safe to reuse