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Post by PerrinJade on Apr 12, 2013 9:15:26 GMT -5
My oldest eats a *lot* of cottage cheese. We're talking one of those big $10+ tubs in 10 days. So, we have cottage cheese containers in varying sizes that we've accumulated over the past couple years. Then there's the containers from butter, pickles (good for saving bacon grease if you wash the heck out of them), and buillion (sp?) granules (really only good for jarring dried herbs I think). Sometimes they get thrown away if food sits in them too long, and I can't clean the smell out of the plastic or when I think we have too many. We do have a few purchased containers for those rare times when we go to a potluck or something. They're all plastic because we're a family of klutzes.
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Post by Gotta Clean on Apr 12, 2013 12:08:29 GMT -5
Sure, it depends on the people. Where I grew up we don't have plastic containers or plastic utensils of any sort. We don't have sippy cups or plastic plates for kids. We don't even have high chairs... Children drink out of glass cups like everyone else, since they are 1 (starting with just water until they learn not to spill). By one and a half they already fill their own glasses, both with milk or water, if they're given a smaller pitcher that their little hands can hold. Before they enter school (4 or 5 years old) they learn to use sharp knives to help process the meat when we kill the animals. The knives are just like the adults', very sharp.
So I wouldn't be afraid to give glass containers for them to bring to school, but it's true that now in america we treat children like they are incompetent (sippy cups, high chairs, plastic everything, diapers or pull-ups when they're already in school!!!) and then one day we suddenly expect them to be responsible and not mess up anymore...
It just doesn't work that way!
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Post by Di on Apr 12, 2013 12:30:38 GMT -5
It's not that I would be afraid to give a glass container to Kiddo... but it's against the rules to bring glass to school. Also the desks (and they do occasionally eat at their desks) are on a slant so things often slide off. There are "no glass container" laws in MANY places around here. You can't take food to the beach in glass containers. You can't have glass containers in the downtown area when eating outside, etc. I never stopped to think about it negatively, I'm just glad it's restricted because there used to be so much broken glass in recreational and high use areas that I'm grateful that it's no longer allowed to be there at all. I have to watch where I leave a wine glass in the house because the T.T. will invariably stick her head in them and get it stuck and then end up breaking it. I don't have a problem at all with people eating from china. My kids had and my grandkids have Bunnykins Royal Doulton China sets (well technically my Daughter's set was different -- my mom bought her Lenox China) that either my mom or I gave them when they were a year old, they all LOVED them. They ate virtually every meal from them.(Those got washed after EVERY meal because I didn't want to deal with kids who didn't have THEIR CHINA) I also made sure that they had child size flatware to go with them so their places were/are always set with knife, fork, spoon, china plate, bowl and cup. There is no reason for children not to have a lovely setting to enjoy their meals. But I am talking about FOOD STORAGE. Our refrigerator is rather small, we have many condiments that we enjoy, I have many items that I cook with that require refrigeration. We have beer and wine in the fridge as well. It is overloaded. You can't easily and safely STACK mason jars. I don't want a glass jar falling out on my foot and breaking because it is stacked precariously. I want flat bottomed, sealed plastic containers that are SAFE.
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Post by eagle on Apr 13, 2013 10:26:15 GMT -5
I agree about glass containers for storage. I like them better. But I have also broken my mason jars, as well as some very fine crystal on my hard porcelain tile floor in my kitchen.
In my opinion, glass is too heavy for lunches and picnics. I do use some of my glass containers when I travel, but I keep them in the cooler, and it does make it heavier.
For storage in the freezer, I only use plastic containers (rigid or baggies) because although they might break when they hit the deck (and they so sometimes), the mess is far safer for my bare feet than when I break glass on the floor.
I also use those store prepared mason jars, Lion & the cottage cheese containers.
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Post by ClutterBlind on Apr 13, 2013 19:35:00 GMT -5
I also use the Classico sauce jars. Apple sauce jars too. And I tend to order a lot of Chinese take out. Around here they come in plastic containers. Both the entrees and the soups. In fact, usually they are what pile up in my sink. I mean to wash them out right away, but I put off doing so as the rims always have an extra edge to the top & lid rim that needs to be more meticulously cleaned than a plain bowl does. So they end up sitting in the sink for a while.
But, what I love about them is that I can use them and if a fuzzy science experiment grows inside one in the refrigerator, I can just toss it with no qualms. They never last long enough for me to worry about toxins leaking out of them.
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Post by scribbliz on Apr 13, 2013 20:37:52 GMT -5
i actually got a nice solid plastic container from soup from a chinees food place just a couple weeks ago. it's amazing! and it's perfect for storing broth/soup in it. and i agree, if it goes fuzzy i can toss it without a second thought (thankfully it hasn't yet!)
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Post by boyswillbeboys on Apr 13, 2013 21:59:07 GMT -5
i actually got a nice solid plastic container from soup from a chinees food place just a couple weeks ago. it's amazing! and it's perfect for storing broth/soup in it. and i agree, if it goes fuzzy i can toss it without a second thought (thankfully it hasn't yet!) Liz, I just wanted to mention, that someone up thread also mentioned the fact that BPA isn't allowed to be used in plastics in Canada. I use whatever I have handy, for food storage, sometimes it's ziplock plastic containers, ziplock bags, no name containers, I will probably toss almost all my plastic when I move, and buy a few better replacements.
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Post by Arid on Apr 15, 2013 13:44:01 GMT -5
Several years back, I began reading about the dangers of plastics contaminating food. That being the case, I switched from using my Tupperware as much, and I now use my Corning Ware containers/dishes on a daily basis. Some of them have (supposedly) microwave-safe lids, and some of them don't. Now, I *am* "guilty" of using the so-called microwave-safe lids on the containers when heating up leftovers. (I don't want the food splashed all over the interior of the microwave!) I LOVE the Corning Ware dishes, though. They are attractive, functional, and so-so easy to wash--even if one doesn't spray or grease the dish first!! I have them in sorts of sizes, from 1 1/2 C. sizes all the way to ginormous casseroles. Some of the big casserole dishes have glass lids. I should note that I am talking about the "goldie-oldie" cornflower pattern Corning Ware. The newer stuff is made from a different formula, and it *WILL* break. The 30+-years old stuff wears like iron!! Now, I'm hoping that someone doesn't come out with an article saying that 30+-years old Corning Ware isn't safe to use . . . ! Arid
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