"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/20/2013 1:31 PM, barbie gee wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013, wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:17:35 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heh I remember Tupperware parties
I've moved too many times and
>>>> had to
>>>> abandon everything but the basics. Shipping is expensive as well as
>>>> storage
>>>> for extended periods
Not really worth it for stuff like plastic
>>>> boxes.
>>>> Once I stopped moving out of the country, I went a bit mad buying
>>>> 'stuff' So much so that when I retired, I had a humongous clear
>>>> out of
>>>> kitchen and books!! We were on first name terms with the charity
>>>> shops)
>>>> It wasn't easy but I don't think I have actually missed anything much
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>> I felt kind of sad the other day when I realised that I rarely use my
>>> Tupperware anymore, tend to use the throwaway Ziplock etc (which I
>>> know is execrable) and feel I should dump it. Some of it was my
>>> mothers, she bought it in Japan in the 40s/50s from a US PX.
>>>
>>> Travelling light has great benefits
>>>
>>
>> If you could be so kind as to at least not put it in the trash, but
>> instead donate it to your local charity , at least you'd know someone
>> might get use of it, or think of their own mom or grandmom's collection
>> of tupperware.
>
> It's a good suggestion. However, what we may think fondly of as "it
> belonged to mama" doesn't necessarily mean it is still in great condition.
> I had some old (early 1960's) tupperware my mom gave me in the 1980's.
> She had used it a lot. I used it a lot. By the time I moved here in 2009
> the lids no longer snapped. There was no good seal.
>
> Remember the original gimmick about Tupperware? You were supposed to be
> able "burp it" to seal in freshness. You just have to realize, when it
> doesn't burp anymore, sorry, it's just old plastic containers.
Oh! I had forgotten about that! But the thing is, in this house, nothing
is going to last long enough to need to be put in a container. When we had
a party at our apartment (roommate's idea), they had a container for
everything! Ice cream. Pasta. Cheese. They showed us a movie about how
you could put literally everything, including your spices in their
containers. And then of course you had to label them all. Those containers
were not see through. I was kind of like...uh... no!