Getting back Tupperware, Corningware, etc.

[hunter]

Laundress said in another thread:

> You have no idea how many in-family fights and or broken friendships occur over a >pie plate gone missing. This is especially true of the older Pyrex and Ecko metal >versions. My Ecko cake, pie and cookie sheets do *NOT* leave my kitchen/house >period.

I am curious folks. How many of you NEVER let things (other than disposables) out of your house ?

For plastic containers, I use ... real tupperware. Yes, it is expensive BUT I buy it on sale (and the sales are often 50% off which usually makes it just a bit more expensive than the cheaper stuff). I find its quality is unsurpassed, it doesn't have BPA, it seals well, etc.

But folks just don't think that plastic containers cost money. Sometimes quite a bit.

So they never leave my house .

Same thing with my (pyroceram) corningware. Again, folks mostly just say 'oh it's just an old dish.'

I go nuts enough when I give folks homemade jam or whatever and ask for the jar back...and of course, never get it. (How hard is it when you're done with the jam? Hell you can give it back to me dirty, I don't care).

So how many of you also never let stuff out of your house?

Hunter

 

[henry200]

Hmmm, that sounds like kind of a sad comment on friends and family.  I can't recall the last time I had a dish go AWOL.   I found it very amusing at one church where I worked how many people seemed to forget about their pans and dishes after pot-luck events or bringing coffee hour treats.  About twice a year one of the "kitchen ladies" would set a huge pile of baking dishes etc out in the fellowship hall and announce during the service "PLEASE claim your pans and get them out of here!"

 

[hunter]

Sad comments indeed.

I think it IS a sad comment in general; I'm not the only one (nor is Laundress I'm sure) to notice this.

Folks just don't have respect for the possessions of others anymore. Perhaps it is a symptom of the affluence we all live with?

 

[turquoisedude]

One the main reasons I no longer have anything to do with my brother is that he and his family treated ALL bakeware, plates, and containers I was stupid enough to leave at their house as disposable.   They threw out a freaking Revere Ware dutch oven of mine, if you can believe that!  

If I bring anything to anyone other than my father or a really trusted friend, it goes on a dollar-store plate or a recycled margine container... 

 

[tomturbomatic]

My mother was a real pie and cake baker back in the 50s and 60s. She had some problems losing Pyrex pie plates when they went out to the recipient of the pie so she started putting her name on the bottom on a piece of tape so that if it was "lost" it was willful and that person got no more pies. I use disposable stuff if I send food.

 

[henry200]

Affluence, indifference, casual disregard, and short-term me

Nevermind getting your Tupperware returned, just try getting someone to respond to a voicemail message!

 

[passatdoc]

I use disposable unless the recipients are very close friends. Even then, only if it's a small affair and not a mob scene, so that they'll be able to identify who brought what.

I have been to some potlucks where the hosts query each person before leaving to be sure they have their utensils/dishes/plates. That is the sign of a considerate host. I've seen people transfer the remaining contents of a plate or bowl to something disposable so that the person who brought the permanent dish can bring it (the utensil) home, and the guests can continue to enjoy what the guest brought.

 

[westie2]

We do like Paul does and use Dollar store plates and the metal pic pans. When taking a pic we just tell the person it is for you pan and all. These are much better to bake a pie in rather than the flimsy alumium pans. Our Dollar
tree here even has some pretty good metal serving platers that look good and can be left.

Like Laundress and Hunter nothing good leaves our house either.

For cookies and things the Dollare store plates are good and so are plates we can pick up for cheap at garage sales or the Sally Ann/Goodwill.

 

[petek]

Not so much a prob here although when we used to do home canning a few years back in Alberta (mainly pickled beets) which all of my partners nieces and nephews wanted I would insist they return the jars otherwise they were SOL for next years batch. It seemed to work.

The only thing/item that pissed me off I didn't get back was when I lent my great nephew my vintage GE Carry Cool a/c for his bedroom because they didn't have central air. I emphasized as well that I wanted it back. So I ask for it over the following fall and he said it had stopped working and they had thrown it out. Since then a couple of times my niece (his mom)has asked if I had a vacuum he could have for his shared apartment away at college.. Of course I have a few but not for them. I just told her no I didn't have any at the moment.

 

[gansky1]

We generally use disposable or send leftovers home in another dish or pan that they brought food over in. For a while, I was using plates that were scratched, chipped, etc. pieces of the Corning Centura that I didn't want in my daily use.

I remember once a lady we went to church with telling a story about another of the ladies who borrowed her slow-cooker for a party they were having. Over a month later, she drove over to retrieve it and it was filthy as though it had never been washed from the party. When she got it home, she washed it and put it away never realizing that the cord had been cut off!

 

[ptcruiser51]

@ Henry200

I'm with you!  Nothing p*sses me off more than ignored e-mail, especially when you make it clear that you're trying to plan something or make a decision on something.

 

On topic:  When I send food, it's usually in dollar-store containers.  They're cheap and who cares.  I usually get them back, though, because friends want "refills".  Like when I make stuffed cabbage or soup, etc.

 

Not so much of a problem anymore, but in years past I would get asked to loan records.  Like at holidays or a special occasion.  Sorry, the answer is no.  They mean too much to me having collected them since I was a child.  I have hundreds and hundreds.  If you want a copy, I'll make one for you.  You can come over and I'll play it for you as often as you want.  It's not leaving this house.

 

Many of them are rare demos or "deejay" prints.  I have several such my OM gave me of "The Chipmunk Song" from 1958.  In a generous (for me) moment when my nephews were little boys, I decided they should have a special memento of Uncle Charlie to remember me by one day.  It was Christmas and I had the two records (in original sleeves) in front of me with the wrapping paper.  "Should I/Shouldn't I, what to do?".  At that moment the oldies station played the song!  I took this as a sign and wrapped them.

 

I gave away plenty over the years (ahem), but my records are off-limits.

 

[xraytech]

I too am a kitchenware nazi, any of my good Tupperware, Pyrex, Corning or even my better silver or crystal trays almost never leave the house, if for some reason they do I NEVER leave the party without my container(s).

I am also very protective of my fleet of vintage crock pots and Westinghouse roasters, those also never leave my sight.

There are a few exceptions to the rule, I have a few people who are trusted to return any of my wares such as my grandmothers, my dad and his gf, and the Christian Mothers and Ladies Guild of our church as they return things promptly, clean and unharmed. There are a few like my aunt who can be trusted with the glassware and the electrics.,but Never can see y Tupperware due to their tendancies to microwave and bottom shelf in the dishwasher my Tupperware thus melting or warping.

If people get leftovers they go home in cool-whip containers or plastic sherbert containers, since I have no attachment and they were a perk to buying said product.

 

The one thing that pissed me off the most was I let my mother borrow my Dazey cooker/fryer to use at her office as they were doing a fish and chips lunch as a fundraiser, one of he low lifes ate her office either lost or stole my cooker, and another time I let a friend borrow a Hamilton Beach-Scovill roaster and it came back with a dent and half the tempature knob busted off. Since then absolutely no one can borrow anything of mine ever

 

[alr2903]

Get it in aluminum/paper at the dollar store.

From personal experience,  after my parents passed away.   Always take foods  in disposeable containers.  The  family, exhausted from long hospital stays or travel,  are very pressed for time, even the plates with a name on tape have to be scrubbed and returned.  A very thoughtful thing to bring to the bereaved family is paper goods,  disposable silverware, plates, glasses,  silverware, tons of trashbags,  and 1 gallon freezer bags, paper towels, napkins... and yes a pack of toilet paper.. After a long illness these items are often absent  or in short supply at anyones home.  It would also be great if mortuaries had a place for visitors to write their mailing address, if you have ever done this you know what i mean.  So in short after you wash the serving pieces and return them,  you have to fill out all the thank you card's  if you are lucky the cousins come to the rescue to assist with this task.   Mine did.  The day of the service  a cooler full of ice is always appreciated too.  arthur

 

 

 

[westingman123]

48 hours!

I'm with Patty LaBelle--if I send you home with my Tupperware, you have 48 hours to return it. If I have to track it down, you can forget about "take-homes" next time.

Of course, bereavement is different, then I use something they can keep. I pick up cute, cheap stuff at thrift stores for this purpose. Funny this should come up, a dear friend borrowed one of my Westy roasters for a retirement party on Saturday. I had to track it down today--dirty. Let's just say HE won't be gaining access again. LOL

I suppose it's telling that, when I cook for family, they bring their own "to-go" dishes. Do you suppose I've developed a reputation?

 

[arbilab]

Wow, you still have a working Westy roaster? That's what mom did turkey in.

 

[appnut]

Almost all of my stuff is 30+ years old. either my moms, I've had it since college, or have some other sentimental attachment to it. Plus, I"m always afraid I"m giong to trip & fall if I take something somewhere and it's in a breakable container. I'll double or triple up on those ez-foil baking pans for when it's something I cannot take in a non-breakable container. I guess I"m stingy or because money is tight. when I entertain, I don't send leftovers home with anyone, I keep it all for future meals put in the freezer. I always go over to friends' house for Thanksgiving. It's a potluck with copious amounts of food (what do ya expect from a house full of 20 to 50 bears!!). I've left a crockpot there once or twice, i get it back in a couple of months at the most, cuz I now it ain't goin anywhere, although if they need to use it while it's in residence, they are perfectly welcome to do so.

This sounds aweful, but as myself and my contemporaries age, I"m getting more and more leery & protective of my stuff when I entertain. If I know someone is of questionable stability due to aging, I will just insist they leave the dishes on the table and I will clear. If I trip, fall, and break something, that's one thing, but if someone else were to do so, that would be another. Especially if it was something of my mom's or from my childhood while growing up.

 

[whirlcool]

When she got it home, she washed it and put it away never realizing that the cord had been cut off!

Why do people cut the cords off of appliances or television sets? I have seen and heard of people doing this. Is it just being mean? I just don't understand.

I know that in pawn shops people who bring in stuff with the cords cut look at the items with great suspicion because thieves will usually cut the cords on goods to get them out of the dwelling faster.

 

[danmantn]

I buy Ikea version of plastic ware...2.00 for 6 containers...dirt cheap but sturdy and never expect it back...they never see the good stuff and it's much nicer than Gladware.

 

[launderess]

Dazey Cooker/Fryer !

Thought I was the only one with one of those! *LOL*

Mine was a gift from Mother Dear when I first moved out of the parents house and started out on my own. Used it mainly for deep frying but need to haul out/find the crockpot insert.

Cutting Cords From Appliances.

IIRC the theory is to prevent injury to children so they won't tangle/strangle themselves. The other reason is to prevent the discarded appliance from being turned on and or operated by children playing around.