Getting back Tupperware, Corningware, etc.

[franksdad]

You can find some rather nice serving items at The Dollar Tree, Big Lots, etc. at a very low price.  When we had my Mama's 90th birthday party at the Assisted Living facility my wife found some beautiful pink plastic table cloths and clear cut crystal looking plastic plates, cups, serving bowls and platters at Dollar Tree.  The tables looked elegant and afterward we just threw it all away. 

 

[launderess]

Another Reason To Use Ready Made Pie Crusts

They come in their own baking tin.

Bake pie.
Give pie to whomever or take to event.
Leave pie with tin.

Sight sub, sub sunk, ship sail! *LOL

 

[passatdoc]

ewwwww...............

I always make my own crusts, other than graham cracker crusts, which "are" a royal pain. My favorite crust recipe:

1 1/2 c flour
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cold milk
1/2 cup oil
1/2 tsp salt

Mix together in bowl until even consistency. If dough does not hold together in a moist ball, add a bit of oil. If too "gooey", add a bit of flour.

Place in 9" tin and pat down, flattening ball at center and working dough toward the sides and then up the sides. Needs one hour at 350 F to bake. Will work with whole wheat flour, and gives a graham-cracker like flavor, but you'll need more oil, closer to 2/3 cup.

If you have a recipe that requires a pre-baked crust (e.g. I use a pecan pie recipe that bakes for 35 mins), pre bake the crust for one hour minus the baking time of the filled pie (i.e. for recipe above, pre bake 25 mins, remove, fill, bake for 35 mins). As long as the crust gets one hour total baking time it will be fine.

That said, any pie to be give as a gift is baked in an Easy Foil tin. If it's a fancy party like a Christmas open house, I head to Big Lots and find a festive $1 red platter with holly leaves.

 

[iheartmaytag]

When I give a gift of food, I do so with the intent that the container is part of the gift.  I will buy Gift plates, or disposable pie pans for this purpose.  I have learned to do so as my sister never returns anything and thus she has quite a collection of my Pyrex and Corning ware.

 

Hence, when I receive a gift of food items, I assume that the pretty jar with the ribbon or nicely wrapped basket is part of the gift.  If the giver requests it back, I do make a reasonable attempt to return it when the food item is used or has been disposed of.  But I feel it is<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">presumptuous for a giver to expect me to consume said item by a certain date.  I may wish to save it for company, or special occasions which could render their time frame different than mine.   If this would be inconvenient for the giver, they should refrain from giving in a container they do not wish to part with.  </span></span>

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<span style="font-size: small;">When sharing holiday leftovers, I save my cottage cheese containers and tin pans to aide the ease of sharing without the obligation of returning the pan, plate or jar. </span>

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[laundryshark]

How I Got My Containers Back

I brought some bags of potato and corn chips to church along with two Tupperware and two Ziploc containers. I had beforehand taped Braille labels to all four containers. I gave very specific instructions for the containers so I could retrieve them all quickly after the picnic. If there were any leftover chips, the containers served well for storage. Otherwise, any other leftovers offered to me could be tossed into the empty containers as well. All four containers came back to me in a timely and respectable fashion.--Laundry Shark

 

[danmantn]

My mom lost a fav Tupperware piece once...about 10 years later, we were watching a reunion video made in 1986....and there she was, caught on tape, aunt Betty stuffing that hunk of Tupperware in her bag of stuff. we must've watched that video many times before and never noticed. We got a big laugh at it...since by the the scars had healed from the loss. Lol

 

[polkanut]

Within my immediate family we're all great about returning containers to each other.  My sister Angela sometimes gets amnesia, but with some prodding, the missing item is returned quickly.  I have a label maker that I use religiously to mark any container going to a function where it may go AWOL.  I'm kinda fanatical about retrieving my containers after a function is over.  I don't care if it is washed or not when I pick it up, because I can always put it in the dishwasher at home too.

 

I also have an abundance of address labels that get used to mark containers as well.    

 

[passatdoc]

Having purchased those nice one-way platters and pie server at Big Lots last year,  I am leaning more toward one-way containers for large events. I don't want the hosts to have to empty out and wash my containers before I leave. If it's a small affair at someone's house where you bring a dish but it's obvious whose stuff is whose, then I will use Corning Ware casseroles, etc.