no offense to older people in chat, but why do so many older USonians try to overuse appliances or reusable containers with worn out plastic in contact with food?
is this a worldwide issue? my hypothesis was they got introduced to them as wonder materials of the future. even plastic sponges get reused when they clearly have molecule-deep filth in every crevasse
i do this. freezer’s full of old yogurt containers and plastic tupperware with soup and stuff. Idk what else to do
Mason jars, pyrex, and hermetic jars with the glass & wire lids are all good options.
You can often find them super cheap at thrift stores, and some people keep used glass pasta jars for food storage. There’s a reason most tomato sauce comes in glass instead of plastic.
IIRC pyrex got bought out so all their new stuff is bad now?
I think it depends but they used to all be made out of borosilicate glass and now it’s something cheaper that is more prone to thermal expansion or whatever. Other companies still make good stuff but you have to look hard
@fart@hexbear.net I think tupperware isn’t as bad bc it’s less likely to rely on some epoxy spray. ppl put way too much trust in those sprays including can manufacturers who will wait for the can itself to degrade to give a shit but it does happen