I think about this every day at work, and keep telling myself I should blog about it. We have some excellent plates and bowls from Tupperware, which we’ve had for about a year now, I think. These dishes, part of their Open House collection, are made of the same material as some of the Rock ’N Serve storage containers we’ve been using for several years.
I’ve heated butter, foods loaded with tomato sauce, cheesy hot dogs (the grease from which has caused permanent damage to some other plates in the past), soups, foods with lots of melted cheese (which has caused permanent damage to other plates as well), etc. No matter what I’ve heated up in these plates and bowls, they’ve survived with no signs of damage or wear. They also have no problem with going from one extreme temperature to the other (microwave to freezer, vice versa, etc.) and the outer rims never get too hot to handle. The Tupperware consultants that we’ve bought from have expressed their durability with various claims, including the ultimate “You can run it over with your car, and it won’t break,” which supposedly they’ve sometimes demonstrated. I haven’t cared to find out, but it still sounds kinda cool.
Plus, they are extremely easy to clean — often just requiring a gentle wipe or two with a sponge (or wet paper towel) to clean off anything. With kids around, they’re also safer because they’re virtually unbreakable. Even without kids, I would want to have these, because I hate it when dishes inevitably get broken eventually. I’d rather not have to worry about it.
I know I must sound like I’m trying to sell these things, but I really have no affiliation with them other than being a very satisfied customer. The only things that suck about them are the price, and the way they retire their product lines… I can’t find anywhere to buy more of these “Open House” bowls and plates, which sucks because I’d like to have more. That’s why I had to link to the product info page in the Internet Archive (WayBack Machine) for the plates and bowls. The Rock ‘N Serve containers are still for sale, though. If you can find these things second-hand somehow, I’d imagine they’d be just as good, based on the durability I’ve witnessed. I won’t vouch for the durability of any of their other products, although we have had some others that held up pretty well. None of them can compare to the type of plastic they use in these 2 lines of bowls, plates, and containers.
I’ve put these plates and bowls through the harshest conditions that my dishes ever encounter, and every time, I think to myself “Wow, Tupperware kicks ass!”
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