| Most of us start off storing food in plastic food | | | | set, which allows me to cook casseroles, and then |
| containers, but while these are OK for storing dry | | | | when the meal is over, simply seal the dish with |
| foods (cereal, dry pasta, lentils), it soon becomes | | | | the leftovers within, using one of their fitted |
| apparent that they just don't work for storing | | | | airtight lids, and then pop it into either the fridge |
| cooked foods, liquids, anything acidic, and anything | | | | or freezer (depending on how long I want to |
| that needs heating. | | | | keep it). It is then easy to get the container back |
| The plastic start to warp and stain, and odours | | | | out, remove the lid and microwave it, ready for |
| start to attach to them (I once stored a garlic | | | | another meal. I also have a set of smaller |
| casserole in plastic container, and several years | | | | containers - these are for smaller leftovers (things |
| later, I can still smell the garlic, which seems to | | | | I've cooked on the hob and then transferred to |
| have got cooked into the plastic when I heated | | | | the container) and for use as lunchboxes. These |
| the container in the microwave). This is because | | | | containers are also great for anything liquid. For |
| the plastic reacts with food substances when | | | | instance I make my own pasta sauce in industrial |
| heated. | | | | quantities and then store it in small containers, |
| So I switched to Glass Storage Containers and | | | | each enough to make a single family meal, which I |
| have never looked back. They aren't that much | | | | can then extract as I when I need to cook pasta. |
| more expensive than plastic - you can get a | | | | The glass containers are also easy to clean. The |
| decent set of five containers with fitted lids for | | | | only caveat I have is that you need to handwash |
| about $19.99. But they look great - you can place | | | | the lids - don't put them in the dishwasher as the |
| them on the dinner table with no embarrassment | | | | seals will start to erode and they won't be as |
| at all - and most importantly, they do not stain, | | | | airtight as before. The containers are also pretty |
| warp, absorb smells or react in any way with the | | | | tough - I've dropped one, but it didn't shatter - I |
| food. | | | | understand this is because it's made of toughened |
| I have two main sets - the Pyrex Bake n Store | | | | tempered glass. |