I Love Tupperware.

I grew up with that 70s Tupperware you'd know anywhere. It was brown, orange, gold, and avocado, and if you've got some, it's probably as sturdy and as airtight as it ever was.

When I started buying Tupperware for myself, the canisters were white with flat blue tops. I've got dry storage containers that match. My Freezer Mates are my favorite for some reason. I use the few pieces I have for a variety of stuff in the fridge and the freezer. The sizes really appeal to me, and I like how they stack.

Measuring spoons and cups. Mixing bowls. Sugar bowl. Chip & Dip. Double Colander. Season-serve. Midgets, Smidgets, and you know I've got that awesome ice cream scoop. I seem to have lost the bottom of a sandwich keeper in the move, and I mourned, people. I mourned.

Tupperware Lasts Forever - Or you get to replace it. I've always been familiar with their kick-ass product guarantee:

Limited Lifetime Warranty
Tupperware® Brand products are warranted by Tupperware against chipping, cracking, breaking or peeling under normal non-commercial use for the lifetime of the product. Please call Customer Care toll-free at 1(800) 366-3800 for free replacement. If, due to unavailability, actual product replacement cannot be made, comparable product replacement will be made, or credit towards future purchases of Tupperware® brand products will be given. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Warranty replacement items or parts will be subject to shipping and handling charges and applicable taxes.

But I'd never had to use it. Until my beloved Crystal Wave lids finally warped.

In the back of my mind, I remember hearing complaints about the first Crystal Wave microwave bowls. The plastic in the bowl showed wear in a weird way and the lids would warp. I've used them to bring food to work for years. But finally, my lids warped and the bowls weren't liquid tight anymore. Which does not work when you're transporting your lunch, that's for sure.

So I called Tupperware about my defective lids. And low and behold, they sent me a 3-piece Vent 'N Serve set to replace my current bowls! They are beautiful; I can't wait until I have a new job so I can use them for my lunch. I can already imagine that the trick with these is not to lose the little silicon plug, and to be sure they are sealed, but the words "virtually liquid-tight" are music to my ears.

Hence my quest to Fed Ex yesterday; they forgot my apartment number on the shipment, but these beauties are now in my grateful, Tupperware-lovin' hands.

Do you remember the Seinfeld episode with Kramer and the Tupperware? It was Episode 102, The Beard. I couldn't find it on YouTube, but here's part of the script:

Kramer: Hey, man. Enjoy the food?

Homeless man: Yes I did. Where did the Chinese learn to cook like that?

Kramer: Oh, listen, I'll take that Tupperware now.

Homeless man: I don't think so.

Kramer: Woah, woah, that's mine.

Homeless man: You gave it to me.

Kramer: No, no, I didn't say you could keep it. You see I don't give away Tupperware.

Homeless man: You should have said something.

Kramer: I didn't think I had to. Look with a piece of Tupperware you just assume.

Damn straight! It's not in the script online, but I remember in the episode that the homeless guy gives the Tupperware back and apologizes at some point. Maybe it was in a different episode later? Like Randolf and Mortimer Duke in Coming To America. But back to Seinfeld...

Kramer enters. He goes into the kitchen and starts searching.

Jerry: What are you looking for?

Kramer: Tupperware.

Jerry: Sorry. I don't have any Tupperware.

Kramer: I knew this was going to happen. I just made a delicious casserole, but now it won't keep because I have no Tupperware.

Jerry: What about a plastic bag?

Kramer: You must be kidding.

Jerry: What is the difference?

Kramer: The patented burp, Jerry. It locks in freshness.

Any other Tupperware lovers out there?

Comments

[A'Dell]

I loooove my Tupperware. I pored over the catalog for days before making my first purchases. Have had all sorts of sizes and types of containers for 4 years and LOOOOOOVE IT ALL.

Damn skippy I'm not giving that stuff away.

[Average Jane]

I'm fond of all my Tupperware, too. I use the Crystal Wave lunch containers a lot (I used to have two, but one disappeared).

[~M~]

I have not been big into Tupperware, ever since I went to a party in like 1988 and was shamed into not buying anything. But you make it sound good!

I will say though that having a cute and non-disposable lunch container is key to saving money by brown bagging it to work. I bought this set a few years ago -- http://www.laptoplunches.com/

It has saved me sooooo much money. On my blog I believe my current post has several pictures of recent lunches.

It is not leakproof for liquids, but the green compartment does come with a lid for stuff like soups and yogurt. There is also a small orange container with a lid for dips that fits inside a larger container.

These archives on Vegan Lunchbox really inspired me
http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html

[lizriz]

I dream of pouring over a Tupperware catalog again... Seriously, it's like grown-up Christmas when new Tupperware arrives.

[lizriz]

Disappearing Tupperware is the worst!

[lizriz]

Oh, a bad party with weird pressure is the worst!  In terms of non-disposal lunch stuff, next I want to explore non-disposal baggies to throw cherry tomatoes in, for example.

[Tammy Potter]

I forgot about that Seinfled episode, how funny, and yet so very 'right'! It's got that lifetime warranty that a mom just can't live without, and that's why I not only use it...but I became a consultant! Keeping my babies healthy, while putting food on the table with the companies great bonus rewards, just make life so much more 'possible'! I love helping people make better choices, that just make more $ents in today's economy! You just can't beat the 'star rewards' program! It's #1 in my book of 'sustainability'! It just can't be beat!

[lizriz]

Tupperware definitely = sustainability.  :)