What do you store leftover food in? follow up on chemicals/ autism thread

[Anonymous]

OP here -- I'm off to buy some Pyrex tomorrow. Thanks for all the ideas. Now I just realized that I've been warming my kids (plastic) sippy cups -- in warm water, not the microwave -- but isn't the warmth that makes bad things leach, not the microwave? Geez!! Now off to find non-plastic sippy cups....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here -- I'm off to buy some Pyrex tomorrow. Thanks for all the ideas. Now I just realized that I've been warming my kids (plastic) sippy cups -- in warm water, not the microwave -- but isn't the warmth that makes bad things leach, not the microwave? Geez!! Now off to find non-plastic sippy cups....

My kids kept breaking the glass sippys I got for them--got so bad, I finally switched to Swedish wooden sippys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've eliminated plastic storage items but, it recently occurred to me that I should stop using bottled water too since it all comes in plastic. I thought about switching to Brita and realized that the damn Brita pitcher is plastic too!!!

I asked DH about putting one of those Brita filters on the tap in the kitchen and explained my whole thinking on the water in plastic thing. He laughed at me--said he'd install the filter but, did I realize that the house water is sitting in plastic pipes? I didn't think about this and now it's bothering me too--any alternatives so I can get plastic-free water?

A lot of coffee makers also use plastic or plastic lined parts to heat water.

[Anonymous]

To the PPs who use paper plates in the microwave, make sure they aren't the ones that have a thin plastic coating. (Sorry, not trying to be alarmist, just thought some people trying to eliminate plastic might not know that some paper plates have a plastic coating.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the PPs who use paper plates in the microwave, make sure they aren't the ones that have a thin plastic coating. (Sorry, not trying to be alarmist, just thought some people trying to eliminate plastic might not know that some paper plates have a plastic coating.)

Think coffee cups like from Starbucks, DD etc also have a thin plastic coating.

[Anonymous]

Nope, just plain old cheap white paper plates here. You could probably even get unbleached ones at some green store. They don't touch the food, just act as a splatter catcher. Good catch though on the plastic coating, I'd avoid the colored/dyed ones too. You can get like 6 months worth in a big stack for only a few dollars. I tried using a regular porceline plate at first but it doesn't allow venting.

[Anonymous]

I use a paper towel, loosely covering so steam can vent

[Anonymous]

Wooden bowls I hollow out from a stump with a sharp rock, then polish with sand. I cover them over the cooking fire with palm fronds. It appears to be working since my children attend Beauvoir and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought these recently at Costco and LOVE them. $35 or so for the set.

http://www.amazon.com/Snapware-Glasslock-Tempered-Storage-Containers/dp/B0029U57RA/

I am phasing out plastic altogether, a little at a time.

PP, are the lids made from glass in this set?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With regard to safety, haven't they been using BPA forEVER? So as far as autism goes, it's probably not related. I read an article recently, though, that indicated that BPA was found in products that were supposedly BPA-free, suggesting that BPA is now in the environment and somewhat unavoidable. That said, I try to minimize the amount of plastic products I use -- I use glass products when I can.

Really, you think humans have been consuming BPA and other plastic chemicals forEVER?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bought these recently at Costco and LOVE them. $35 or so for the set.

http://www.amazon.com/Snapware-Glasslock-Tempered-Storage-Containers/dp/B0029U57RA/

I am phasing out plastic altogether, a little at a time.

PP, are the lids made from glass in this set?

New poster. I have these and love them, but yes, the lids are plastic.

[Anonymous]

Is it still safe because of the plastic lids?

[Anonymous]

whyis it unsafe to wash plastic lids in the dishwasher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wooden bowls I hollow out from a stump with a sharp rock, then polish with sand. I cover them over the cooking fire with palm fronds. It appears to be working since my children attend Beauvoir and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think this is major overkill???

Stop being such a killjoy. Allow the other posters to engage in their masturbatory frenzy over neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors and remove your plastic-tolerating self from the discussion.