Friends with Glass

Done!  It’s all about whom you choose to hang out with and it’s high time I started thinking about substance, longevity and good clean fun (one has to grow up eventually).  Am I about to change my social network?  April Fools!  I’m talking storage containers!

Most of the bulk stuff at Chez Pip is already stored in glass, but I’ve been meaning for some time to purchase glass storage containers for leftovers and other stuff that needs to be refrigerated and often re-heated.  Aren’t they beautiful?

Here’s why:

There is more and more evidence that storing food in plastic is bad for your health.  It’s a case of the company one keeps and the petrochemical crowd (aka plastic) likes to insinuate itself with any food it’s hanging with. Glass knows how to maintain it’s own identity and that’s always the best kind of friend.

What about plastic and your microwave!?? Fuhgeddaboudit.  Just don’t do it.  Cooking in plastic is a very bad idea.  Here’s a link to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Food Safety site.  They explicitly say not to have any plastic touching your food in the microwave.  It’s all about migration; as in heat and plastic conspire to leach chemicals into your food.  A very unhealthy relationship!

There’s also the simple issue of flavors not getting attached to glass.  All good, easy to clean fun.  (We only want healthy attachments!)

Finally, let’s not forget looks.  Call me shallow, but who wouldn’t rather live with beauty and longevity?  Glass is not just a pretty face.  It may be expensive to get started with, but glass will be there for you in the long haul and that means it’s more economical in the end, not to mention better for the planet when it finally does hit the recycle bin.