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Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food. 1. Easy for cleaning 2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing 3. It breaks. So
by quaintdev 3y ago
Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food.
1. Easy for cleaning
2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing
3. It breaks. So it requires full attention of person handling it. We all want to live in present moment, don't we? Use glassware and you will be in the present moment more often ;)
- trallnag 3y agoHow do you seal glass containers?
- moffkalast 3y agoSome of us do use it. It just has the slight problem of weighing 200 tons which makes it mildly impractical for anything but use at home.
- devoutsalsa 3y agoAt least we don’t know our neighbors anymore. We wouldn’t want to get invited to a potluck, bring our scalloped potatoes in a Pyrex dish, leave the leftovers with the host, and never got our dish back.
- slashdev 3y agoMmmm. Cheesy scalloped potatoes. I haven’t had that for a long time. One of my most treasured possessions is a folded piece of paper on which my mom hand wrote her cheesy scalloped potatoes recipe for me.
- kevincox 3y agoOn the other hand I find that they tend to close tight and be robust. So they are great for throwing in backpacks. Without care most plastic containers will flex and pop open. The weight isn't much issue for one or two containers in a backpack. Health concerns aside a sturdy plastic container would likely be the best option here, lighter and more durable (think Nalgene bottle quality) but those are very hard to find.
- moffkalast 3y agoFor travelling I think something like a stainless steel food jar makes more sense since it's light, has an even more robust screw seal, and is easier to hold when eating. Not as cheap though.
- reaperducer 3y agoIt just has the slight problem of weighing 200 tons which makes it mildly impractical for anything but use at home. And yet, somehow it was the standard method of operation for more than half a century before plastic bowls became widely available. I feel bad for those poor 1940's housewives, all hunched over and disfigured from dragging 200 tons of Corningware to the church potluck supper.
- adrian_b 3y agoBorosilicate glass is much less heavy. Unfortunately, borosilicate glassware is more difficult to find, so even if I would like to use it exclusively, besides some borosilicate items like teapots, double-wall glasses for hot or cold drinks, glass vessels with glass lids for microwave cooking, I still use other heavier items made of tempered glass, e.g. bowls, other sizes of vessels for microwave cooking and rectangular vessels with glass lids for storing food in the refrigerator. You are right that I normally do not carry food away from home in tempered glass vessels and this is the only purpose for which I use polypropylene boxes, but when I have a borosilicate vessel of suitable size I do not hesitate to use it. Even if it is not so light as PP, the weight is manageable.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoStainless steel
- nervousvarun 3y agoMaybe I'm in the minority but we (and everyone else we seem to interact with) use pyrex.
- gumby 3y agoDishes marketed under the Pyrex name are no longer borosilicates. The brand name was sold off (and in fact the company that bought it was recently discussed in HN as they also bought Instant Pot, and have gone bankrupt).
- lost_tourist 3y agoNot as good but they still work, been using it for years. It's especially safe for microwaving.
- reaperducer 3y agoDishes marketed under the Pyrex name are no longer borosilicates. They're still glass (tempered soda–lime glass), which is what the OP was talking about, so you're just being needlessly pedantic without adding anything to the discussion. Also, Pyrex is still borosilicate in Europe, since soda-lime is hard to get there.
- adrian_b 3y agoTempered soda-lime glass is still preferable as a food-contact material to almost anything else, but it is much less pleasant to use than borosilicate glass, because it is much heavier and if you abuse it the tempered glass cracks relatively easily (e.g. if after boiling water in a tempered glass teapot you immerse it for cooling in cold water from the tap, the chances of cracking are high, while a borosilicate glass teapot is impervious to such a treatment; I know this from personal experience with both kinds of teapots).
- vel0city 3y agoMost of my glass containers don't experience those kinds of thermal shocks though, at least non-baking glasses. Most of the containers I'm thinking about which these days have a "pyrex" brand are food containers and measuring cups which might get microwaved. True, if I've got a nice glass casserole dish I might want that to be able to handle the "go from the freezer to a 400F oven in an instant" but most of my glass isn't like that. In that case, I'm not sure whether the borosilicate is obviously the better choice. My biggest concerns is not having the container break in my lunchbox rather than the thermal shock. Which is generally more durable to physical shocks, borosilicate or tempered soda-lime? And then, for the given durability, which is more cost effective?
- LoveMortuus 3y ago1. Cleaning doesn't really change much if it's plastic or glass. 2. With proper care, I agree, they'll look new/good for many years. Plastics can too, but to a lesser degree. 3. It breaks. 4. Glassware usually costs more. 5. Knowing that I can't break the tub of food that I have in my bag just because I accidentally dropped my bag, releases me of a lot of stress and worry. Don't get me wrong, I do agree that plastics are toxic, but when I go to the store I always look at the prices and pick the cheapest option available, I wish I had the option of just being able to take what looks nice and pay without even knowing how much I pay, but sadly I can't, _yet_, afford that.
- piva00 3y ago> 1. Cleaning doesn't really change much if it's plastic or glass. I had multiple plastic containers stained forever after storing pasta sauce in them, that never happened to any of my glass containers.
- krzyk 3y ago> Cleaning doesn't really change much if it's plastic or glass. It does, plastic has similar structure to oil and it is a PITA to clean oil from plastic containers. From glass/metal it is very easy.
- buu709 3y agoIf you just go for the cheapest anyways, why are you buying containers at all? I'm in a position that I can afford whatever containers I like, and I use glass for anything that'll be reheated but use plastic for freezing. We re-use butter/yogurt/sour cream containers, and after 2-3 uses toss them in the recycling.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoIkea glass containers are sturdy
- G234323 3y agoyep, can confirm, have been using them for years and didn't break a single one. I bring them to rally events and other sites without issue.
- camtarn 3y agoWe've managed to crack one - no idea how, since they're never treated particularly roughly - but even then, it didn't fully break. I'm definitely a fan.
- quickthrower2 3y agoI can break glassware even when paying attention.
- imdsm 3y agoStop throwing it so quickly
- justinsaything 3y ago[flagged]
- tetromino_ 3y agoOr clumsy. Or a small child. Clumsy people and small children still need to eat, though.
- quickthrower2 3y agoOr has health issues
- dylan604 3y agoThis would be a good incentive to keep the floors clean so the food is not wasted
- justinsaything 3y agoOne of them is synonymous. Clumsiness is a learned (or lack of) behavior, whereas children can be taught to be mindful of their actions. As a child who grew up in a poor Eastern European family, I was punished for my clumsiness, which led me to become an adult who pays attention to what he does. While I empathize with individuals who have significant cognitive deficits, I generally have absolutely no tolerance for those who do not make an effort to be mindful of their actions.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoI’m pretty sure my clumsiness just came with my ASD.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoGlass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin.
- reaperducer 3y agoGlass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin. So does plastic. Also, it's a microwave oven. Who thinks that you can stick your hands on something in a device called an "oven" and not get burned?
- hospitalJail 3y agoThermal conductivity is drastically different. Plastic with a brim is going to be cool, where glass with a brim will be hot.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y agoThere are materials which are "transparent" to microwaves and don't get hot in the microwave oven but I can't remember which ones. And glass definitely isn't one of them.
- adrian_b 3y agoGlass is mostly transparent to microwaves, which is why all microwave ovens include glass plates. The reason why glass vessels become hotter in a microwave oven is because glass has a much higher thermal conductivity than plastic, so it becomes heated from the hot food. Using two pieces of cloth (e.g. cut from a small towel) to hold the hot glass vessel is enough to take it safely out of the oven and this negligible inconvenience matters much less than the undesirable effects of heating food in a plastic vessel.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y agoAgreed. My anxiety is already so high I should probably talk to a doctor about it. I just do all my cooking with glass or steel or wood just so I can have 1 less thing to be worried about.
- nathias 3y ago> We all want to live in present moment, don't we? not at all
- hospitalJail 3y agoIt burns your hands when its soup.
- quaintdev 3y agoMaybe they should have wooden handles to hold or bottom part made of wood.
- hospitalJail 3y agoSure, but now its not dishwasher safe because mold.
- mcpackieh 3y agoMold is the reason wood isn't dishwasher safe? Dishwashers get very hot, I thought they damage wood by steaming it. But shouldn't the steam kill the mold?
- hnlmorg 3y agoI have lots of wooden kitchenwear, all of which gets put in the dishwasher regularly and none of which has gone mouldy. I also tend to wash a lower heat if that makes any difference. Though I can’t see why it should.
- hospitalJail 3y agoAnecdotes aren't data. You should google this stuff btw, you may have mold/bacteria growing inside your wooden stuff.
- floren 3y agoMy mother has a casserole dish which slips into a rattan sleeve with little leather lifting handles. You can then carry it to the table, pass it around, etc. without burning your hands. It's held up for my entire lifetime so the design seems pretty solid.
- kyriakos 3y agoMost glass containers have plastic lids. That's the only issue I have with them, otherwise its glass all the way.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoThe plastic containers we have here that we use for leftovers and microwaving are fine, but they actually have plastic rimmed lids, to hold a seal. I am not sure how you'd get away from that, it's actually very hard to find anything that isn't like that on the market these days.
- lukeinator42 3y agoFor Christmas I got a set of Anyday microwaveable dishes. They've been awesome! They're made out of glass with a stainless steel and silicone seal on the lid for steaming.
- criddell 3y agoAre there any problems with putting the stainless steel lid in the microwave? Is the silicone not subject to the microplastic shedding problem?