Comments on: Death to Canned Foods?! http://goodmaneats.com/2009/11/09/death-to-plastic-tupperware-and-canned-foods/ A Portland food blog Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Throwback at Trapper Creek http://goodmaneats.com/2009/11/09/death-to-plastic-tupperware-and-canned-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Throwback at Trapper Creek Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:03 +0000 http://goodmaneats.com/?p=592#comment-80 Under doctor's orders (ND), I have done most of my freezing of fruits and vegetables in my canning jars. Even the ubiquitous plastic freezer bags release toxins into the food. I was already freezing milk in jars for when my cow was dry, so it wasn't too hard to give up the bag habit :) Nice blog! Under doctor’s orders (ND), I have done most of my freezing of fruits and vegetables in my canning jars. Even the ubiquitous plastic freezer bags release toxins into the food. I was already freezing milk in jars for when my cow was dry, so it wasn’t too hard to give up the bag habit :)

Nice blog!

]]> By: James http://goodmaneats.com/2009/11/09/death-to-plastic-tupperware-and-canned-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-75 James Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:26:10 +0000 http://goodmaneats.com/?p=592#comment-75 I would *love* to get rid of all myplastic containers. The trouble is the glass ones still use plastic lids. I've been searching for pyrex bowls with matching lids lately to store leftovers in. I found one large enough to hold a whole chicken! BTW, plastics do not need to be made from petroleum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic I would *love* to get rid of all myplastic containers. The trouble is the glass ones still use plastic lids. I’ve been searching for pyrex bowls with matching lids lately to store leftovers in. I found one large enough to hold a whole chicken!

BTW, plastics do not need to be made from petroleum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic

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