Ghettoware
I am not one of those people that saves every empty margarine or yogurt container to reuse again and again. We have plenty of GladWare and Tupperware in our cupboards for our food storage needs. Mike, on the other hand, is one of those people. He sees no need to throw away a perfectly good plastic container. It irks me a bit. He knows this.
Monday night I asked him to package up the leftovers from dinner so I could take it to work with me and eat it for lunch the next day. Now keep in mind that Mike is a stay-at-home-dad now and he is in charge of the kitchen. So I was not surprised to open the fridge Tuesday morning and find my lunch packed lovingly into an old sherbet container. I really didn’t think much of it but I think Mike was chuckling to himself about it all day, because he asked me that night how I liked the container he chose for the leftovers. I think he pictured me sulking as I walked into the office, sheepishly carrying my ghettoware under my arm and hiding it in the back corner of the community refrigerator. At least he didn’t write my name on it with a permanent marker in big bold letters. “MINDY’S LUNCH.” Now, that would be ghetto.
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July 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Oh, Mike should definitely write your name on it next time. Maybe he will read this and thank you for the idea!:)
BTW - I packaged my chex mix in an old ice cream bucket. Recycle!
July 10th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I haven’t held on to many of those containers since I’ve been married, but I do remember that my grandmother always did. It kind of reflects on different generations, doesn’t it? She lived through the Great Depression I’m pretty sure, so it was natural to do things like that to make ends meet.
Well, at my class’s FPU party (the last night of lessons) we had it at someone’s house. When she wanted to send home some baked beans with us, I was surprised to find my wife bringing home a sour cream container :). They keep their plastic containers for occasions where they need to send food home with someone and don’t want to send tupperware (that they might not get back). What a great idea! That way you don’t need to worry about losing tupperware or keeping track of it. That is enough encouragement for me to start keeping some of those.