Wayne wrote on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:31:09 GMT:

>> Wayne wrote on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:13:15 GMT:
>>
>>>> Hello All!
>>>>
>>>> Recently, discussing portion reduction, someone said that
>>>> was why god created screwtop plastic containers for
>>>> the leftovers. I've been using Ziplock screwtop containers
>>>> for a while but it has become apparent that there is
>>>> a disadvantage. The plastic becomes brittle at
>>>> freezer temperatures and often will break if dropped 4 or
>>>> so feet onto a vinyl floor. Does anyone have a
>>>> recommendation for containers that will survive this drop
>>>> test?
>>>>
>>> Sorry, but I can't help. I can only say that we use the
>>> same containers in the freezer and have not experienced any
>>> cracking or breakage. We use one for storing ground coffee
>>> in the freezer that is opened and closed everyday, but we
>>> tend not to drop the lid on the floor.
>>
>> Perhaps you are more careful than me :-) I have a feeling
>> that I must drop the damn things about 10% of the time!

> Perhaps. :-) Thinking about other plastic containers with
> screw-type lids, I suspect that at freezer temperatures the
> plastics would tend to fracture on impact. Softer plastics
> where this wouldn't happen would probably not work well as a
> material for those types of lids.

Actually, it was not the lid but the bowl that cracked! I'll admit that
another make (Glad, I think) that uses snap-on lids does tend to suffer
lid fracture and that's why I went to screw-on lids.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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