no offense to older people in chat, but why do so many older USonians try to overuse appliances or reusable containers with worn out plastic in contact with food?

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is this a worldwide issue? my hypothesis was they got introduced to them as wonder materials of the future. even plastic sponges get reused when they clearly have molecule-deep filth in every crevasse

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netM
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    8 months ago

    Mason jars, pyrex, and hermetic jars with the glass & wire lids are all good options.

    You can often find them super cheap at thrift stores, and some people keep used glass pasta jars for food storage. There’s a reason most tomato sauce comes in glass instead of plastic.

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        I think it depends but they used to all be made out of borosilicate glass and now it’s something cheaper that is more prone to thermal expansion or whatever. Other companies still make good stuff but you have to look hard