I note with some disappointment the Vitalite round tub is no more. Does anyone know of some other consumable that comes in similarly-shaped and durable packaging? The one huge advantage of Vitalite was the re-usable container and I'm sure many thousands of households and workshops have dozens of the things containing everything from leftovers to bolts.
Grimly Curmudgeon wibbled on Friday 09 July 2010 14:23
Swedish Glace soya ice-cream - get through loads because of milk allergies in the house. Flat top, hexagonal, stacks well with good fitting lid.
round tubs waste valuable shelf space, go square
indeed - mackies ice cream, yorks dales ice cream, spot the house with children in it innit?!
Cheers Jim K
lidl do a very nice 1L greek yoghurt "eridanous" brand in nice round pots with good lids, with all the soft fruit about at the moment homemade gree yoghurt + fruit make a lovely dessert.
you can also use these pots for plant pots...
Lidl's smaller 250g cream cheese tubs have good lids too but are rectangular.
dedics
Dairylea.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Jim K saying something like:
Are these flat bowls, like Vitalite was, or are they deeper?
It's got to be shallow, about 50mm deep.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Ian & Hilda Dedic saying something like:
Sounds like they'd be too tall, then.
*bzzzt*
The only Dairylea to buy is the original triangles. The stuff-inna-tub is an abomination. Ergo, no sensible person would have any plastic Dairylea tubs.
I'm using a couple of Sainsburys Fresh Soup containers for my odds and sods storage. Large diameter screw top, flat sided jar kind of jobby.
I though vitalite was a hit song by Desmond Dekker.
If you have a chinese take-away suppliers near you, they might have the small, rectangular plastic boxes with lids .. About 4"wide x 6"long x
2"deep. Tight lids, see-through, stack well, pretty robust.Alternatively, find a Chinese (I guess almost any ethnic take-away) who supplies their fare in these and order shed-loads .. ;)
In confirmation of both elements of your thesis, my old mum gets through a tub a fortnight. I could start saving them ......
nah he said "consumable" ;>)
Jim K
yup - mackies is approx 50mm deep and rectangular, other is taller & rectangular
Jim K
yeuch - is she perchance confusing it with some prescription cream?!
Jim K (mind bugling)
The shape doesn't matter when they end up forgotten at the back of the fridge or bottom of the freezer.{:-) Graham
We got a stack from Costco. We even store food in them sometimes..
You can buy these in supermarkets but I get mine from the 'poundland' style shops, they are about 5 for a quid. They're OK but the freezer doesn't do them any favours - a slight knock and they split, not a problem when they're full of rock hard chicken vindaloo, but a PITA when you don't notice and defrost the bastard in the microwave
I freeze stuff in tubs like that, then transfer the solid brick into a freezer bag (a second or two under hot water loosens the edges for quick release). Job done.
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