"tupperware" news and stories

I'm just barely old enough to remember my Mom and her girlfriends having Tupperware parties at our neighbor's house. Given that I was about five or so, I found it strange that a bunch of ladies would gather to kvell over and then purchase sets of air-tight storage containers. I must admit, however, that with their bright primary colors, radially patterned lids and burping seals, the containers seemed pretty neat at the time.

While I don't collect vintage Tupperware, I can almost understand people who do. What blows my mind is that not only is there an upcoming play about Tupperware, there's also a movie in the works. Both are timed to coincide with what would have been the 100th birthday of Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983) who invented the plastic containers in 1945.

The play, Sealed for Freshness, a comedy by Doug Stone, opens in New York City next month. It takes place in the 1960s and involves five Midwestern women whose "airtight lives unravel during a sidesplitting Tupperware party gone awry."

Tupperware!, which is just about to start filming, takes a more serious approach tracing the genesis of the air-tight containers from leftover Dupont plastic to household word. Who knows, it might not be half bad. After all it comes from the pen of Jim Taylor of Sideways fame. Although it's sure to be the most comprehensive movie about Tupperware it's not the first to feature it. Apparently Tupperware Party and Love, Marriage & Tupperware started the genre.

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We all know that a certain fast food restaurant carries a line of salads in shakers. The premise is that you fill the container with all your salad ingredients, pour in a separate container of dressing, close the lid and shake. After a minute, you salad is completely dressed and ready to eat out of the same container.

The Salad Blaster is a reusable, dishwasher safe way to take advantage of this technique in your own home - or better yet, in your lunch at school or at the office. The Blaster has a reservoir in the lid that holds the dressing, while the base contains all your salad fixings. Simply press the top bottom to dispense the dressing into the salad, shake and your lunch is ready to eat, though you will have to provide your own fork.

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The lengths to which I will go to ensure that my children will eat are sometimes ridiculous. But as a mother I believe one of my duties is to feed them and feed them well. I never force my children to eat but I do sometimes resort to food entertainment in order to encourage their interest. One way I have found success is by using cookie cutters to create sandwich shapes. A sandwich is a sandwich is a sandwich, but cut that boring old square into small stars, pigs or flowers it becomes just a bit more intriguing for my brood.

Over the years I have collected a giant box of cookie cutters for this exact reason. I find that the seasonal shapes go a long way towards mealtime enticement. Also fun are the very tiny cookie cutters, my favorites are from a long ago Tupperware party. The set of four, which includes a sun, star, flower and clover, never fail to bring a giggle of delight and the sound of slurping from the table.