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To preface this, id like to make the disclaimer that i love food and cooking.. this kinda came to me as a roundabout way of necessity. About a year ago i got really sick, spent a week in hospital, and after coming home i couldnt manage a walk to the supermarket for a good shop. I lived near a servo, or gas station for our international friends.. I was in such a bad way that if i did something crazy like buy juice and milk id have to stop twice on the way home, because i got worn out. Instead of getting real food, i survived on lean cuisine type meals.. the bowls were ovenproof, microwave proof and dishwasher safe. I realised i was throwing a lot away in waste, so i started keeping them, just washing them clean, and now i use them rather than throwing them in landfill.. On sundays i make a big stew or pasta bake or stir fry, and i portion them up in the bowls, and freeze them. Bingo Bango, dinners for the week. Ive only ever had one go wrong, when i put a non oven safe bowl in an oven. Theyre cleaned like regular dishes but seem fine. . I dont want to have 20 portions of food put in my crockery or i wouldn't have much left... Am i taking a health risk by reusing these bowls, assuming theyre clean and food hygiene rules are followed?
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Jul 22, 2015 11:58
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you might get the BOTULISM op!!!! also gently caress just buy some pyrex or something what are you a poor?
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Jul 23, 2015 17:28
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He's asking about the effects of whatever plastics they use - BPAs and other endocrine disruptors and poo poo. Favela, those are generally one-use dishes. They're going to be made from the shittiest most cost-disposable poo poo the company can find that's made in China or Mexico. I've always thought those tv dinner plates had a pretty low average time to failure. There's some concern about leeching and chemical breakdowns, whether it can happen at room temperature or just at higher temperatures from a dishwasher or microwave or how long it takes to begin leeching once exposed to foods. It's your call, as I'm not a doctor. Usually if the FDA's allowed it for people use it's not enough to harm you in any particular way. You're not likely going to face any health issues by reuse and reheat of these dishes, but check the labels and see what it's made from. Because you could. I'd definitely at least throw them away when they start to get warped. They're likely to break apart or crack much sooner than regular containers. I'm surprised they've lasted to your satisfaction for so long. If you're concerned about heating things up in them (as I'd probably be), pop out the frozen food and heat it up in a microwave safe glass or ceramic dish. I wouldn't worry if you're just holding food in the TV Dinner trays and freezing them. If I were in your position I'd probably do this method. In the long run you're probably better off getting a nice set of pyrex/glass bowls or whatever. Personally, I'd not keep them, but I'm not sure it would be for entirely scientifically sound reasoning. The idea of reusing those types of plastic dishes doesn't sit well with me. Drifter fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Jul 23, 2015 |
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Jul 23, 2015 18:29
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Drifter posted:
"Well you are probably going to be fine but maybe youre not going to be fine" great advice there bub, real helpful posting
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Jul 23, 2015 18:32
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Nooner posted:"Well you are probably going to be fine but maybe youre not going to be fine"  Without knowing what materials it's made from how would I give an answer that's specific to his question?
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Jul 23, 2015 18:34
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Drifter posted:
Proverbs 17:28 (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 23, 2015 18:37
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Jul 28, 2015 01:53
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*Glass shatter* Seriously though op you are probably ok. There is no proof that what you're ingesting is toxic at the concentrations you're ingesting it in, but by the time you actually do get cancer it'll be too late anyway hth
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Jul 28, 2015 13:40
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OP I'd recommend just recycling them and getting some beefier containers meant for storage that will hold up better, such as Pyrex or whatever. If you recycle the microwave/oven trays you won't be adding to your local landfill (well you probably will because recycling is a bit of a scam but it may make you feel better).
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Jul 28, 2015 14:35
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Safe? Most likely. Tacky? Almost certainly.
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