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atgep · 05-13-2003, 10:38 AM

I plan to order from this site (sorry don't know how to make it clickable). I've ordered other things from this company. I haven't been able to find the larger jars IRL stores only online.
www.kitchenkrafts.com

This site also has larger sizes such as the decorative 4gallon, 2gallon, and 1gallon Bell jars. I don't think that they can be vacuumed like the others, but they say that with the lid it's virtually airtight. Now, I haven't looked to see if someone else has these any cheaper. But, their half gallon ones are way more expensive than the first site I listed.
http://www.theingredientstore.com/ge...tore/jars-800/

Thanks for the link to the plastic containers. If, I decide to go that way, I'd rather use the foodgrade versus a tote say from Walmart.

lovebugsmama · 05-16-2003, 08:11 PM

VERY interesting thread!

We've given up all teflon and most plastic (I never heat stuff in plastic). We've also given up the microwave. Yuck! I hate them. They creap me out, and they destroy the nutrition in your food. I got a bunch of small stainless steal pans, and we heat all left overs, etc in those on the stove. No more microwave. And, it freed up a huge space in my kitchen! Don't ask me for links on nasty microwaves, I don't have them anymore. But, if you do a google search, you can prob find lots. Also, I keep this up on my refridge:

Look on the bottom of your plastic containers. Here is a key to the type of plastics:

#1 PETE - as far as plastics go, this one is sorta ok
#2 HDPE High Density Polyethylene
#3 PVC plastic Bad! Bad! Bad!

I don't have any other numbers.

I keep most of our stuff in mason jars. DD eats and drinks from glass plates and ceramic cups. So far, no breaks. As for lead in glazes. I think that is only the case on cheap imports and antique ceramics, but I might be mistaken.

I'd love to hear what anyone has to say about baking stones.

BlueRoseMama · 05-17-2003, 12:01 AM

I want more info!

What is wrong with ceramics? Lead in glass? What kind of glass? What is the matter with microwaves? The stuff I found on my Google search said that it changes the molecular structure of the food... but so does cooking food... SOOOOOOO??? Whats the deal? I am dying to know more. Where do you find all this info on this stuff? And how do I know if what I use has these toxic thing in it. I have not cooked in plastic forever... but I do heat in ceramics all the time... and now I hear this is bad. Anyone know anymore about this? Is glass and wood ok? What about Anodized Aluminum? That is all my pans. I could take them back and get the stainless steal set since I got them at Costco. But I don't like abusing that liberty when I don't have to. What do you think?

Love Val ~ who is now nervous about just about everything in the kitchen...

3Gs4Me · 05-17-2003, 08:57 AM

I understand your nervousness and confusion regarding what is best for your family in the kitchen. I also went through that stage.

I can't remember the links I had about aluminum pans but they are not good and both my chiropractors and general practitioner will not use them. I got rid of all my teflon and anodized pans and I now have a set of Mirro Stainless steel and a set of Rever Copper Bottom Stainless steel. I also hit a great clearance deal yesterday at Meijer for Revere Stainless Steel cooking utensils so I was also able to replace all my utensils as well.

It can cost alot of money if you have the attitude that you need to change instantly. My strategy was to pick things up as I went. It has taken a year but through yard sales and thrift stores I am down to only 3 large covered plastic bowls (I use these to take dishes to pass to parties), a plastic colander (went to buy a metal one yesterday but they were $17 for the one I wanted so I think I will ask MIL to get it for me for a holiday or B-day gift), 2 plastic pie keepers (these don't actually touch the food), and 2 plastic spatulas in my kitchen.

Yesterday I spent $50 on my kitchen but they were the first new things I have bought. For that money I got 3 rolls of parchment paper, a rolling pin, a veggie peeler, wood and metal corn picks, and about a dozen stainless steel cooking utensils. I would say the rest of my kitchen switch cost about another $40-50 since it was all bought second hand.

Take a deep breath mama and go into this transition as slow as you need to fit your needs and budget.

BlueRoseMama · 05-17-2003, 11:37 AM

Thanks, so much, for the reasurence.

It just seems as though nothing is really safe. I mean Teflon causes cancer. Plastic leaches toxins into/onto foods... Plastic bottles are the worst, espically the bag ones that you put heated formula into, (what I did with my son from 11 to 18 months) You can use glass but only if it does not have lead in it. And now the Anodized Aluminum is bad, even though it says on the web sight that it is proven to do nothing, even if it is injested. It is just a little freaky is all. Don and I were talking about it last night, and he said we could go through our entire lives and not know this stuff and still live a long healthy life, and that I am just driving myself crazy. I don't know... I don't know about any of it. It is just making me really nervous. And then you get into the foods you shouldn't eat and the things you shouldn't do, and the what if's and the goverment steping in and saying that this is ok even when it is not, and then the WHO gets blasted by the sugar industry for posting regulations that are not sugar biased... and what of the info that we have is really correct? It is just all so confusing. My Dh says that I am doing really really well at figuring out what works for us and not panicing about the stuf that I can not control... I am not so sure anymore. I am pretty sure dh is right... I could go crazy.

Love Val

KimberMama · 05-17-2003, 01:31 PM

Val, your DH is right. I drive myself crazy too, but the reality is that you can't be perfect. No sugar, no dairy, no soy, no hydrogenated fats, no meat, no fish, no eggs, no pesticides, no GMOs...no plastic, no lead glazes, no aluminum, no microwave (and does all cooking do the same thing?). No food dyes, no preservatives, no SLS...no non-organic cotton, no synthetics, no leather...no sweatshops, no WalMart, no diamonds and other gems....

I'm just taking it slowly, reducing plastic use where I can. I still use the microwave; all cooking causes molecular changes. Being a raw vegan just isn't in the cards for me. Plus, you can try to do everything right and you'll still have air pollution, water pollution, and the like. We drank our filtered water for years and then found out it had perchlorate in it. What can you do? Just do the best you can and accept that you can't do it all. Fight the biggies and don't sweat the smaller stuff. (The hardest part for me is believing that it isn't all equally important.)

Kimberly, off to take a long hot bath with too much water

BlueRoseMama · 05-17-2003, 02:51 PM

Kimberly! LMAO!! Thank you! (from the bottom of my heart.... that was great to read, and so true! I really needed to laugh about this.) We are all doing our part... and that is why it is called a part... lol...

Love Val

TinkleBelle · 05-18-2003, 03:44 PM

So I tell my Mom about this thread and what a great thing I think it is. Mom has somewhere around 4 sets of china, so I think this will make her feel good about having a cabinet full of dishes, right?

She comes home from groc shopping @ WalMart the very next day with a bag full of plastic dishes. Cups, plates, the works. "Uhm, Mom? What gives?" "Oh, I was going to donate the china to goodwill."

Where is that forehead-slapping DUH icon when you need it??!!??