Vintage Tupperware

My Mom keeps her sugar in a large round Tupperware canister. It was a present from her mother-in-law thirty-five years ago. It was old even then. They don't make them like that any more. But fortunately, people still sell them. And for a lot less than they used to.

Earlier this summer we went to an estate sale and found 4 large garbage bags full of mismatched plastic containers, some Tupperware, some not. They only wanted $1 per bag, so Mom decided to take a look. There was a lot of junk, but a few real gems. It took a lot of work to find all the matching pieces, but we managed to sort out one bag of usable containers. We paid $2 for the bag, since we HAD sorted through everything and chosen what we wanted.



Here's what we ended up with. There were 2 sets of brand new freezer containers (one made by Mobil). Those will be handy for tomato sauce. The rest was all Tupperware. It was filthy from being stored in the garage for years, but Mom soaked it in dish soap and bleach, scrubbed it and it all came clean. There are 4 canisters like our sugar one, ranging in size from 2 qt to 2 gal, an 8 qt servalier canister, 3 servalier bowls, a 2 qt pitcher, an ice cream keeper, and some miscellaneous lids and parts to make several containers we already had usable again.

And there is also the piece I most look forward to using - the Jel-n-Serve Jell-o mold. Now I can try one of those wonderful mid-50s salads containing Jell-o, mayonnaise, cucumbers, onions, hard boiled eggs, and sardines. Yum!