Do you prefer using plastic kitchen jars to having glass jars?
By prasanta
@prasanta (1948)
India
October 5, 2006 6:43am CST
Plastics are unbreakable, thus obviously they are much more covenient. However, some people think glass jars are still better option.
What do you feel and why? Is there any scientific basis?
13 responses
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
6 Oct 06
I prefer using glass jars to plastic ones for most storing most things. If a food is only going to be in short term storage, I do use plastic jars, or bags, but if it's going to be stored for a longer period of time I prefer to use glass. Generally, I store dry goods (flour, sugar and such) in plastic, and anything liquid, or prepared foods, in a glass container. A long time ago I read a study that said that since plastic is made from chemical products that after a time the chemicals leach out into the food. Think of canned goods for a minute...once you open up the can, if you leave the food in it, it develops that tinny taste that comes from the can itself. I have to think 'why wouldn't it be the same from plastic?'
@moonfairy6 (132)
• United States
28 Oct 06
Well honestly I like plastic, since I can't drop and break it. But my kids can melt it (on the burner that is not quite cool). The thing I don't like about plastic is that it holds more of the bacteria in and/or on it. Even after it is washed. For example: plastic container holding left over spagetti-you put in the microwave to heat up. That's great!!!! After you eat that and wash the container you will most likely see visually why it should have been glass. Tomatoes stain plastic and even tho it is cleaned it is still there. It goes for a lot of other things. You just can't get rid of all the germs and such.
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@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
27 Oct 06
We use both. But I think glass jars look better. THey work with the flow of the kitchen better in my eyes, but i"m sure when I have kids, I'll be using plastic the most.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
31 Oct 06
Thus,
Most of you agree to the point that Glass Jars are better than the Plastic Jars, owing to their decent look, cleanability, clean appearance and non-reacting nature.
The only point that goes against them is their breakability.
Is there any unbreakable Glass Jar available? I think Fibre Jars are very much as close an answer to it.
What do our other friends feel?
Thus,
Most of you agree to the point that Glass Jars are better than the Plastic Jars, owing to their decent look, cleanability, clean appearance and non-reacting nature.
The only point that goes against them is their breakability.
Is there any unbreakable Glass Jar available? I think Fibre Jars are very much as close an answer to it.
What do our other friends feel?
@SURESHGURU (16)
• India
29 Oct 06
From hygenic point of view, glass jars or containters are better to plastic jars. If we want to use to store dry powder or pulses PET or topper ware jars can be used.
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
28 Oct 06
I prefer plastic jars as they are cheaper,light weight and easy to handle.However for making curd ,I prefer using glass jars.
@chalmette69 (3007)
• United States
5 Oct 06
I like plastic better than glass, especially because I have kids and glass breaks very easily.
@suryachalla (1369)
• India
12 Oct 06
I like neither. Aren't you getting fibre-glass type of materials as containers, nowadays?
@khushboo1984 (1257)
• India
31 Oct 06
In my house we really dont care whether we are using plastic or glass. e have a mixture of both kinds of jare. My mother likes to store pickles though in glass jars. We have some very big once only to store pickles.And what about you? which one do you prefer?
