# Do you eat from food storage containers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441 "2013-08-28T21:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/1 "2013-08-28T21:29:41Z")
Let’s say you grab something from the fridge. It’s a smallish single serving size container. You throw it in the microwave, heat it up…and then what? Do you eat the contents right there out of the container? Or do you dump the contents in a proper dish? Myself, I’m a dish guy. Gotta have the dish. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/2 "2013-08-28T21:37:35Z")
Why on earth would a dirty a dish, also? Right out of the container for me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/3 "2013-08-28T21:38:30Z")
All the time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/4 "2013-08-28T21:40:35Z")
Since ice cream only comes in single serving containers…of course I do. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/5 "2013-08-28T21:52:49Z")
Yeah, unless I’m serving guest or something, I eat out of whatever container I put it in for a leftover. I don’t need to do more dishes than necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/6 "2013-08-28T22:04:14Z")
I’ve sometimes eaten food I’ve dropped on the floor, so eating from the packaging container seems almost fancy. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/7 "2013-08-28T22:05:29Z")
> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#): > > Why on earth would a dirty a dish, also? Right out of the container for me. +1 ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/8 "2013-08-28T22:08:33Z")
Why create extra work, washing another dish? Wasting extra water to wash it. But then I live alone. Keep it simple. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/9 "2013-08-28T22:23:09Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > +1 +2 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/10 "2013-08-28T22:26:27Z")
What they said. I also do it if it’s the last serving from a multi-serving storage container. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/11 "2013-08-28T22:28:18Z")
You heat it up first? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/12 "2013-08-28T23:02:03Z")
You guys should take to its logical extreme and join the [Sinkies](http://www.sinkie.com/). (Hopefully one of you is a web designer. Geocities déjà vu!) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/13 "2013-08-28T23:35:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Since ice cream only comes in single serving containers…of course I do. You’ve noticed that, too, eh? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/14 "2013-08-29T00:22:41Z")
A proper dish is whatever I can eat stuff out of. Whatever goes in the microwave is already in a dish that I will eat from. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/15 "2013-08-29T00:24:44Z")
The only time I don’t eat out of the container is if the container holds 3 or 4 servings of an item, in which case, I’ll isolate a single serving (usually in a paper bowl) and then put the container with the remaining food back in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/16 "2013-08-29T06:27:53Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You guys should take to its logical extreme and join the [Sinkies](http://www.sinkie.com/). > > (Hopefully one of you is a web designer. Geocities déjà vu!) I don’t eat over the sink; I eat right out of the fridge. And there seems to be an unwritten law that leftovers of Chinese take-out should always be eaten right out of the container. In fact the only person who always violated that law was my mother. Everything had to be served on a plate. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/17 "2013-08-29T10:57:48Z")
Man, I take things out of the storage container, put it in a microwave safe heating container, then put it on a plate to eat. Anybody have tips on what to do with these dishpan hands? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/18 "2013-08-29T11:15:32Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Anybody have tips on what to do with these dishpan hands? My friend Madge could fix you right up. We usually use plates.:(. Then again, we also usually light candles and turn the lights down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/19 "2013-08-29T11:19:54Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Let’s say you grab something from the fridge. It’s a smallish single serving size container. You throw it in the microwave, heat it up…and then what? Do you eat the contents right there out of the container? Or do you dump the contents in a proper dish? > Myself, I’m a dish guy. Gotta have the dish. Sometimes. If the container gets too hot, or I feel like adding side dishes I’ll grab a plate. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441/20 "2013-08-29T13:21:16Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My friend Madge could fix you right up. > > We usually use plates.:(. Then again, we also usually light candles and turn the lights down a bit. Hey, you can light candles and eat standing by the kitchen sink, ya know. That way you can’t see the dirty dishes already there. My exBF introduced me to paper plates. I seriously had never bought them before. Holy cow! The light dawned. I buy the really thin cheap ones and use them with one of those plastic support/holder thingies. Life is good. (I DO always use cloth napkins, though. Go figure. I’m nothing if not inconsistent.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-from-food-storage-containers/667441.md?page=2)