Tupperware is possibly the best invention created by man.

I mean, let's be serious about this. Sure, the lightbulb is great and electricity is pretty handy, but at the end of the day would you prefer to have a lamp or a container that fits five smaller containers in it? Yeah, that's what I thought. I mean, how much quick would Thomas Edison have been able to create the lightbulb if only he had had an organised kitchen. We can only imagine...

I still remember when the tupperware craze hit all those years ago and everyone was cracking jokes about women meeting up to discuss plastic containers (the infamous 'Tupperware Party') to hide the fact that their cupboards stocked a seperate tupperware container for each different ingredient. And one for their lunch. And dinner. And pet food. And dead hair. Or maybe that was just me...

We moved house around the time that tupperware hit, so Mum took it upon herself to kit us up with a whole new set of kitchen utensils and containers, and continued to spend a good five hours organising our entire pantry. Each container had a different label, each type of ingredient had a specific colour and every thing had a place. The amazing organisation blew our tiny minds, and sent my brother into an episode of shock. It all lasted about a week. The coconut got mixed with the self raising flour, the brown sugar with the white and the bread crumbs with the baking powder. Basically, complete and utter chaos. I suppose the moral of this story is that tupperware is amazing, and at times I think perhaps supernatural, but there is nothing, and I mean nothing, that can organise our pantry. I attempted to do an excavation some years ago, but had to abort when I found an ulterior lifeform growing in a jar of chutney that went off in 2003 (our current record). I expect the guys from Evolution to arrive any day now.

I guess the attraction of tupperware is its, well, handyness. The quirky simple that has made many businesses successful - Smiggle, for example. Then again, maybe it's just the fact that it's freaking awesome. Hm.

xx Miss Moi

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