Your Mother's Vintage Tupperware

[Julie's Haircut]

I know we had those awesome 1970s color bowls and lids. Plus others too.

Two things I remember that haven't been mentioned:

A divided pickle/olive/relish tray. The handle in the center was removable to put the lid on. I used to frequently play with the handle, screwing it in and then removing it over and over.
I always liked burping the containers.

We had the ice pop maker too. but it may have been a knockoff brand.

 

[lsyorke]

I know we had those awesome 1970s color bowls and lids. Plus others too.

Two things I remember that haven't been mentioned:

A divided pickle/olive/relish tray. The handle in the center was removable to put the lid on. I used to frequently play with the handle, screwing it in and then removing it over and over.
I always liked burping the containers.

We had the ice pop maker too. but it may have been a knockoff brand.

Ah, the ice pop maker...I can hear my mother screaming out the back door, "bring back the sticks or you don't get any more!"

 

[MickeySP]

Having childhood flashbacks!!!

Resisting the urge to start collecting vintage Tupperware

 

[fly girl]

All this nostalgic Tupperware led me to remember the Pyrex serving dishes we had. I know there are tons of designs, we had this one.



I don't know if we had all these pieces, but I remember a lot of them.

 

[PollyannaMom]

BEST ice pop maker ever!

 

[AppleDumpling]

Great stuff. The best are the signature covered bowls and round containers that you burp. I still have some including a few pieces that were my grandmother's, like the pickle holder. (Must've been a popular item!) We had the ice pops too when I was a kid.

OP, I use the cereal container for dry cat food. Easier to pour and store in the kitchen cabinet than the 25 lb. bags I buy.

 

[hopemax]

My mother had a wide variety of Tupperware. Most pieces were practical, or semi-practical, but she also had a few ridiculous oddball containers.

She had the standard looking bowls,

These were always, and still are, the cereal bowls at my parent's house. I'm not sure I knew until right now that these were Tupperware.

Catching up on the rest of the thread. The cheese grater! Yep, only one my parents have ever owned. And I found one at a thrift store and bought it for my college apartment and then later I found a 2nd lid. I still have them floating around, but I have bought a metal grater that grates faster, and other cheeses better. Tupperware grater is fine for cheddar, but slightly softer cheese and it wants to tear it in clumps, especially in a warm kitchen.

 

[AustinTink]

We were generally too poor for tupperware, my mom just used bowls and foil on top.

I did, however, end up with a tupperware lunchbox that I begged for. I used it all through elementary school.

 

[MickeySP]

Stop it, just stop it!!! Now I have to collect vintage Pyrex too!!!! Gonna have to move all my vintage Fiesta Ware & Hull pottery

 

[North of Mouse]

My mother had a wide variety of Tupperware. Most pieces were practical, or semi-practical, but she also had a few ridiculous oddball containers.

She had the standard looking bowls,

And also this set of awesome early 1970s colors

This pitcher worked well

Still practical, but why bother? A butter container.......

.....and a condiment caddy set.....

....and a space age salt & pepper stand

Seems ridiculous, but it worked. Pickle container. Lift the handle to remove the pickles from the juice

Moving into eye-roller territory, a cereal container. Why dump the cereal from the box into this? It didn't keep the cereal any fresher.

Why would even a 1960s housewife want this Jello mold with four interchangeable designs?

The most ridiculous piece she had was this ice cream container. You had to remove the cardboard container, put that L-shaped pieced over the block of ice cream, then slide it into the container. All while ice cream is melting over your hands and kitchen counter. What was wrong with just scooping from the original cardboard box?
?

My mother never threw a Tupperware party, but went to plenty of them.

I have had 'all' of those except the pickle container, and they all worked great - and yes, the cereal containers work just great!! No longer use the cereal bowls (no kiddies), nor salt shakers, have the sugar & creamer though. Surprisingly, when we just use the boxes and (we) close them properly - folding them down and clipping with some type 'clipper' thingy - never have guests that do anything except just push the liner down - which makes the cereal stale very fast! Love tupperware! Yes, I'm dated!!

(love my vintage and new fiestaware also)!!

 

[jbthi]

I have the green colander pictured above and love it. My favorite thing though is the salad spinner. After you use the spinner you put a different lid on and it stays fresh for the longest time. I also have a round container that has a hook type thing on the side that you can hang on the refrigerator shelf. It's good to store a cut onion, tomato, green pepper, etc . in it.