I spent the day binding books for Pegana Press, our small family press, while the temperatures climbed into the nineties. (F.) Then I cooked supper. After dinner I announced to my husband that I wanted ice cream!
We haven't had it in a long time, and it was just the day for it.
Mike reminded me that if we bought ice cream there would be plastic involved. But I was ready for it.
Olympic Mountain Ice Cream creates awesome ice cream, but you won't find it in the grocery store. It's only available in restaurants. Which is good, because they have the old fashioned heavy cardboard ice cream containers with cardboard lids.
I wanted Spumoni so we drove over to Pelligrino's Italian Kitchen. They were super busy, so we got it to go. Good thing I had my 2-Tier Tiffin Food Carrier with me from To-Go Ware. The woman at Pelligrino's put ice in the bottom tier, and the ice cream fit with room to spare in the top tier.
Our neighbors in Seattle/King County have banned styrofoam, so if you get something to go, it is likely to come in a paper container.
Not so, here in Olympia/Thurston County. There is still a lot of styrofoam containers being given out in restaurants. Pretty backward thinking for the capital city of our state. Mostly Mike and I just don't eat out.
But now if we do, I can put left overs into this food carrier and maybe I'll start a trend, because so far I've never seen anyone else around here doing that.
I really appreciate this product, and the thing I would change about it is the little plastic tag holder which loops around fixing the tag to the handle of the Tiffin. I was so excited that I didn't even notice it until I got home. I'll bet a little hemp twine would work equally well. Maybe I'll send them an email.
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