Duranie ( @Duranie@midwest.social ) 15•8 months agoYou don’t even need to heat the plastic for the sauce to stain it. Fats want to bond with plastics, making plastics harder to clean + tomato sauce is awesome at staining. Heating might make it worse, but it’s not necessary.
Mossy Feathers (They/Them) ( @MossyFeathers@pawb.social ) 2•8 months agoYep. If it stains that means it’s porous and is likely leeching plastics or plasticizers.
luciole ( @luciole@beehaw.org ) 16•8 months agoGlassware FTW
LinkOpensChest_wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ) 12•8 months agoYou can soak it in industrial strength bleach, but that red tint is never coming out
Duranie ( @Duranie@midwest.social ) 3•8 months agoI just remembered - one of the tips I heard years ago to help prevent staining is to use some non stick spray in the Tupperware before putting the sauce in. Because the plastic and fats hang onto each other, coating the plastic with a “clear” fat helps create a barrier to reduce staining.
I can’t recall having tried it. Somewhere along the line I gave up on using reusable plastic containers.
BuddyTheBeefalo ( @BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml ) 9•8 months agoHave you ever seen one of your plastic containers change color, because you stored tomato sauce?
You won’t be surprised that the same also happens the other way around, as your tomato sauce absorbs microplastic and contained toxins.
Plastics contain dangerous chemicals like Nickel, Antimony, or Ethylbenzene. They cause severe health problems from skin irritation to cancer.
https://www.shop-without-plastic.com/blogs/swop-blog/how-to-remove-microplastics-from-your-body
teft ( @teft@startrek.website ) 8•8 months agoDon’t microwave tomato sauce. Problem solved.
XTornado ( @XTornado@lemmy.ml ) 1•8 months agoNot microwave plastic containers in general.
Storksforlegs ( @storksforlegs@beehaw.org ) English6•8 months agoTomato sauce does not just stain plastic, it tattoos plastic.