Comments on: Let them eat cake

Question: Let them eat cake

orange swan — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:45:09 -0800

Help me transport food in comfort, if not in style.

I'm dependant on public transport to get around, and I seem to need to transport food to a friends' party or dinner or to work potlucks quite regularly. Carrying a cake or devilled eggs on a plate is a pain in the old orange-feathered ass.

It would be great to have some sort of round tupperware-style, hard-form container that will hold a standard dinner plate (so about 36" in circumference), is perhaps four or five inches deep, and has handles on top to make for easier carrying. I've checked some discount stores without seeing anything to suit my purposes. Does anything like this exist?

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:48:51 -0800

Tupperware Cake Taker

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:55:49 -0800

Pyrex Portables.

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:57:45 -0800

I should add that Amazon sells them - just search for "Pyrex portables."

By: craniac

craniac — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:47:46 -0800

Also, some crockpots come with insulated carrying bags designed to hold the ceramic insert. Hot Dish technology is advancing towards the casserole singularity.

By: legotech

legotech — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:25:38 -0800

I'm a management student at a culinary school and I see the baking students carrying around these cake thingies with handles all the time...is there a culinary school nearby that you can check out their 'cookshop'? I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, we only got 3 months of cooking classes and didn't have nearly as much to take home as the baking students do!

reg

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:34:03 -0800

Amazon won't ship non-books/cds/dvds to Canada, just FYI.

OS, Sears sells the Pyrex Portables. 25 bux for a dish, bag, spoon, lid for dish.

You could also call Dish Cooking Studio on Dupont (or email them with a link to a pic) and ask if they have any suggestions for similar things, cheaper. They often help me find kitchen stuff at places that charge the least--or know of items no one else seems to.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:38:40 -0800

ps, legotech, no need to keep signing your posts. If you do, you'll be made a mockery of in short time. In addition, an email address in your profile coulda kept me from writing this here.

By: LoriFLA

LoriFLA — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:32:41 -0800

Discount stores sell plastic deviled egg takers with lids. I have seen them a lot lately. I also have a divided appetizer tray with lid and like it a lot.

Check out Rubbermaid containers

I also have a Tupperware cake taker, and it comes in so handy. Rubbermaid has one now, and I am sure it is a lot less expensive. Tupperware also has a cupcake taker.

By: LoriFLA

LoriFLA — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:34:33 -0800

I also forgot to mention that my Tupperware cake taker holds a dinner plate easily. Definitely worth it if you transport cakes often. Rubbermaid's version probably holds a dinner plate also.