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Crystalwave Luncheon Dish with Cold Cup in Green |  | Brand: Tupperware
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $11.49
as of 3/17/2010 22:04 MDT details
New (6) from $11.49
Seller: tupperbabe
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 78571
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 8 x 3
Model: 591
UPC: 100490073116
EAN: 0100490073116
ASIN: B0019LV8GY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Great for taking homemade lunches to school to work. |
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Product Description
Has a removable cup that can be filled with a small salad and the rest the meal can be microwaved.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 6
 "LIKE CLOWN SHOES" January 25, 2010
mauserati (Oakland, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Tupperware in general and have many vintage and newer pieces in other lines, but the "rock n serve" and "vent n serve" are dogs.
please note the indented area in the lid. That is for a mini-cap you open to release steam if microwaving the contents.
the indentation is much wider than necessary and very deep, about half of the dish's depth. this means one of the small sections is pretty much unusable. If I try to put the indentation in the section that runs side-to-side, because it is narrow, the section will only accommodate the bump smack dab in the middle.
this very poor design cripples all of T-ware's "rock n serve" and "vent n serve" products. I would prefer the "rocking" steam vent to be on or atop the lid, instead of in/beneath the lid, to maximize capacity. (Like Corningware's products designed for the brown bagger CorningWare French White 20-Ounce Mug; these have a silicon tab that the user presses in to seal or lifts up to open the steam vent.) But then T-ware couldn't stack its products for display. T-ware is all about stacking in their merchandising.
and the bowl is VERY shallow, so forget about items thicker than, say an inch, like a piece of chicken, a quartered orange or a dinner roll. So, despite being large and cumbersome (it's VERY wide across because of the "ears" that are necessary thumb rests to remove the lid), the sealed dish holds under 2 cups. totally inadequate if you're like me and love your fruits, veg and grains. I tried for a while to use it for afternoon snacks of carrot sticks etc, but it's just too inefficient. It's like clown shoes: grotesquely outsized, clumsy and mostly empty space.
I've gone back to using small containers and food wraps (modified napkins) or zipper bags to separate items; plus the above-mentioned Corningware for nuking food. This T-ware and other rock and vent pieces went to the charity shop.
the only one I still have, is the Tupperware Crystalwave Soup mug. Orange with Blue seal, which is shaped like a stoneware soup mug and holds about 12 oz, not the stated 16 oz--once again because the steam vent hangs under the lid. WARNING: if you microwave 10 oz of liquid--soup for example--it will bubble up the steam vent and fill the indentation in the lid if you're lucky. if unlucky, it will continue to bubble, spill onto the oven floor and splash on the walls. That's 10 oz--little more half the advertized capacity--, so I stopped using it for heating liquid-y things. I suspect this problem would eventuate with all the products using this valve design, but I never used them in the microwave before I dumped them.
I kept the soup mug mostly because the inside is badly stained by tomato. It is nice when I bring just one thing (that doesn't need heating) and want a generous amount; e.g., a grain salad. The handle makes it easy to eat in the park or at my desk. As always, T-ware's colors are cheerful and pretty.
 Great item! October 6, 2009
C. J. (in PA)
Got 2 of these and I love the fact that you can separate the foods. And, use for hot and cold, they are also great for portion control. Nice stuff
like the removable cool slot July 2, 2009
K. Biddle (Northwest Mississippi)
my mom was concerned when other reviews talked about how difficult the lid is to put on and take off, but she followed the directions about heating it in warm water and has had no problems.
it looks like a smaller container than most, but since it is deeper, it does hold quite a bit more than you'd think. and we like the removable section for cold stuff so you can heat everything but your salad.
Better for adults May 12, 2009
Dog Walker (San Diego, CA)
Well made, but too big for my purposes --I bought this for my toddler's lunch, but it's too big ... ok for the future. Follow the directions about soaking in hot H20 to get the lid to fit.
Good size and tight seal.... March 27, 2009
Flush Barrett-Browning (Tennessee Valley)
It's a good size for taking meals to work or to sick friends. The cold section fits well and does come out easily.
The major problem is that that lid fits very tightly. The sellers suggest soaking it in hot water and then letting it stretch while it cools on the plate bottom. That helps some. And they even offer to replace it if it's still too tight. So this must be an issue for some buyers.
The lid fits tightly enough that my elderly mother can't remove it herself, but it makes it easy to take food to her, we then have to remove the lid and cover the bottom with plastic wrap.
But it would work fine for a younger person to take to work.
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