Tupperware parties.

Thanks Pension pat. Sounds ax if it will be ok.

Where I lived, the parties were, I think, Sarah Coventry costume jewellery , This must have been in the 1960s. I've still got some of the rather ghastly stuff in my trinket box! It was horribly overpriced but you felt duty bound to buy something to help the "hostess".

I still have the Tupperware baby bricks that opened so you could put something inside to make them rattle.I often snapped them shut on my finger! I also have a little coffee pot and cups and saucers...all child size.They were such good quality. I never went to many parties as it was embarrassing choosing the cheapest item as we never had much money when the children were small.

I still have a Tupperware cake saver that I bought in 1976, a round plate type base, with a handle that attaches for carrying, plus a large tub type lid. It hasn`t been used for what it was designed for in many a year, but the lid part makes a great mixing bowl!

I meant to say Avon bricks.....silly fool! The other things were Tupperware though!

I've still got the party Susan, the fluted mould and some sort of contraption that was supposed to keep a plate of food hot for half an hour. A pedestal you poured boiling water into, and a round lidded container for the plate that sat on top. I can only remember using it once, and wondering then why I didn't just put the plate in the oven. Goodness knows why I still have it, seeing as I've had a microwave for years, not to mention the hostess trolley!

I did go to a couple of Pippa Dee parties back in the day, and one tame (thank goodness!) Ann Summers fundraiser for DS's junior football team. I bought a rather daring basque with suspenders, which now resides in a bottom corner of my knicker drawer. I remember blushing furiously when it turned out that nobody else had ordered anything Phoenix cards are lovely.

I bought a long salad saver from Tupperware it wouldn't fit in my fridge use it as a sewing box I also had round shape sorter it was better than you can get now I still have egg shaped thingy to lift out eggs from water when boiled think it was a free gift .

We have Tupperware parties here in France. The products are extremely expensive and the agent plied us with very strong drinks prior to the demonstration. It was an enjoyable experience! !

I've got 2 of those orange lunch boxes-still going strong. My favourite items are a couple of small casserole dishes-round on the outside and squared off inside, with lids with a vent, I had a big one as well, but it got lost when we moved.

Try Lakeland as an alternative supplier of plastic containers.

I mix three different cereals in my one remaining Tupperware product purchased during the 70s. My son loved their burping lunchboxes.

The Queen and Duke of E use Tupperware containers for breakfast cereals too. I think they got the idea from me.

Never went to a Tupperware party but did go to an Anne Summers party and bought a nightie!

As a young married I lived on a housing estate during the hey day of Tupperware. There seemed to be Tupperware parties every week and it was hell to get out of going. I used to go but could rarely afford to buy anything as it was not cheap, at least it was not cheap enough for me on my meagre housekeeping budget. They did something called a Party Susan which was a plate divided into sections to hold various party snacks, which I quite fancied. My sister had one and used it for ages.

I have several Tupperware items -my favourite I think is the lettuce container. An iceburg lettuce keeps well in there. The last Tupperware party I went to was an ex neighbour. I was so embarrassed for her, chairs all round the room ready for guests and cakes freshly made but I was the only person who turned up. I was a stay at home Mum whose husband had been made redundant so had no money to splurge. But she was such a nice person I had to buy.

I 'inherited' a hideous thing used to display flowers.
It was three tier and, of course, plastic. I can't imagine who would have bought that, thinking it was attractive.
I binned it.

We still have the children's Tupperware 'shape posting' ball, now over 40 years old. Very hardy!

Ok I own up some of my tupperware belonged to my Grandma who died in 1979 and had had it quite a while. My fridge and cupboards are full of it and it does keep things fresher than other plastic boxes although I have no idea why. My children had tupperware lunch boxes and husband still uses them. It goes in the dishwasher and I suspect will outlast us all!

AFAIK, the Tupperware concept is that if you demonstrate something to someone, preferably in a relaxed atmosphere, and with other people around, they will be more likely to buy. Perhaps this has been superseded by sales videos on line, or advertising has become more aggressive.

As some of the previous posts have confirmed, this peer pressure and enthusiastic demonstrating obviously works - until you get the thing home, when you find out it's really only a plastic box after all, or you never even use it.

There are still some inventions around that need a demonstration to prove they're any good, but the marketing people seem to think that these should be foisted on people on those annoying little screens in the supermarket which yell at you just as you are walking past, or even real people accosting you while out shopping. In Europe this is guaranteed to put people off buying, but the American marketing "experts" don't seem to realise that.

Once or twice I have clicked on a demonstration video on line for something that I thought looked interesting. This seems a far more civilised (and European!) way of getting information - you go and look for the information rather than having it rammed down your throat at an inconvenient time.

I have some Tupperware, but haven't been invited to a party for yonks. The orange peeler is very good (a gift at a party I went to) and I bought a measuring jug/mixer thing which really does whip cream, (used to take it camping) but the markings on the side kept coming off in the dishwasher. It was replaced once or twice free of charge, because it was supposed to be dishwasher proof, but others are now available in the shops, so I replaced it.

The last kind of party I heard of was a candle party. My parents were talked into buying a set of AMC saucepans at a party once. Even my father, who had no idea about cooking, was still enthusing about the demonstration afterwards. My mother still uses them and they are brilliant and like new.

Greyduster......your round thing with sections is called a Lazy Susan, you can still buy them in some stores. My best free gift was an orange peeler- like a crochet hook- still use it these days! I went to sdo many Tupperware parties when younger that Ithe joke was that thou had to have a Tupperware box to store all the lids! I have none now.

I still use the few pieces of Tupperware I have left, bought at my neighbour's Tupperware parties. They were really good fun affairs. I could do with some replacements! The stuff I've bought from places like Lakeland come nowhere near in terms of quality.

There was a nifty holder that you could affix to the inside of a cupboard door to hold the lids. They all had a little notch in the tabs which fit onto it.

I have just looked in my kitchen cupboards and realised that most of my containers for dry goods are Tupperware. Flour, 3 different sugars, dried fruit and others. Porridge oats are in another and spaghetti in another. My salad items are in a Tupperware salad crisper and the freezer has a number of items in it. I also have a jelly mould and a container with tea bags in it. My little Grandson will soon be able to play with the Tupperware shape sorter and the orange peeler and pickle forks are still in use. As I said earlier some of these items were my Mums and date back to the 1960s. Pretty good value for money don't you think ?

Enjoyed reading all the Tupperware posts on the thread.Like others, went to my fair share of these parties in the 70's and the 80's they were usually fun, and would have bought more goods if we had more money at the time.I still have and use, a large cake taker, and an orange coloured bacon box.
the only Pippa Dee party I went to I bought a lovely orange silk blouse that I wore for years.

I think that orange was the 'in' colour at the time.

a kind of round tray with three sections and a little handle that you screwed into the centre when you weren't using the lid
Was it called a Party Susan?

I remember Tupperware parties when we were in married quarters and for years afterwards. I didn't think they were a nightmare anniebach - they were a way of getting to know people when you moved (I was at work during the day and didn't join in with the endless coffee mornings the others seemed to go to) and the Tupperware was useful and longlasting so I am still using it today!
I only went to one Pippa Dee party and didn't buy anything, probably never got invited again.
The mousse ring still sits in the top of my cupboard, rarely used (but not unloved). It had a large seal at the top (burp!) and smaller interchangeable seals at the bottom in different shapes.
The butter and cheese containers (fawn bottoms, white tops) are in daily use after all this time.

Tupperware parties are still going strong in Australia. I have been to a couple over there.

Sorry, as another poster has said, it is a Lazy Susan!