We have a few Tupperware items in the house, but my favorite by far is the Spoonz spoon rest. (I didn’t realize it was called Spoonz until I asked Laurie’s sister, who sold it to us.) A lot of spoon rests seem to be made out of delicate things like ceramic. I’ve had a couple of those, and they were pulverized within days by heavy cauldrons and the like.
The Spoonz, on the other hand, is made out of indestructible hard plastic, it has space for two spoons, and is dishwasher-safe and also easy to clean by hand. It’s the last word in spoon rests.
The problem is, Tupperware doesn’t sell it anymore. Why would they discontinue their best product? Is Kitchenaid going to stop making mixers in order to concentrate on can openers? Perhaps the Spoonz never sold because it was ahead of its time, and only savvy early adopters bought one.
I cannot explain the decisions of our corporate overlords at Tupperware, but I can tell you there are a few Spoonz on eBay for less than five bucks. The caveat (other than the usual eBay caveats) is that there are two different models of Tupperware spoon rest, and eBay sellers don’t really distinguish them, so you have to look at the picture. This is the Spoonz:
This is not:
The Spoonz comes in several fetching colors, from basic black to harvest gold. And yes, I totally stole those pictures off eBay.
But does it melt from being near the stove burners?
Not so far, and we’ve had it for years.
And I’m very careless with the stove burners.
Good to know! It just brought back memories of mom’s tupperware butter dishes, that were always melting around the edges from the dishwasher or from sitting near the stove. But then, I guess that was part of their charm.