Transporting Soup?

sibles

Hello Oh Wise Ones!
I'm doing my best to bring lunch to work and my wonderful better half has made a yummy parsnip and ginger soup this week.
However, I've been bringing it to work in a lock and lock round container and yesterday it leaked everywhere. I don't need to transport it warm, so a flask is unnecessary, can anyone suggest a cheap easy way of transporting liquids safely to work?!

Thanks in advance and I'm really sorry if this has already been answered, I did have a look but got a bit lost!
B xxx

knittingcathy

If the soup doesn't have huge bits what about a plastic bottle with a screw top lid i.e a cola bottle.

cutestkids

Hi

Even if you do not have to transport it warm a flask is probably your best bet as it is designed to carry liquids either hot or cold and there is little chance of it spilling or leaking.

Phoolgrrrl

We used lock and lock too and they were hit and miss. I've used milk bottles and water bottles in the past.

At the mo we are using beakers with a screw top lid, 79p in home bargins. We got 6 so I portion the soup up after I make it and they are ready to grab from the fridge. the hold 3 ladels each with room to spare. No leakages and been using for a few weeks now.

kittycat204

i agree, a flask is the best thing, the seal is a lot more substantial. your other option could be to freeze it and take the block to work, let it defrost during the morning and just heat it as normal. as a short term measure those resealable freezer bags have quite a good seal so you could put it in there and then in the clippy box, least it would have to wiggle through 2 things then.

i would def go and buy a flask tbh.

suseb_99

Hi,
Why don't you freeze the soup in the lock and lock container ( or any container ) then take it out frozen just before you leave for work.
that way it will still be frozen and won't leak.

Any

I use lock and lock and never had a problem yet. However I only put it into my car where it's flat and then carry it to my office - I have "little brown bag" (ie solid plastic, not carrier bag) so it is constantly on flat surface..

But when I was living alone at larger city and my dad used to sent me from weekend at his home with food (just in case I die of hunger :-)) he always used to send me with soup in glass jar from gherkins, or from pickled beetroot... That never leeked either!!

eleanor73

If it's not frozen I use one of those containers that you pull the attachers down and it makes it airtight but because they are a bit expensive I generally just use a takeaway container then freeze the soup so by the time I get to work it hasn't defrosted enough to leak.

McKneff

Anything with a screw top will be fine,

shebangs

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bigsmoke

Hi sibles

I usually bring it frozen in a sandwhich bag (inside a carrier bag just in case) - used to use screw top tupperware but even they had to be wrapped in a bag just in case, and have since all gone AWOL after a period in a large shared house.

We had people over for snacks the other night and I had a flash of inspiration when washing a doritos style salsa jar out for recycling! Brilliant, I came in on my bicycle and not a drop leaked out - also a perfect portion size (300g - same as a heinz 'soup for one' tin).

I've only done it once so can't swear it won't leak at all with use, but I was pretty pleased with it

HTH

BS x