What a coincidence. Last evening I listened to my Italian friend sputter about her friends using ziplock bags for spaghetti and sauce. She was shocked.

My friend cooks as she was taught by her Italian chef dad -everything prepared as they used to do in her grandparents’ home in northern Italy.

Her friends asked for a cooking class and did a basic sauce. When the class ended, the participants who had not brought containers, asked for ziplock bags to carry their share home my friend complied but was aghast.

Your story meshes with my friend’s experience.