Honeybee, here's the link to the choice article - I think you can tell by looking.

CHOICE looks at the safety of plastic containers.

I too use dried pulses mostly now, for the same reason. Glad to know I'm not the only one

Muppity I've tried for a few years in a row to grow toms with no success really. I'd love to try preserving our own. At the moment I'm short on time and storage space though - but it is something I'd really like to do, maybe next season? In the mean time thanks for the faith in my gardening skills hehe. I think I need to join an Italian family for the short term tho