The third test was soup…I wasn’t convinced that this would work very well, as there was no substance to keep it warm…the chilli had beans and meat to hold the heat in, the soup was just some vegetables I had blended up, this time it was straight from the pan and into the bottom container, lid on and then left on the worktop for just under 4 hours.

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If your food container has not been used for some time, we suggest rinsing it with warm water to remove any taste or odor from previous use. The first test was keeping my ploughman’s lunch cold…I followed the instructions and filled the containers with cold water and let them stand while I sorted out the bits I was going to have for lunch. A few minutes later I tipped the water out, dried the tubs and filled them with my lunch. For cold foods:for best results,fill the food container with ice cold water and close.Let stand for 5-minutes.Remove water from the food container and fill with your favorite cold food. The protagonist in Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker prize shortlisted novel The Gate of Angels, set in 1912, uses one of the company's lamps (an "Aladdin") in the fictional college of St Angelicus, where the use of electricity or gas is not permitted. [2] See also [ edit ]

The Aladdin brand is now owned by the privately held Pacific Market International (PMI), and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. As of 2009, PMI sell vacuum flasks and other thermal products manufactured under the Aladdin name. Since The Aladdin Bento Box arrived from Go Outdoors I’ve not been able to stop using it. It really is a great little bit of kit for spicing up lunchtimes.

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In 1908, Johnson Sr., a Chicago soap salesman, became interested in kerosene mantle burners. Dissatisfied with the available kerosene lamps of the time, Johnson began selling U.S.-made mantle lamps. He incorporated his lamp sales business and called the company the Mantle Lamp Company of America. In 1912, the company began manufacturing mantle lamps that gave off a steady white light without smoke. They called these lamps Aladdin lamps after the magical lamp and wish-granting genie in the children's story. In 1917, Johnson Sr. diversified the company's offerings and began producing insulated cooking dishes, known at the time as Aladdin Thermalware jars. These Thermalware jars were the company's first venture into heat and cold retaining dishes and are early cousins of the products in use today. In 1919, Johnson moved these jars into a new subsidiary he called Aladdin Industries. This subsidiary offered thermalware jars and vacuum ware and successfully sold and manufactured these products from 1919-1943. To remove stubborn stains,leave filled with solution of warm water and baking soda overnight with the lid removed. Soaking overnight produces excellent results. Aladdin Industries was a vendor of lunchboxes, kerosene lamps, stoves and thermal food storage containers. It was founded in Chicago in 1908 by Victor Samuel Johnson, Sr. and incorporated as the Mantle Lamp Company. Aladdin Industries was created as a subsidiary of Mantle Lamp Company in 1914, specifically to manufacture vacuum bottles. The company was further diversified under former president Johnson's leadership. It was the maker of the first character lunchbox, using images of Hopalong Cassidy, in 1950. [1]With the lid off the container,place into microwave and heat for 1-1½ minutes.Stir contents.Microwave for an additional 1-minute. The only real downsides I’ve found are that the separator doesn’t seem to fit in the smaller of the 2 containers and with it being round it’s sometimes a little difficult to get square bits of food in. I’m not sure I’d use it for camping as it’s a little bit bulky but other than that it certainly beats old takeaway containers for taking lunch in and would provide a great way of taking hot food for lunch if you didn’t have a microwave at work As I mentioned in my original post, the Aladdin Bento Box has taken it’s insporation from the Japanese style lunch boxes so it’s designed to keep food hot or cold for up to 5 hours. Most people are searching for the box they might have had in school,” he says. “In many cases they don’t remember it until they actually see it in the museum, and then they light up.” During the 1980s and 1990s Aladdin continued to grow and by the mid 1990s its Nashville operation grew to employ 1100 employees. At this time, foam insulated mugs grew in popularity and Aladdin's products were sold in grocery chains nationwide. Aladdin opened their Nashville factory on Murfreesboro Road, producing its first thermal products in July 2002.