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We had no bowl for puke--unless you count the toilet bowl.

We used a large pot as the puke bucket. I have thought about it occasionally since having my own kids and don't know why we did that. A garbage can would have sufficed. We have a puke bucket from the hospital or doctors office when someone was sick. We either used that, the garbage can, or just the toilet. But honestly, we haven't had many stomach bugs for several years, thank goodness.

We used a plastic trash basket as God intended. I cannot imagine ever eating out of a popcorn bowl that was used as a puke bowl. I am not normally squeamish and will eat stuff that has been on the floor, let my dog lick my face (only the one who doesn't eat poop), and will walk barefoot through a plane. I actually don't do that one anymore because I have been told it is super gross. Those things don't bother me and I really feel like getting a good healthy dose of germs daily keeps me from getting sick. But puke has a penetrating smell that I would forever remember.

ETA: I cannot remember the last time I puked. It has to be at least 25 years ago. Maybe even longer.  

We have a puke bowl that used to be used for other purposes. I havent used it for anything else in a long time.

Obviously the toilet is the first choice, but when things are happening at both ends, it's best to sit on the toilet and puke into something else.

Oh God no. We used an ice cream bucket for a puke bowl.

I honestly don't remember what was used growing up but I used a plastic dish pan (that was NOT used for washing dishes) as the designated bedside receptacle if someone wasn't feeling well and there was the possibility they might not make it to the toilet to vomit there.

Toilet only for puking. Never heard of such a thing.
I know if it goes in the dishwasher it is thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, but still, no.

We had the green version of the yellow Tupperware bowl.

In my house now, I have a hot pink "tiki" trash can that is the puke bucket. In fact, I have a few. LOL. In the car, I have barf bags from the doctor's office in the glove box.

We use the toilet and if its a both ends situation then the trash can next to the toilet...

I did use an ice cream bucket when the kids were smaller but it was not washed out... just trashed when done..

Did not use the popcorn bowl... our popcorn bowl is a blue green Tupperware bowl

Ew. Ew. Ew. No!

We had bathroom trash cans and mom would line it with a small trash bag to use by the bed in case we couldn't make it to the bathroom when little.

Like 950nancy and pantsonfire, when I was growing up we used a small trash can with a plastic liner for the side of the bed if we couldn't make it to the bathroom to use the toilet for vomiting. And if it was a "both ends" situation, we would use the small bathroom trash can while sitting there. (My mom used an extra trash can as the side-of-the-bed puke receptacle, I think it was the one she usually kept in the laundry room, never a bathroom trash can in case it was needed there.)

I did the same thing when my kids were little - we had one or two small trash cans that could easily be lined with a plastic liner and repurposed temporarily as designated beside-the-bed receptacles. But it was stressed to the kids that they needed to try their best to make it to the bathroom and vomit into the toilet....I don't even wanna talk about one of my dear children who thought the bathroom sink was a better choice (easier? more sanitary? I have no idea what went on in that little brain to come to that conclusion...?!). No, just NO. Because that *&^$% does not go down the sink, it has to be scooped out.   Or the other child who only thought they could make it to the bathroom (hint: they were wrong) and left a trail of puddles.  NO!!!

So, no popcorn puke bowl in my house either! Ewww.

Yes!  I know I have mentioned this here before, but my mom had one of the typical Pyrex bowl sets that every mom on the block had.  The nesting set with the multiple colors, the largest bowl being yellow.  Mom used that yellow bowl to make all of my favorite things.  She taught me how to make a pie crust with that bowl.   All cookies were made from dough that was mixed in that yellow bowl.

When I married and got my own kitchen, there were no cute or pretty bowl sets that appealed to me so I started hunting at antique stores for Mom’s yellow bowl.  I didn’t even care about the other colors.  When I finally found an antique store that had two of them, I called my sister to see if she wanted me to pick up the other yellow bowl for her.  She wasn’t understanding what bowl I had found that I was so excited about.

 I described the bowl and reminded her that Mom made everything yummy throughout our entire childhood in that bowl.  She finally said, “do you mean the vomit bowl?”  I had forgotten about that.  Yes, Mom did put that bowl on a TV tray next to the couch when we were sick.  I never actually vomited in it myself so I didn’t associate it as the vomit bowl.  For me it was the everything delicious bowl.  I bought one for myself and my sister passed.  I still have mine (at least it was unbroken and packed up in California) I am opening a lot of boxes with broken things inside so I can’t be sure that I still have my well-loved yellow bowl.

Absolutely not! A small plastic lined trash can by the bedside was/is appropriate! The kids and grownups would not ever be asked to eat from a bowl that was used for puked! I would gag at the thought of doing so! Just no!

I haven’t puked in over 50 years, not even with my pregnancies.