Ice cream container

A container for ice cream or the like comprising a right cylindrical sidewall and having an open end, a lid interfitting with said open end, said sidewall having one or more peripheral rip-strips for separating an empty portion of said container from the balance of said container, each said rip-strip lying in a plane at right angles to the axis of said container and each having a peripheral discontinuity, said balance of said container then having a new open end with which said lid interfits, and readily destructable means for sealing each said rip-strip to the balance of the siewall comprising moisture impervious material overlying the juncture of said rip-strip and said sidewall on the inner surface of said sidewall and being fixed to said rip-strip, said material extending axially of said container a distance greater than said rip-strip spanning said rip-strip and the resulting edges of said sidewall container.