Ever want to try out some kitchen equipment for food preservation before you buy them for yourself? Or need some kitchen equipment to use for a short period of time? Or to try out some equipment that you might want to use for your up and coming food business?
Long time readers may recall a series of columns, Mary’s Big Remodel (www.everydaycheapskate.com/remodel), where I kept you up to date on the long and agonizing remodel of our home by my husband. What you may not know is that no sooner was the paint dry than we put the house up for sale. To our utter amazement it sold in about three hours. Yikes! We were only testing the water. But the offer was something we could not refuse.
The trouble with bottled water, experts say, is not the water. It’s the plastic bottles the water comes in that are potentially harmful to our health and environment.
The saying, “When the student is ready, the teacher will come,” popped into my mind this week when I received today’s first tip in my email box. I was certainly ready to learn, having just experienced the heartbreak of tossing a hopelessly spoiled head of romaine into the garbage. I hate when that happens, so you can be sure there’s now a 2-gallon-sized Mason jar in my refrigerator.
“The Apples of TOPS Eyes,” was the theme the recent 2012 annual awards and installation of 2013 officers for TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) OR0443, The Dalles.
A can opener with a dull blade is pretty useless, but who likes to throw out kitchen tools? If we don’t, we have kitchen drawers that barely close. That’s why I love Marilyn’s tip. Now, all I have to do is find my can opener and see if it needs a rebirth.
