Anybody have one ?
Love em ? Like em ? Use rarely ? Dust collector ? Door stop ?
Had one when I was a kid. We made fresh OJ about once every 5 years. It sat in closet rest of the time. lol
Ahh....the dual-function one.....Dust Collector / Door Stop.
*error fixed [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g038.gif[/img] It's sad really.....when the simplest of words escape your world. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
I see them at garbage sales a lot, if that's any indication.
(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif) I see. Right beside all the home gymn equipment ?
Yes, the dual function exercise bike/clothing rack!
When I was a kid, we had a rocking chair/clothing rack. I don't think anyone sat in the chair for a good 15 years. It held the ironing/mending pile.
LOL
I like multi-functional things. Door knob/coat hanger, chair back/coat hanger, ironing board/coat hanger, back of couch/coat hanger. Great stuff.
I have a small orange juicer that I inherited from my mom. I love it. It does the trick when I want fresh oj.
My parents own the jack lalaine's (if that's his name) power juicer. I usually make something for myself when I'm there. That thing is awesome, but it just takes up so much counter space...space that I don't have.
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"]I bought a juicer as I have fruit trees, but it just wasn't worth it. It takes too much fruit to get a little juice and a mega mess. I'm going to donate it Sally Anne one day soon. I also have a [SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] [/SPAN]food dehydrator which I use much more often for my cherries. [?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /][o:p][/o:p]
I've heard this....about it taking a ton of produce to get a little juice. My sister has one...but she has orchards and vinyards, and usually an over abundance of fruit. She uses it a lot. She brought me some of her grape juice, and it was really close to heaven.
The reason I'm asking, is for the very reason you said JJ....and if I have to BUY produce to make a little bit of juice....it sounds like it might not be such a great deal.
we have a juicer......it sits with all the other small kitchen appliances way back on the shelves under the island. The last small appliance my wife purchased was a soya milk maker. I enjoyed fresh soya milk for about a month before the appliance disappeared deep under the counter
Our equivalent to that would be the espresso/cappuccino machine. Gone to the great kitchen appliance graveyard in the depths of the pantry. Oh yea.....and the onion blossom maker. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif) (which we did use a few times before going to it's final resting place).
The other appliance going to the graveyard is my deep fat fryer. It's just too unhealthy to cook that way!
I have a deep fryer...it's actually pretty new, but I don't use it. Not because deep frying is unhealthy, but because the deep fryer is unhealthy. What I mean is, it doesn't get hot enough. Sufficient heat lessens the absorption of fat. I will still partake in the occasional sinful indulgence of something deep fried, but I just use a good ol pot.
mmmmm....deep fried prawns. I figure there's a trade off for everything. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
We have a juicer... Somewhere. havent seen it in years.
Have a fruit dryer.. actually use that on occasion.. once a year or so for about two weeks until we forget about it again.
Have smokers.. doing some smoked salmon in the next few days.
Have a deep fryer.. use it once every few weeks. Most for french fries, and spring rolls. We do now have a turkey fryer.. only I cant convince the starfishie to let me do it again soon :(
We do now have a turkey fryer.. only I cant convince the starfishie to let me do it again soon :(
Oh oh......what happened ? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif)
She says its too expensive to do it too often as well its so unhealthy.
I think it tastes great and we should do it more often.
Im trying to convince her to get her family over for a dinner and we will do it.
She seems scared Im going to burn myself and the house down.
My friend re-uses the same oil (pours it back into the jugs and keeps it in the garage), if that's any help to you. So it's just the cost of the bird.
I re-use deep fry oil as well. I run it through a coffee filter and then keep it in the fridge. (yes it takes forever to go through a coffee filter)
Lil Me wrote:
My friend re-uses the same oil (pours it back into the jugs and keeps it in the garage), if that's any help to you. So it's just the cost of the bird.
Oh, I agree LM. I did that.. and I used a coffee filter as well PC.
I just cant convince her of that.. shes a woman.. the brain operates differently she keeps telling me.
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Tell you what, I'll convince lovely Ms Starfish that turkey frying once in a while is a fun, safe pursuit. Then you invite me for turkey?!
I'm a woman. [img onclick="selecte('eh.gif');" alt=emoticon src="vny!://www.pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/blehnet/eh.gif" border=0]
if she works in environmental.....she considers the used oil HazMat requiring special attention for disposal
Lil Me wrote:
Tell you what, I'll convince lovely Ms Starfish that turkey frying once in a while is a fun, safe pursuit. Then you invite me for turkey?!
LOL, regardless I should have you over at some point.
It IS a safe pursuit.. she just got worried when there was a number of us have that many coca cola's around it, it boiled over once, and she read about all the warnings and online danger stories.
PC wrote:
Im a woman
hehe, yes this is true. But not everyone or everywoman is the same..
lol. Yes....there are dangers. Just don't do it in the living room.(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/3.gif)
49er wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]if she works in environmental.....she considers the used oil HazMat requiring special attention for disposal[/div]
LOL, not in environmental.. around me and my brother if she was, she would be insane by now.
I have many uses for that much oil.. which can be reused.
We've a juicer but we lost the thingy that you push the fruit/veggies as you squeeze out the juice so it just sits in the cupboard along with other misc. kitchen items that I'm sure are useful at some point in my life.
Russ wrote:
We do now have a turkey fryer.. only I cant convince the starfishie to let me do it again soon :(
You have to careful with those things, I'd be too scared (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/3.gif)
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Russ wrote:
We do now have a turkey fryer.. only I cant convince the starfishie to let me do it again soon :([/p] [p style="font-style: italic;"]JJ wrote:
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[/p] The one that I have, believe it or not.. is actually UL and CSA approved. TONS of warnings.. its not too too bad.
I guess it tells you not to fry a turkey in your underwear with bare feet.