Well the owner of the company that manufactures this complex product has to comply with all kinds of government regulation in order to get set up to do business. Then he has to deal with labor unions and provide a living wage, obama-care, six weeks paid vacation and prove he's not discriminating against anybody and have a legal defense fund in case some child swallows one of his products and sues his company because he didn't put enough warning labels in the detailed manual that gave specific instructions in five different languages of how to use and not use his product. Plus he has to hire a tax lawyer to make sure he's complying with all taxes and everything is functioning on the up and up.....
From: raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: File Under "You Gotta Be Kidding?" --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > Berry season is here and I picked up another basket of fresh picked > > vine-ripened strawberries for $2 this morning at the farmer's market. > > After washing them and letting the dry I decided instead of using a > > knife to de-stem them I would go to the dollar store to see if they have > > the same stainless steel like berry stem tweezers like my mother had and > > I apparently didn't inherit. These would definitely be a dollar store > > item but no such luck. And neither did the drug store or the super > > market in their kitchen gadgets section or even in the supermarkets > > gadgets section for fruits. > > > > Returning and looking online I found a "Strawberry Stem Remover" for $8! > > I recall the simple berry stem tweezers worked well but apparently > > whomever made them decided there wasn't enough profit or you might find > > them at a dollar store (I seem to recall they were sold there a couple > > years ago). "The Strawberry Stem" remover is a bit overkill as is a > > similar $3 device. Looks like the simpler version is a victim of the > > bad economy. Actually here is a video of the one my mother had: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbGJT-dN7xQ > > > > And I found it online for $2: > > https://www.lehmans.com/p-123-strawberry-huller.aspx > > I do that with my fingers. Why do you need a gadget? > > (Lehman's is great for gadgets, though.) > Guy's like gadgets. Maybe there's something in their DNA that makes them try to build a better mousetrap or invent ways to avoid work. Vintage gadgets last forever. My dad bought a ton of them and my mother still has them stuffed in her kitchen drawers. Enjoy the nostalgia, folks. Hard boiled egg slicer http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_487/1268937829RYV4OD.jpg Jar opener http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6876971/il_fullxfull.343078009.jpg Can opener http://www.silhouettes1979.com/Other%20T&T%20-%20Can%20Opener.jpg Best potato masher, evah http://img2.etsystatic.com/005/0/6782628/il_fullxfull.380039330_rrnp.jpg Eggbeater http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG_9263.jpg Cheese slicer http://seelowprices.com/2011/10/10/28528269/1b.jpg Apple corer http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5612249/il_fullxfull.191629081.jpg Apple slicer http://img3.etsystatic.com/000/0/5876568/il_fullxfull.159507439.jpg Meat grinder http://img3.etsystatic.com/000/0/6083627/il_fullxfull.333357655.jpg Hey, Bhairitu have you tried washing berries in diluted vinegar? It works to preserve raspberries too. http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2012/05/03/prevent-moldy-berries/ > > > > > One thing I noticed on Azgrey's post about artichokes a couple weeks ago > > was the web site of the place where he bought them had an interesting > > article on baking eggs in the shell instead of boiling them. Supposedly > > they peel easier that way and are tastier. So yesterday I tried it and > > indeed the eggs were easier to peel and tastier. So much for boiling > > them again. > > > > That's your "Bhairitu's Kitchen" article of the day. > > >
