Not the thrift store find, but if you see one, get it! I love this mandoline and it has been very useful over the years. I paid about $90 for it from Maid of Scandanavia bitd.
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Tis is my schweet little Zyliss garlic press I found about 45 years ago. It is a trooper and easy to clean.
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Iāll keep my eyes open. so far Ive never seen a Bron at a thrift store in all my years.
It was used ON me for wart removal. Are you hungry yet?
well it was on as well as in. But the sternal wires are quite another thing. Besides the creepiness of being able to feel them at the collar-bone notch, they set off the metal detectors in the courthouse. I had some āsplainin to do.
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You, my friend, have been uniquely blessed with finding the absolute best stuff for a song, so karma might argue you shouldnāt complain. I remember many examples, including a jaw-dropping deal on a certain dream item.
I hope your luck holds for a Bron.
Complain I shanāt! Thank you for the reminder to be grateful. My greatest treasure is my family and my friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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Me three
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This weekās finds at the Humane Society Thrift, for a grand total of $17.25.
A Braun coffee/spice grinder, just because. Between my house and 3 daughtersā apartments, weāve got 4 grinders plus (now) 2 extra in case of motor burnouts or whatever. Also, the lid/bowl on my ~ 30 year old Krups is very brittle and held together with rubber bands.
Then thereās the Marcato Atlas 150; the box is a bit scruffy but I donāt know if it has been used. Looks very clean and is still in the bag. Iāve maybe made some thick-ish egg noodles rolled out on the counter for Stroganoff, but never dabbled otherwise. This one does flat and cut-flat noodles but no shaped noodles. Marcato has other models that can do shaped/tube pastas, but I donāt know if they have a stand-alone unit for tubes that can be attached to this one. Thatās a worry for when (if) I get enthusiastic enough to try to tackle tubes, anyway. Still, itāll be a bit of entertainment for $16.
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Know also that you can make world class bread sticks with that pasta roller!
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How cool is that!?!?
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+1 Can always find something you may need in the discount bin. Hell, I bet I have three vice grips missing the screw. I donāt hoard kitchen stuff, but if itās in the garage, itās sacred.
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Never toss 'em! Cigar boxes, too. Valuable containers.
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Scored a Nespresso Essenza Mini and 4 sleeves of capsules for $10. Called customer service and ordered the missing parts for another $10.
Thia machine new is $179 and thr sleeves are $10 each.
Didnt need a 2nd one, but cmonā¦
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$10 for a $220 retail value is indeed, ābut cāmon!ā. I keep running into new(*) Instant Pots, large size, for $14 ($10.50 if I saw it on kitchenwares discount day).
Now all 3 daughters have an instant pot like mine, except theirs are a slightly newer model (I got mine as a work anniversary gift in 2017).
(*) None had been cooked in so far as I could tell, from visual and from sniffing the silicone seal.
Whenever I see something cool in great shape, even if I donāt need it, I think āwho could I give this toā?
Of course, thatās how I ended up with 3 extra garlic presses. Because I taught all my daughters that slicing or grating might not be exactly the same as mincing, but a Microplane will have 10 garlic cloves done in 1/10th the time of mincing. Sadly, I had to buy all their Microplane graters at full retail - Iāve never seen one in the thrift store.
Watch - now Iāll see one this week after having written that.
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Also terrific are Illy 8 oz expresso cansāsilver with excellent screw caps and sturdily built.
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A painterās Red Devil razor-blade scraps works very well on all glass surfaces and peels baked-on residue from inside pots too.
Oh, yes! Though mine if only a 4-blader. Severak designs avbl from Temu staring at $1.29
Iāve go one of those, too, inherited. Iāve never used it, because it is so huge. One of these days, Iāll tidy it up and give it a goā¦
You should see the looks I get (at Goodwill), when I go digging in the dresses for Sunshine. She is NOT an early bird, so when I see something that āchecks all the boxesā, I grab it and bring it home to her.
If it doesnāt fit or she doesnāt like it, I take it back and get credit towards something else.
About 3+ years ago, Sunshine got mad when she couldnāt fit into any of her nice dresses. She finally came to the conclusion that sheāll never get back down to that size and donated them. Slowly, but surely weāve been restocking her closet with dresses that fit.
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