Butter for the win

[susandennis]

Yesterday, I wanted a mandolin [edit: mandoline*] to slice up a cucumber. I used to have one but couldn't find it and assumed it went to Goodwill. The one I wanted on Amazon was $40. So I decided to look again. I have two cabinets that have misc in them. A year or so ago, I cleaned them both out and tossed most of it. but, now they are getting junky again.

So I pulled all the crap out of one of them and there... was my mandolin. Saved $40! I tossed most of the stuff in the cabinet out so now I can get to the rest.

I also found a couple of other forgotten things. I rearranged the kitchen counters to better suit my recent habits. I need to do all of that more often.

While I had the cart out - for shit to take down to the dumpster - I cleaned out the fridge and the freezer. Made a lot of good space.

This morning I opened up the freezer to get some bacon and WHOA! there in the door, were two 4 stick packs of butter!! I had planned to go to the grocery this morning mainly to get butter. Now I will not and think of all that money I will save!!

And, speaking of saving food money, finally after about two years of trying and failing, I have a cat food system that is working. All small cans of Fancy Feast. They split a can for breakfast and then another for dinner and maybe even a third. Julio eats most of it but Biggie gets his share. Their bowls are always licked clean by morning. I've also gotten in the habit of rinsing out the cans and lids and just tossing them into the recycling. Easy and not stinky.

(The pouches are harder to store and harder to clean out and stink. The boxes are worst of all.)

So no grocery today. Maybe some laundry. Really no other plans.

I'm seriously thinking about going swimming on Monday morning. Not worry about getting there at a specific time, just getting ready before bed and going when I wake up.

I need to gather my swim shit. And charge up my music player. I can see by the app, there are still no aquafit classes. This means the pool is either closed for whatever reason or completely open schedule wize. I will find out by going. I could call but why spoil the surprise.

I think it's time to tidy up this house. Put away the second fan, pick up cat toys, etc.



*turns out I'm not the only one tripped up by this...

Comments

[jwg]

This mandolin wouldn't work very well for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolin

[susandennis]

hahahaha

I just got an email from a friend and the tag line at the bottom said "(consider typos a personal gift)"

of course, in this case, i just can't spell.

[halfmoon_mollie1]

I have occasional longings for a mandoline. I also know three people who have nearly sliced off the tips of their fingers using one. I took some scones out of the oven...

[waitingman]

I have a mandolin... it allows me to slice 8 cucumbers at once, while also playing 'Sally Maclennane' at the same time

[susandennis]

Hahaha

[msconduct]

My cats are exactly the same - sometimes two Beasty Feast cans a day, sometimes three. It would be easier if it were one or the other so we could get into a routine, but they like to keep me on my toes.

[desdemonaspace]

My mandoline scares me. I'm always sure I'm going to do myself a horrible injury. But good on you for finding things and not having to buy unnecessarily.

[loganberrybunny]

Better than trying to slice one up with a mandarin, I suppose!

[susandennis]

ohhhh an option I hadn't even considered!

[vegetablearian]

I'm bad at using mandolines, probably because they're so scary (even with the guards!). So maybe if I just got the instrument and gave the veggies a good beating with it, it would turn out equally messy and ugly :) (And hard to clean...)

I'm glad you found yours and saved some money!

[sleepybadger]

I had a boss years ago who told me that she had seriously injured herself on a mandolin over the weekend and I spent a long time baffled about how. Turned out she meant a mandoline, which I was not familiar with at all!

[susandennis]

i totally get your confusion.