#3 QUESTION: WHY SO MANY APPLIANCES?
April 19, 2023
#3 WHY SO MANY APPLIANCES?
© Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2023
Two people asked this question: Andrea, why do you have so many small kitchen appliances? (This refers to the photo in Blog Post #2.)
My answer is multi-leveled:
1. I don't eat out in restaurants so I cook all my meals at home. My body can't tolerate fats and oils and few restaurants have meals I can eat without uncomfortable consequences.
2. To satisfy my taste for "fried" foods I use an air fryer.
3. I owned a Bed and Breakfast, so I had a waffle maker for guests like the ones you find in hotels. I kept it, but use it infrequently. I can let this go.
4. I use my rice cooker a lot, not only for rice, but also to steam vegetables.
5. I have a 5-quart slow cooker and a small crock pot that cook food while I concentrate on work and, unlike pots or pans on the stove, I rarely burn any food this way.
6. Summers in Florida are very hot, so small appliances allow me to cook meals without turning on the stove which taxes the air conditioning system even more.
7. In the future I will need small appliances to be able to cook food when I live in my van full-time. The van does have a small microwave which can run off the inverter and also my 1000-watt Jackery.
8. I also have, stored away, a folding solar cooker. Food will cook inside a dark metal pot placed inside 2 large glass bowls that sit inside the reflective solar cooker. No electricity needed, only the sun.
9. I cannot eat ice cream – too much fat – so I have a small ice cream maker that will freeze concoctions I choose. The downside is that the bowl must sit in the freezer for 24 hours before it will work. I could part with it.
10. I have a blender to make smoothies, a food processor to puree soups and make hummus which I use in sandwiches in place of butter or mayonnaise.
11. I could also part with the hand mixer. I find a whisk works fine for eggs and cake mixes.
12. The roasting pan is used once a year for a whole turkey, if that. I probably should use it more to bake a quantity of chicken breasts, fish, or meatballs.
13. I have a 4-slice toaster I will leave in the condo and a vintage 2-slice toaster to take to the van.
14. I don't use the hot air popcorn popper. The smell permeates the apartment for days and the kernels can chip a tooth.
15. I do use my bread maker to make dough for both pizza and cinnamon raisin bread. I can't find the pizza rounds I like at my store and Amazon has them 3 for $35! (Yikes!) The cost of buying bread at the store keeps going up. I won't be able to use this in my van without electricity.
16. In the van I will also have a Sterno stove and cans of Sterno, to use with small stainless steel pots and pans made for camping which I won in a contest.
17. I also have a steam iron and a steamer. The steam iron uses 1500 watts and the hand steamer uses 800 watts. I will keep only the steamer; my Jackery can't power the iron.
18. My Janome sewing machine has brought me a little income from paying customers but I find my diminishing eyesight makes it difficult to see small stitches. I will use it to alter my own clothes before I leave.
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I'm a writer, living on a $420 monthly pension and food stamps. Any size donation is appreciated.
If you have an interest in following how I am accomplishing this enormous house-emptying task, I invite you to support this project with a monthly contribution of $5 or whatever amount you're comfortable with. I hope to write two blog posts weekly, more or less.
The benefit to my patrons is you get to ask me questions about my project, and your projects, too, which I may answer in this blog: crisiswriter@gmail.com
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Cash: Best delivered in person to be safe.
Shipping is extra: Priority Mail… or for books, I ship by less expensive Media Mail.
I'm happy to receive checks in my mailbox to cover whatever time period makes sense to you. My mailing address: Andrea Reynolds, 1902 Andover Street, APT 194, Sun City Center, Florida 33573-5942
© Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2023
Two people asked this question: Andrea, why do you have so many small kitchen appliances? (This refers to the photo in Blog Post #2.)
My answer is multi-leveled:
1. I don't eat out in restaurants so I cook all my meals at home. My body can't tolerate fats and oils and few restaurants have meals I can eat without uncomfortable consequences.
2. To satisfy my taste for "fried" foods I use an air fryer.
3. I owned a Bed and Breakfast, so I had a waffle maker for guests like the ones you find in hotels. I kept it, but use it infrequently. I can let this go.
4. I use my rice cooker a lot, not only for rice, but also to steam vegetables.
5. I have a 5-quart slow cooker and a small crock pot that cook food while I concentrate on work and, unlike pots or pans on the stove, I rarely burn any food this way.
6. Summers in Florida are very hot, so small appliances allow me to cook meals without turning on the stove which taxes the air conditioning system even more.
7. In the future I will need small appliances to be able to cook food when I live in my van full-time. The van does have a small microwave which can run off the inverter and also my 1000-watt Jackery.
8. I also have, stored away, a folding solar cooker. Food will cook inside a dark metal pot placed inside 2 large glass bowls that sit inside the reflective solar cooker. No electricity needed, only the sun.
9. I cannot eat ice cream – too much fat – so I have a small ice cream maker that will freeze concoctions I choose. The downside is that the bowl must sit in the freezer for 24 hours before it will work. I could part with it.
10. I have a blender to make smoothies, a food processor to puree soups and make hummus which I use in sandwiches in place of butter or mayonnaise.
11. I could also part with the hand mixer. I find a whisk works fine for eggs and cake mixes.
12. The roasting pan is used once a year for a whole turkey, if that. I probably should use it more to bake a quantity of chicken breasts, fish, or meatballs.
13. I have a 4-slice toaster I will leave in the condo and a vintage 2-slice toaster to take to the van.
14. I don't use the hot air popcorn popper. The smell permeates the apartment for days and the kernels can chip a tooth.
15. I do use my bread maker to make dough for both pizza and cinnamon raisin bread. I can't find the pizza rounds I like at my store and Amazon has them 3 for $35! (Yikes!) The cost of buying bread at the store keeps going up. I won't be able to use this in my van without electricity.
16. In the van I will also have a Sterno stove and cans of Sterno, to use with small stainless steel pots and pans made for camping which I won in a contest.
17. I also have a steam iron and a steamer. The steam iron uses 1500 watts and the hand steamer uses 800 watts. I will keep only the steamer; my Jackery can't power the iron.
18. My Janome sewing machine has brought me a little income from paying customers but I find my diminishing eyesight makes it difficult to see small stitches. I will use it to alter my own clothes before I leave.
____________________
I'm a writer, living on a $420 monthly pension and food stamps. Any size donation is appreciated.
If you have an interest in following how I am accomplishing this enormous house-emptying task, I invite you to support this project with a monthly contribution of $5 or whatever amount you're comfortable with. I hope to write two blog posts weekly, more or less.
The benefit to my patrons is you get to ask me questions about my project, and your projects, too, which I may answer in this blog: crisiswriter@gmail.com
PayPal: www.PayPal.me/AndreaReynoldsIntl
Venmo: www.Venmo.com/Andrea-Reynolds-79
FacebookPay: https://www.Facebook.com/andrea.reynolds.90
It's possible Facebook may only allow you to send money by an app on your phone, not Facebook Messenger.
Zelle: Use my email: crisiswriter@gmail.com or text: 656-227-1130
Cash App: Use: $AndeBitanga
Cash: Best delivered in person to be safe.
Shipping is extra: Priority Mail… or for books, I ship by less expensive Media Mail.
I'm happy to receive checks in my mailbox to cover whatever time period makes sense to you. My mailing address: Andrea Reynolds, 1902 Andover Street, APT 194, Sun City Center, Florida 33573-5942