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On Jun 18, 9:53 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
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I appear miraculously to have earned the tinfoil hat. Gosh. This
is a Special Occasion.

Some of my answers were problematic. I rinse out food cans before
putting them in the recycling bin (not the trash).

I've never replaced any flatware, so MCINL.

Is a "proper spoon rest" necessarily spoon-shaped? If so, I lied on
that one.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton > wrote in message
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[snip]
> I rinse out food cans before putting them in the
> recycling bin (not the trash).

Ditto this; I do the same with the meat/poultry plastic trays and
milk cartons. I don't want my recycling can to smell like my
garbage can so this extra step has saved me some very unpleasant
aromas.

> I've never replaced any flatware, so MCINL.

If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll
be due to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it
out with the plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual
knives, forks, and spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:

>
> If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll
> be due to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it
> out with the plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual
> knives, forks, and spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...

You can buy the plain SS ones (for everyday use) in sets of 6
(teaspoons, knives, whatever) around here. I don't have to buy the whole
set...

If you haven't lost one in 17 years you are lucky... Teaspoons are like
socks around here - they "go missing". And my DS managed to "lose" one
of my "good" knives years ago - he left it in a pizza box and threw the
whole thing away - well, that's the theory anyway We have a whole
drawer full of *real* silver flatware. Never use it. It stains too
easily and is a b*tch to clean.
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On Jun 18, 10:44 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
We have a whole
> drawer full of *real* silver flatware. Never use it. It stains too
> easily and is a b*tch to clean.
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Now that I am old, I've taken the 'good silver' out of the box and
use it everyday in every way. It goes in the dishwasher, too. Same
goes with that good china with gold rims around it -- What the heck!

I do have a drawer with ss, but it never gets used now except for a
food that needs a little more handling strength.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee wrote:

>
> Now that I am old, I've taken the 'good silver' out of the box and
> use it everyday in every way. It goes in the dishwasher, too. Same
> goes with that good china with gold rims around it -- What the heck!

LOL. How old is "old"?

We got our silverware given to us by the MIL - who inherited it from her
parents - and she's 80-something. I don't have a dishwasher, but even if
I did, I wouldn't dare put the "family heirloom" silver in there... so
it's elbow-grease and lots of "Silvo".
>
> I do have a drawer with ss, but it never gets used now except for a
> food that needs a little more handling strength.

SS is "practical" at the moment - I have children, and one of them is
only 3 y/o
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> If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll
> be due to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it
> out with the plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual
> knives, forks, and spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...
>
> The Ranger
>
>
You can if you use silver. Generally stainless steel is sold in full
sets of 4 or 8 or at the minimum one full place setting. There may be
some patterns and manufacturers that let you purchase just a fork or
spoon or knife.

But you can buy just one piece of a silver or silver plated pattern.
Not cheap either. We've replaced a few silver spoons from my MILs
silver that we inherited.

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"MayQueen" > wrote

>> If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll be due
>> to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it out with the
>> plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual knives, forks, and
>> spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...

> You can if you use silver. Generally stainless steel is sold in full sets
> of 4 or 8 or at the minimum one full place setting. There may be some
> patterns and manufacturers that let you purchase just a fork or spoon or
> knife.

I have seen flatware sold by the piece, though not very often.
Usually it's a nominal amount and it's just a plain pattern, you
don't get your choice. I feel like I've seen them at BB&B, and
I know I've seen them at a Crate and Barrel outlet.

Of course you can find single pieces at thrift shops, etc. I know
that wasn't really the question.

nancy

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:35:11 -0700, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll
>be due to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it
>out with the plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual
>knives, forks, and spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...

I guess if you purchase the really expensive stuff OR the really cheap
stuff, you can do it individually.... but I purchase 3 heavy weight
sets and make a service for 12, so if something grows feet and walks
away (dinner forks used to be my problem).... there's more where that
came from.

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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I appear miraculously to have earned the tinfoil hat. Gosh. This
> is a Special Occasion.
>
> Some of my answers were problematic. I rinse out food cans before
> putting them in the recycling bin (not the trash).
>
> I've never replaced any flatware, so MCINL.
>
> Is a "proper spoon rest" necessarily spoon-shaped? If so, I lied on
> that one.

I typically use an empty tin from the recipe for a spoon rest.

With the choices supplied I couldn't answer those questions honestly
either.

I don't see any connection with those questions to trivia.... trivia
is trivial and obscure facts, not individual's habits.... how many
spoons/boards one has is not trivia... more at picyune nosiness

Searching <kitchen trivia> on the net produces quite a few interesting
sites, here's just one:

http://www.brownielocks.com/foodtrivia.html

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

>
> I typically use an empty tin from the recipe for a spoon rest.

Frugal.
>
> With the choices supplied I couldn't answer those questions honestly
> either.

So what's new?
>
> I don't see any connection with those questions to trivia.... trivia
> is trivial and obscure facts, not individual's habits.... how many
> spoons/boards one has is not trivia... more at picyune nosiness
>
> Searching <kitchen trivia> on the net produces quite a few interesting
> sites, here's just one:
>
> http://www.brownielocks.com/foodtrivia.html

I love you too Sheldon So when are you sending in your next survey?
Just curious.

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> Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>
>> I've never replaced any flatware, so MCINL.
>>


I have had the same experience. We have the same flatware we've had
since we were married in 1966, service for 8 stainless and an almost
exactly matching service for 10 in silver.

The only piece ever lost was a stainless serving spoon at a potluck.

I have lost good Wustof paring knives twice when they went into the
trash along with the peelings. Luckily they occasionally are on sale.

gloria p

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Jun 18, 9:53 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> I appear miraculously to have earned the tinfoil hat. Gosh. This
> is a Special Occasion.
>
Celebrate! And don't forget to wear your new hat!

> I've never replaced any flatware, so MCINL.
>
Same here.

Jill

Chatty wrote on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:53:00 +0200:

CC> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
CC> Vote now! (or not)
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CC> Chatty Cathy

You might have had another question or two about cutting boards.

What are they made from: plastic or wood?
How do you keep them clean: dishwasher, just wipe down, wipe
down with bleach etc.?
Are they built into the counter? (Not a good idea, IMHO.)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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James Silverton wrote:

> You might have had another question or two about cutting boards.
>
> What are they made from: plastic or wood?
> How do you keep them clean: dishwasher, just wipe down, wipe down with
> bleach etc.?
> Are they built into the counter? (Not a good idea, IMHO.)

BTDT

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/survey...html?survey=40

There was quite a nice thread about it, IIRC.

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Chatty wrote on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:17:54 +0200:

??>> You might have had another question or two about cutting
??>> boards.
??>>
??>> What are they made from: plastic or wood?
??>> How do you keep them clean: dishwasher, just wipe down,
wipe
??>> down with bleach etc.? Are they built into the counter?
??>> (Not a good idea, IMHO.)

CC> BTDT

CC> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/survey...html?survey=40

CC> There was quite a nice thread about it, IIRC.

I'd forgotten about that one but it did not cover the care and
feeding of cutting boards :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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James Silverton wrote:

>
> I'd forgotten about that one but it did not cover the care and feeding
> of cutting boards :-)

The thread did - in great detail LOL

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I wash my cans & bottles before I put them in the recycle bin. They
don't go in the "trash".

Harrumph!

T.

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> On Jun 18, 9:53 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
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>> Vote now! (or not)
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>> Chatty Cathy
>
> I wash my cans & bottles before I put them in the recycle bin. They
> don't go in the "trash".
>
> Harrumph!
>
> T.
>
Well, good for you LOL!

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:47:03 +0200, Chatty Cathy
> wrote:

wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 9:53 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>> Vote now! (or not)
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>>> Cheers
>>> Chatty Cathy
>>
>> I wash my cans & bottles before I put them in the recycle bin. They
>> don't go in the "trash".
>>
>> Harrumph!
>>
>> T.
>>
>Well, good for you LOL!

No recycling in SA?

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sf wrote:

>
> No recycling in SA?
>

Some, sf - but mainly for glass and plastic. Never personally seen a
"bin" for cans. But then again, I don't buy much canned goods because I
find that most of the canned goods here are (how can I phrase this
politely) - yuk, so I have never really looked for them. Even soda pop.
I will take glass (or even plastic) over a can any day...
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:25:52 +0200, Chatty Cathy
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>
>>
>> No recycling in SA?
>>
>
>Some, sf - but mainly for glass and plastic. Never personally seen a
>"bin" for cans.

Aluminum was the first recycling I noticed (sure we had the 5¢ bottle
deposit/refund, but that didn't count). We don't have to separate our
recycling anymore. Just chuck it all onto one bin and they do it for
us.

>But then again, I don't buy much canned goods because I
>find that most of the canned goods here are (how can I phrase this
>politely) - yuk, so I have never really looked for them. Even soda pop.
>I will take glass (or even plastic) over a can any day...

You don't buy tomato anything in a can, just fresh tomatoes? How
about beans - kidney, refried? Olives?

Glass has gone the way of the dinosaur here. Plastic bounces when it
hits the grocery store floor, glass doesn't.... less clean up for
store personnel, I guess.

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On Jun 18, 10:48 am, wrote:
> On Jun 18, 9:53 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> > Vote now! (or not)
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Chatty Cathy
>
> I wash my cans & bottles before I put them in the recycle bin. They
> don't go in the "trash".
>
> Harrumph!
>
> T.

I took it to be "throwing them out" and said yes, I do rinse before
tossing -- into the recycle bin.

My DH tossed out third generation baby utensils once when he went
somewhere alone with the kidlet. He did not get it when I went
ballistic, since we also had another set, but those were not as old.
I guess it served me right for being in the hospital recouperating
from back surgery....

maxine in ri

In article >,
Chatty Cathy > wrote:

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Fascinating results so far! :-)
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Chatty Cathy wrote:
>
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> Chatty Cathy

I rinse any cans with significant residue before they go in the garbage.
We do things efficiently here, no bogus recycling bins, just put it in
the garbage and they sort it at the far end. For those of you with
recycling bins, you're just wasting your time with feel good nonsense,
they still have to sort it out at the far end anyway since people put
things in the wrong bins.

No wooden spoons here, just plastic and metal. Wood ones just harbor
bacteria and they sometimes shatter under heavy mixing load and you have
to pick splinters out of what you were mixing.

I've never had to replace any silverware.

I've got several cutting boards, all plastic. I've become particularly
fond of the fairly thin semi disposable plastic cutting boards since you
can flex them into a chute when putting what you chopped on them into a
pan.

Pete C.

Pete wrote on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:40:14 -0500:

PC> Chatty Cathy wrote:
??>>
??>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
??>> Vote now! (or not)
??>> --
??>> Cheers
??>> Chatty Cathy


PC> No wooden spoons here, just plastic and metal. Wood ones
PC> just harbor bacteria and they sometimes shatter under heavy
PC> mixing load and you have to pick splinters out of what you
PC> were mixing.

It's not really a spoon but I use a spatula I bought at
Williams-Sonoma. It's made from bamboo and, to my pleased
surprise, the marking "dishwasher safe" is actually quite
correct. It probably has been washed 3 times a week for nearly a
year.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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Steve Wertz > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> I gave up trying to recycle at home years ago.
> If you put one wrong thing in one of those bins
> (Like a #5-XYZ plastic), they won't pick up
> the entire bin. So screw them.

We had a collector that was a complete ass like that too. I solved
the noncollection issue by calling in and having a supervisor pick
up my recycling the one time he passed my house by. It's amazing
how quickly his attitude was adjusted after that single pick up. I
never had any recycling left curbside after that.

Now we use this "Everything-together" can. No issues whatsoever.

The Ranger

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:46:34 -0700, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>Steve Wertz > wrote in message
...
>[snip]
>> I gave up trying to recycle at home years ago.
>> If you put one wrong thing in one of those bins
>> (Like a #5-XYZ plastic), they won't pick up
>> the entire bin. So screw them.

>Now we use this "Everything-together" can. No issues whatsoever.

That's the case in Sac too. I've never had a problem.

TammyM

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message
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It's funny, I never thought about it before this survey came up, how many cutting
boards do I have?
Well, the answer would be a dozen! I didn't realize there were so many. Our kitchen
cabinets have built in cutting boards that slide out above the drawers. I have 2
large wooden boards I inherited, 3 bamboo (beautiful!) boards, and 5 of the kind you
can roll up- one for meat, one for poultry, one for fish, one for veggies and one for
fruits. I prefer a separate one for veggies and fruits because I really don't want my
watermelon tasting of onion

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:02:41 -0700, "Nexis" > wrote:


>It's funny, I never thought about it before this survey came up, how many cutting
>boards do I have?
>Well, the answer would be a dozen! I didn't realize there were so many.

I have a butcher block table by John Boos, plus a heavy wooden Boos
cutting board. Plus quite a few (?4) plastic (not really sure of the
material) cutting boards. Two others I have in my traveling
pack...for when I am on assignment.

Christine

On Jun 18, 3:09 pm, Christine Dabney > wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:02:41 -0700, "Nexis" > wrote:
> >It's funny, I never thought about it before this survey came up, how many cutting
> >boards do I have?
> >Well, the answer would be a dozen! I didn't realize there were so many.
>
> I have a butcher block table by John Boos, plus a heavy wooden Boos
> cutting board. Plus quite a few (?4) plastic (not really sure of the
> material) cutting boards. Two others I have in my traveling
> pack...for when I am on assignment.
>
> Christine

I have about 10+. All of them are the plastic kind. Sometimes I'll
have 5-6 in the dishwasher at a time. Actually I could use a few
more. ;-))
Dee Dee

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I usually rinse out my cans just so they dont smell up the garbage..
or I take the ones with the shiny insides and pop in a plastic bag to
refreeze leftover sauce etc.then pop the bag out under hot water and
back to the freezer.
I usually keep a plastic Winn-Dixie bag in the freezer tied tightly to
collect any wet food remnants,bones etc,to be tossed out on garbage
day.Keeps my garbage bin from nasty things.Learned that from a nieghbor.

I also poke holes in the opposite end to start plants in....
*
I have a ceramic duck for a spoonrest thats seen better days.

Teaspoons mysteriously get lost just like socks in a dryer.

I use whatever packege I open as a cutting board then toss the whole
thing
Cheers,Smitty

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message

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Do you rinse/wash out empty food cans before tossing them in the trash?
Never. I'm throwing it away so why wash it?

How many wooden spoons do you have in the kitchen?
More than 3. I don't use them often, but I have at least 10.

What do you have to replace *most* often?
My choice is not listed
??????? I replace the entire set when I get tired of them. I'm on
my...third? set. My brother and his family are using my last set.

Do you have a proper 'spoon rest' in the kitchen (or more than one)?
Yes. The clean kitchen counter is a "proper" spoon rest, as far as I'm
concerned. So is the clean top of the stove, between the burners.

How many cutting boards do you have in the kitchen?
More than 3. Five that I use regurlarly. Several decorative wooden ones if
you count them.
Hmmmmm? There are 4 more cutting boards out in the cabinet on the patio.

BOB

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:53:00 +0200, Chatty Cathy wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>> Vote now! (or not)
>
> Why am I always #13 to vote? Fortunately I'm not much of a
> triskaidekaphobiac, otherwise I'd insist on a titanium hat.

ROFL
>
> ObFood:
>
> -sw

Spaghetti and meat sauce tonight - its Monday, and that's about all I am
up to

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