In the six years since we bought Casa Sammamish, we’ve replaced the microwave/ventilation fan, range, refrigerator, rice cooker, espresso machine, sink, garbage disposal, gas grill, and coffee grinder. This means our dishwasher has a large target on it.
Tag: kitchen appliances
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2021/04/10/the-appliance-shuffle/
Aug 02
Get (Neuro) Fuzzy
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the small kitchen appliance that we use the most is the rice cooker. We bought our simple on-off device 17 years ago for $50. It’s served us long and well. I’d say that paying $3 a year for an appliance that’s used 3 times a week was a …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2020/08/02/get-neuro-fuzzy/
Sep 02
Power Tools!
Now we get to the Tim Allen/Home Improvement part of arming your kitchen. Some people love kitchen electrical gadgets. Others eschew them. We are in the middle camp. Our main consideration: Will we use this appliance enough to grant it precious space on our counter or in our cabinet? Here are a few other factors …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/09/02/power-tools/
Sep 22
Yet Another Beverage Boondoggle
Julian does his major web surfing while I’m fast asleep and often emails links to me. Sometimes they’re foolish videos or websites. Then we have the “stuff nobody really needs.” Witness the Teamosa. This is a tea variant on the Keurig beverage model. For a mere $399, you can have a machine that ultrasonically extracts …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2017/09/22/yet-another-beverage-boondoggle/
Sep 02
The Perils of a Double-Door Refrigerator
Casa Sammamish came equipped with a double-door refrigerator with a freezer drawer on the bottom. Our erstwhile landlords wanted the most cubic footage for the space allotted in the kitchen. All well and good, but I’ve noticed some drawbacks to the configuration of this fridge: The food on one side of the fridge turns over …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2017/09/02/the-perils-of-a-double-door-refrigerator/
Jun 18
The Homeowner Begets
When one rents a home and an appliance breaks, the landlord will (one hopes) repair or replace the item. That’s it. When one owns a home and an appliance breaks, it can turn into a cascade of purchases I call the Homeowner Begets. Two weeks ago our microwave oven/kitchen ventilation fan ceased to function. Because …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2016/06/18/the-homeowner-begets/
Recent Comments