TheBanyanTree: InstaPots

[tobie at shpilchas.net]

	On the subject of gadgets with multiple uses:  The gadgets, for me, add more clutter than they are worth, though watching them go at it is fun.  Still, I imagine a kitchen overstuffed with every time and space saving widget invented and IF there were enough storage space to house them, it would take more time to go and fetch them for there special uses than the time it would take to do the task by hand.

	Using the Cuisinart is easy and fast.  Cleaning and drying it is less so.

	I prefer my gadgets to reflect my own multiple use functionality.  Still, if it came to a choice, I don’t want anyone deciding which is indispensable: the multi-use gadget, or me.  If it were about storage space, I should start packing my bags.

Tobie





> On Jan 17, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Unitaskers are anathema in this house. A gadget has to have several uses to
> even apply for admission.
> 
> 
> *We appreciate your referrals!*
> 
> Monique Colver
> Colver Business Solutions
> www.colverbusinesssolutions.com
> monique.colver at gmail.com
> (425) 772-6218
> 
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Teague, Julie Anna <jateague at indiana.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Ah, a positive comment. Which pleases me no end since John has opened it
>> and says we’re going to give it a shot. Ok, whatever. I’ll give it a shot.
>> He, too, is Mr. Gadget. He bought me an avocado slicer. I looked at him
>> dumbfounded. Never needed one in my life. Never get the thing out of the
>> drawer. He also says we need a tool to slice around the top of a sealed
>> wine bottle. Really? Never owned one. I use the pointy end of the
>> corkscrew. Give me that bottle, I’ll get into it.  He loves his gadgets.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 17, 2018, at 6:28 PM, TLW <tlwagener at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OMG. I love mine so much. I moved to NYC and that's all I have now. It
>> does
>>> everything -- especially in the winter time. "Mixed up food." Throw stuff
>>> in there, pick your pressure, and make entire meals within minutes. And
>>> flipping that toggle to let the steam out is almost a sexual release for
>>> me.
>>> 
>>> Of course, I'm not a cook, like Julie is. I DO, however, assemble
>> brilliant
>>> meals. InstaPot is my compadre in this effort.
>> 

"In this country, we make old age so awful, it's no wonder people die of it."  THS



Tobie Shapiro
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