Comments on: What’s the Most Useless Kitchen Applicance?

By: Lynn M

Lynn M — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:14:19 +0000

I’ve never had a problem with my garbage disposer, although I generally tend to use it just to catch the smaller stuff that doesn’t get scraped off plates into the garbage. I can’t imagine life without it because I hate cleaning out the drain filter/trap thingy when it gets filled up with slimy food scraps as I’m getting dishes ready to load into the dishwasher. I am curious – why the cold water only? I had always thought that I should run my disposer with very hot water so that any fats or oils would remain as liquid as possible and thus flush through thoroughly.

By: LinnieGayl AAR

LinnieGayl AAR — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:09:31 +0000

I should add I bought my electric can opener about 6 years ago when I had a wrist injury and pretty much couldn’t grip anything. I was completely unable to use the non-electric one. But thankfully that problem’s gone.

By: LinnieGayl AAR

LinnieGayl AAR — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:08:18 +0000

Interesting Leigh. I do have an electric can opener but think I may be one of the only people who has one. And I do rarely use it anymore. As you mentioned, more and more pop-tops. I’ve been thinking about getting a non-electric one just recently.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:40:31 +0000

Tee, I don’t have one either – but I did at one time. It quit and I never replaced it,

Some people never use the microwave but I have to say it is my necessity.

By: Tee

Tee — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:24:40 +0000

Leigh: I would say the most useless tool is the electric can opener…

Hmm–don’t have one of those either. Am I a throwback to the caveman era?

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:22:15 +0000

I like my garbage disposal. I have lived in my house for 12 years and I don’t remember a problem unless you count silverware that I didn’t catch. I am more limited by thoughs of my septic tank than the disposal. I tend mostly to put in left overs and veggies,fruits.

I would say the most useless tool is the electric can opener, expecially now that so many cans have the pop tops.

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אינסטלטור בתל אביב — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:59:17 +0000

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By: LinnieGayl AAR

LinnieGayl AAR — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:50:28 +0000

Victoria S, I bow to your skill Clearly I don’t have it. Oh yes, I can imagine the celery debacle — what a mess that is. I’m guessing if cat foods forbidden dog food must be too.

Lee, the noise doesn’t bother me, but I’m not dealing with that mess again.

By: Victoria S

Victoria S — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:27:20 +0000

LinnieGayl, I am the garbage disposal(disposer) master. I have lived in my house since ‘89 and it’s only clogged up on me twice, and I use that bad boy every day. I have put all those things you were told NOT to put down my disposal, and with the exception of the Thanksgiving Day Celery Debacle (one of the 2 times it’s clogged up) have only had one other problem. I don’t put any meat or fish in it though, but pretty much everything else goes down. I don’t have a pet , so I wasn’t aware of the cat food restriction…hey does that apply to dog food too?

By: LeeB.

LeeB. — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:14:06 +0000

I have a garbage disposal in my current apartment but don’t use it mainly because it’s noisy. There is also one at work and people put tons of things down it. But sometimes they forget to turn it on so there’s often lots of food remains in the drain. Totally looks gross.

Glad Princess is better.