My Lid Storage Solution
February 26, 2013 - Written by DianaFinally, finally, finally, I figured out the solution to the lids that are constantly being vomited out of my kitchen cabinet. Truly, it’s been an issue since we moved to the house and I found the perfect solution for my tiny kitchen in a hardware place. It’s a Husky Clickbin – The bins stack, but have tabs in the bottom that pull out and click into place. These tabs help to secure the bins when they are stacked. The front of each bin has a semi-open front where you can put the lids you use most often for easy grabbing.
Truthfully, when searching for lids we pull the bin out and lift them apart to find the correct lid, there’s no getting around that part of it. But we are not digging through a massive pile of falling lids to find the one that fits correctly. My husband wouldn’t search for a lid in the old method; he’d use a plastic bag, plastic wrap, a towel – anything but wouldn’t bother searching for the lid. Now, no problem, my husband finds a lid every time, not just searches for the lid, but finds one every time.
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My end of summer chores involve making different stuff with all of the tomatoes we have. A long time ago (I’m aged) I bought a Victorio Strainer 200. It was so worth what I paid for it and is still working perfectly fine, probably because there aren’t any electronic parts or electricity involved, just crank power. There are many different versions of this useful gadget, all are good. My sister has something she calls a Foley Mill – that one looks like more work, but I’m sure works fine. After the tomatoes have all gone through the strainer, either …
Canning Tomato Sauce
September 9, 2009 - Written by Diana
First you clean and cut up the tomatoes so that they fit into the hopper. Turn the crank, and push the tomatoes down with the plunger. The tomato juice and pulp will come out of the side and the seeds and skin will come out the end. When we have enough skin and seed in the bowl we’ll put it through the hopper again, in order to squeeze as much pulp out as we can.
