Thursday Thoughts 04-02-20

Here are some treasures that dwell on the bottom of the kitchen utensil drawer.  I don't use any of them any more, but they don't take up much room and I will probably keep them until I die. They are just there. Can you guess what they are?

On the top is a spoon holder that goes on the side of a pot, the spoon fits in the spring looking thing.  On the left are two keys to open flat cans (like sardines) and a bottle opener from Lucky Lager beer which is "age dated", for whatever that is worth.   On the right are tools to get things out of tall, skinny bottles;  a spear for something like olives, a spring loaded fork for removing heavier items like sausages, a spoon from Tupperware, circa 1962. I'm sure there is a "church key" somewhere in the house, maybe in a tackle box.  This is the kind with which I am most familiar (picture from Wikipedia) and I am surprised that they are still available on a lot of sites.   

All this old stuff I just hang onto.  I'm certainly not in the mood to clean out drawers and closets, or the garage.  Doesn't fit with my idea of isolation.  Sewing and reading are better. 

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Thursday Thoughts 03-26-20

Another old thing that I treasure and use several times a week.  This was my mother's grater, the only one I think she ever had.  I took it as part of my inheritence once she died.  It is still sharp enough for whatever I need it to cut, which is amazing since it must be over 75 years old.  It takes up almost no room in the front of the knife drawer.  I sent my old box grater to the second hand store for someone else to struggle with.  

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