We moved about three years ago and there are some things I may never find. One item that was driving me crazy was not knowing where my meat grinders were. I know it seems silly in an age of electric blenders, juicers, and food processors. But I can't deny it, I feel insecure if I don't know where my grinders are. I must confess that I use them less than I think of them. I spoke to other women in my age bracket and we all agreed it is somehow important to know we have that back-up; we can function no matter what happens, power outages, political upheavals, economic upheavals. I need to know that I can function in a kitchen with out all the gadgets that require electricity. All we really need is the infamous meat grinder. If I have my grinders I know that I can make ANYTHING out of nothing in the kitchen. I must admit that they usually end up in the back of some rarely used drawer wrapped neatly in a flour sack with the attachments all together. But they are there if I need them. Just knowing that allows me to be OK with other things that may go awry in my world. So my dear husband after listening to my laments goes on a search....3 weeks later he has found not one, but 4 meat grinders and I am one happy camper. Now I feel like I can take on the world and whatever it may have to offer. Silly modern women, huh?
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Jane Goodhart lives in Salida, Colorado. In addition to writing for Blog Salida, she is also a regular contributor to the Women's Teaching newsletter.
1 comment:
I can relate. Once, when I was moving, I got rid of a bunch of stuff that I never used including a nut chopper. Soon thereafter I needed to chop some nuts and I searched high and low for my nut chopper. I finally remembered that I got rid of it. What did I do? I got a brick and used it to chop the nuts. That didn't work very well because little pieces of brick would fall off into the nut pieces. I should have kept that nut chopper.
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