My Favorite Thrift Store Find

[Sqwertz]

Silicon gasketed oil brush.

https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg

$3. Yours?

(Hi Gary!)

-sw

[Cindy Hamilton]

I never seem to find anything good in thrift stores. But I use this
thing all the time:

<https://www.amazon.com/ELETON-Cylindrical-Olive-Dispenser-Bottle/dp/B072C3YPK2>

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:04:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>

I've got a silicon pastry brush but nothing as fancy as yours with the
little jar.

[sockmo...@comcast.net]

Well, it’s not exactly a thrift store, but a free used goods area at my town’s dump. It’s a trailer outfitted with shelves for items our residents no longer want but are still serviceable. My favorite finds were a bullhorn, a bobble head Pope Francis statue, and a brand new Stun Gun.

Denise in NH (which, unfortunately, will be hosting the imbecile in the White House tonight.)

[Sqwertz]

I use mine to brush things I blast in the toaster oven. It beats
shallow or deep frying and saves oil. I also use the spray cans of
Costco PAM-like stuff, but that stuff goes all over the place (and
into your lungs).

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 10:37:47 -0700 (PDT), sockmo...@comcast.net
wrote:

I'll trade you for the stun gun. I've always wanted to try one of
those.

-sw

[Cindy Hamilton]

I don't do much that resembles shallow or deep frying. I use the
bottle to drizzle olive oil on bread, which I eat almost every day.

You're right about PAM. I hold my breath while I spray it.

Cindy Hamilton

[songbird]

Sqwertz wrote:
> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>
> $3. Yours?

we've had this manual slicer for as long as i can remember, Mom uses it for olives, eggs, potatoes, strawberries. just push 'em through.

ours is looking kinda warped and beat up.

as we were walking through the thrift store last fall i looked over and there was one exactly like the one we had.

$1.50 brand new condition. we still have the old one too in case the new one breaks sometime and we can't find one to replace it...

looked somewhat like this one but the handle is white. only marking on it is INOX and stainless steel.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ekco-Handheld-Slicer-Tomato-Cheese-Egg-Made-in-USA-Ecko-/312536933041?nma=true&si=hoIcf54332ygC5URZcRcTl%252BvC88%253D


songbird

[Sqwertz]

Oh, and my Foodsaver is from a thrift store for $5. It's missing one
element (there's about 30 per inch), so I just seal, move it a cunt
hair left or right, then seal again. I usually seal twice anyway.

-sw

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
news:cw8eccna...@sqwertz.com...

Out thrift stores aren't open. I tend to donate more than buy. Can't think
of anything special.

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 20:30:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<juli...@frontier.com> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
>news:cw8eccna...@sqwertz.com...
>> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
>> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>>
>> $3. Yours?
>>
>> (Hi Gary!)
>
>Out thrift stores aren't open

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=thrift_stores&find_loc=Bothell%2C%20WA&open_now=5133

https://www.facebook.com/hhthriftstore/

[Daniel]

For me, nothing worth showing off. Mostly vcr/dvd recorders and kitchen
stuff. Goodwill sells mason jars for about $0.15/ea which is a blazing
good deal.

I also find good dvd's and music cd's. Seldom it's the cd's.

I look forward to our thrift stores reopening here.
--
Daniel

Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

[Sheldon Martin]

Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> writes:
>
>> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
>> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg

If I saw that stoopid contraption in any kitchen I'd never eat
there... brushing raw meats and putting that brush back contaminates
the oil. For oiling meats I pour some oil on the meats and use my
hands/fingers to spread/rub in the oil... hand washing is easy... I
use my fingers to grease bakeware too. The only times I use a brush
is to baste meats while they're cooking and then that brush gets
throughly cleaned with dishwashing liquid and hot water... I like to
use those cheap throw away bare wooden handled paint brushes... when
they get raggedy I toss them in the trash, they cost pennies. I use
those cheap throw away brushes for painting metal with oil based
paint, then they go in the trash, not worth the paint thinner to
clean.... I painted my diesel tank with Rustoleum and a 25¢ 3"
brush... placed it in a plastic baggie and used it to paint the second
coat the next day, then it got trashed, baggie and brush. You can buy
a bagful of those cheapo brushes in various sizes for a couple of
dollars, very handy to have.

[Gary]

I never use oil enough to need a dispensing bottle but I do
like the squeeze bottles that many tv chefs seem to use.

[Sqwertz]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 20:30:10 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cw8eccna...@sqwertz.com...
>> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
>> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>>
>> $3. Yours?
>>
>> (Hi Gary!)
>
> Out thrift stores aren't open.

Yes they are.

> I tend to donate more than buy.

That's because you're an online shopaholic who loves to buy shit
that you don't need or like.

> Can't think of anything special.

I imagine thrift store ick you out.

=sw

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:00:56 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>
> If I saw that stoopid contraption in any kitchen I'd never eat
> there... brushing raw meats and putting that brush back contaminates
> the oil. For oiling meats I pour some oil on the meats and use my
> hands/fingers to spread/rub in the oil... hand washing is easy...

[snip diarrhea]

I've never used it to oil meats. And if I did I would obviously wash
the brush before putting it back in the bottle. It's not rocket
science, Pussy Katz. The silicon brush washes very easily.

Notice the rim of the bottle has two little pour nipples, too. It's
currently filled with equal parts EVOO and soybean. I'll be using
it to brush some hash browns in a minute...

-sw

[Hank Rogers]

Popeye will be at ease now.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Thu, 09 Jul 2020 Gary wrote:
>
>I never use oil enough to need a dispensing bottle but I do
>like the squeeze bottles that many tv chefs seem to use.

I keep olive oil on the counter in a green glass wine bottle capped
with a dripless bar pourer.

[ImStillMags]

I do the same, Sheldon. Works great.

[Sheldon Martin]

I've been using the same bottle and bar pourer for some 55 years, no
reason to change.

[Bryan Simmons]

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:04:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:

> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
>
> $3. Yours?

I got a Betty Crocker brand one at Dollar Tree years ago. Not an oil brush, but a BBQ basting brush. I used it to baste a chicken I smoked with hickory and peach wood this afternoon. I had boxed chicken stock left from making Chicken Francese yesterday, so I used a little to baste the chicken. It turned out very slightly on the side of underdone--safe, but not perfect. The side was boiled potatoes, with fresh green beans added on top to steam with added pre-cooked bacon. My wife and son found the green beans perfect, whereas I'd have preferred them cooked longer. The potatoes were as good as they could have been, considering I only had russets.

Last evening's Chicken Francese was Rachel Ray's recipe, though heavier on the lemon juice and lighter on the wine, and floured with half rice flour, and half all purpose flour, and the sauce reduction included repeated additions of the stock. The only side was egg noodles in a sauce of Asiago cheese and heavy cream.

Both meals included Italian bread. I drive to the Italian neighborhood to buy it because it's so good. It's baked 2 blocks from where Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola grew up.
>
> (Hi Gary!)
>
> -sw

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 11:14:39 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:00:56 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> writes:
> >>
> >>> Silicon gasketed oil brush.
> >>>
> >>> https://i.postimg.cc/fRQ7RrBL/Oil-Brush.jpg
> >>> https://i.postimg.cc/5NCq1V5T/Oil-Brush-2.jpg
> >
> > If I saw that stoopid contraption in any kitchen I'd never eat
> > there... brushing raw meats and putting that brush back contaminates
> > the oil. For oiling meats I pour some oil on the meats and use my
> > hands/fingers to spread/rub in the oil... hand washing is easy...
>
> [snip diarrhea]
>
> I've never used it to oil meats. And if I did I would obviously wash
> the brush before putting it back in the bottle. It's not rocket
> science, Pussy Katz. The silicon brush washes very easily.

It goes in the dishwasher. Silicone is great. At anything other than really high temperatures, it is practically inert.

>
> Notice the rim of the bottle has two little pour nipples, too. It's
> currently filled with equal parts EVOO and soybean. I'll be using
> it to brush some hash browns in a minute...

Why do you have nasty soybean oil in your kitchen? Peanut oil isn't much pricier. The only neutral oil worthy of cutting olive oil with is high oleic sunflower. Soy and Canola oils belong in biodiesel fuel, and nowhere else.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

[graham]

On 2020-07-09 6:51 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:

>
> Why do you have nasty soybean oil in your kitchen? Peanut oil isn't much pricier. The only neutral oil worthy of cutting olive oil with is high oleic sunflower. Soy and Canola oils belong in biodiesel fuel, and nowhere else.
>>

Would you like to substantiate this?

[Sqwertz]

Except when you don't want to glug it out.

-sw

[cshenk]

I know I can't. Soybean oil is highly sustainable.

[Bruce]

I think Bryan cares more about "healthful".

[John Kuthe]

Um NO! Do you know how many acres of the most diverse variations of living things on the planet the Amazon Rainforest has been burned down to grow a monocrop, Oil Palms?

NOT sustainable at all! :-(

John Kuthe...

[Bruce]

cshenkie is like Sheldon: the opposite of what they say tends to be
true.

[cshenk]

John, talking soy beans here. Mega food crop and adds nitrogen to the
soil. Used in rotation cropping. They don't burn down rainforests for
this one.

[songbird]

cshenk wrote:
...
> John, talking soy beans here. Mega food crop and adds nitrogen to the
> soil. Used in rotation cropping. They don't burn down rainforests for
> this one.

yes, yes they do.


songbird :(

[cshenk]

Only because of crop rotation and to add nitrogen.

[Bruce]

lol

[Bryan Simmons]

Some people don't perceive the off taste in cheap oils like soy and canola. It is certainly the case that high monounsaturate oils have little effect on LDL/VLDL lipoproteins, and don't have the inflammatory effects of linoleic acid. High polyunsaturate oils go rancid quickly. Decent oil isn't much more expensive. I use peanut to fry because I got a bunch of it really cheap, but if cost is not a consideration, high oleic sunflower is the way to go.

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2:40:10 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:

Is it? Soybeans are mostly GMO. I have no problem with GMOs, but they've been genetically modified to tolerate herbicides. High oleic breeds of sunflowers weren't developed to resist herbicides, but for their fatty acid profiles. They are very low in Omega6. Sunflowers are more sustainable than soybeans. High oleic soybeans have already been bred, and I can't critique their taste, but perhaps they could be crop rotated with sunflowers, as soybeans are nitrogen fixing plants, and as much as I dislike soy oil, I adore tamari.

--Bryan

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8:13:54 PM UTC-4, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 7:58:32 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> > On 2020-07-09 6:51 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Why do you have nasty soybean oil in your kitchen? Peanut oil isn't much pricier. The only neutral oil worthy of cutting olive oil with is high oleic sunflower. Soy and Canola oils belong in biodiesel fuel, and nowhere else.
> > >>
> > Would you like to substantiate this?
>
> Some people don't perceive the off taste in cheap oils like soy and canola.

I didn't until you mentioned it a few years ago. Thanks for that.
I've switched to grapeseed oil.

> It is certainly the case that high monounsaturate oils have little effect on LDL/VLDL lipoproteins, and don't have the inflammatory effects of linoleic acid.

I don't use enough oil to worry about it one way or the other. I use
extra-virgin olive oil for its taste and grapeseed oil for the small
amount of sauteeing that I do. Butter or bacon grease for eggs.

Cindy Hamilton