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I am not getting rid of any of my plastic bins. Just what do you think a plastic bin is going to leech into your flour, anyway? NOTHING. That's what. They're not impregnated with poison. You're not microwaving your STORAGE bins, are you?
A plastic bin weighs a lot less than a similarly sized glass one, plus I can't keep ants out of the glass pharmacy-style jars that are the only (glass) thing big enough for staples like flour and rice. My lock and lock bins, well, LOCK closed.
And if I drop one, I am not risking my life trying to get around huge jagged pieces of broken glass.
You misread my post. I said that I don't use plastic containers for anything OTHER THAN things like flour and sugar. ("I use glass for everything except...") In other words, I use plastic for those but not to hold anything that may come into contact with foodstuffs that are not room temperature. When I heat something up in the microwave I do it in a glass container with a paper towel over the top. I never microwave in plastic, so it the food is already in a glass storage container it can go right from fridge to microwave.
The reason I use the plastic for flour and sugar is exactly the reason you stated: It is lighter than glass of the same size.
For things like pasta, rice, and oatmeal that are accessed every day I use the OXO containers with the pressure-center airtight lids. Flour and sugar, which are kept inside one of the cabinets and opened maybe once or twice a month, have the four-cornered tab-lock lids. I find those more difficult to open which is why I don't use them for the 'dailies'. I will probably switch those to OXO containers eventually because I find the tab locks a pain (literally) sometimes. I can't see how anyone with chronic arthritis can open those comfortably.
I'm not telling you or anyone to "get rid of" their plastic containers, I'm just saying what I prefer to use and why. Use whatever you want and be happy.
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You misread my post. I said that I don't use plastic containers for anything OTHER THAN things like flour and sugar. ("I use glass for everything except...") In other words, I use plastic for those but not to hold anything that may come into contact with foodstuffs that are not room temperature. When I heat something up in the microwave I do it in a glass container with a paper towel over the top. I never microwave in plastic, so it the food is already in a glass storage container it can go right from fridge to microwave.
The reason I use the plastic for flour and sugar is exactly the reason you stated: It is lighter than glass of the same size.
For things like pasta, rice, and oatmeal that are accessed every day I use the OXO containers with the pressure-center airtight lids. Flour and sugar, which are kept inside one of the cabinets and opened maybe once or twice a month, have the four-cornered tab-lock lids. I find those more difficult to open which is why I don't use them for the 'dailies'. I will probably switch those to OXO containers eventually because I find the tab locks a pain (literally) sometimes. I can't see how anyone with chronic arthritis can open those comfortably.
I'm not telling you or anyone to "get rid of" their plastic containers, I'm just saying what I prefer to use and why. Use whatever you want and be happy.
Your right. I totally misconstrued that. My apologies.
Pets. Do not get any pets. My cat continually tries to weave in and around my legs when she wants something, throws up on the floor, etc. Fell this week in her vomit.
When the dog and cat pass on, that's it. Unless they kill us first.
I notice I often skip the last step of my stairs for some reason, if not careful I could really lose balance. So I have lots of plants in my house and one of them is situated next to the last step of my stairs, so now when I go downstairs, I don’t skip one step by accident. I know it’s a last step thanks to my indoor plant.
I also live one indoor plant in a dark corner, it helps because my husband doesn’t bump to the wall at night when it’s dark because of this plant. No indoor pots are made with hard material, they are made with recycle plastic stuff, we won’t injure ourselves if we bump into them by accident.
With the induction hob, if you need another burner, you can go buy another burner. My hob cost me $70 WITH pans. When you don't need it any more, you can just stow it away somewhere. As opposed to that whole giant range that just sits there uselessly all the time.
I have downsized to just 3 appliances, an air fryer, an Instant Pot Ultra, and an induction hob. I barely even use the microwave any more.
Exactly. It's totally cool if people cook for a hobby, but I think most folks are overequipped with things they don't use in a kitchen. It's like keeping a garage full of unused furniture.
You can argue that simplifying your possessions is a form of age proofing. Just go to an estate sale and see what happens when you don't.
Now if I could just force myself to eBay off all of my hand tools except for one set of really good ones.
Exactly. It's totally cool if people cook for a hobby, but I think most folks are overequipped with things they don't use in a kitchen.
I gave away a bunch of "cooking stuff" when I downsized a few years ago. One bad thing about having a huge pantry (7' x 12') and big kitchen in my previous house was that the "but I don't have a place to put it" factor didn't exist. So I accumulated an obscene amount of kitchen stuff that I thought I'd use someday but rarely or never did.
Got rid of the toaster, the blender, the coffeemaker, the breadmaker, the immersion blender, the hand mixer, and the slow cooker. Hadn't used any of them in ages.
Kept the Zojirushi rice cooker, the Viking stand mixer, and the 16-year-old Panasonic microwave (which I use daily for reheating purposes and for taking the chill off water because tooth sensitivity means all liquids need to be body temperature or close to it). The rice cooker is used daily for overnight oatmeal and two or three times a week for rice and if it ever dies suddenly, it will be a full-on Red Alert! It is my most-used appliance.
I have an electric kettle but haven't used it in five years because I can't drink tea anymore, LOL. It's on a top shelf somewhere. I keep it just in case someone visits one day who wants tea. Not likely but who knows. If I ever need that shelf space I'll toss it.
I have a small Breville toaster oven but haven't used that in at least two years so that's on a top shelf too. I keep it in case one day my oven mysteriously dies and I can't get a replacement delivered for a few days. Not that I use the oven or broiler that often but you never know. Murphy's Law...
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Single level house. I completely remodeled it and kept accessibility in mind. Pocket doors to widen doorways. The 3’x5’ shower has a bit of a lip. There is blocking in the walls to add grab rails. It’s a wall hung sink and the wall hung toilet puts a short person on tippy toes sitting on it. It would take an hour of carpenter time to make the bathroom wheelchair friendly. Another few hours to build a small ramp to get in the house.
More importantly, the location is good. It’s high density suburban next to urban. I can get anything delivered. The town senior center is a mile away with all the elderly services for the people aging in place in their homes. If you set it up, they’ll call daily and someone from the town will knock on your door if you don’t answer. The local hospital is 3 miles away. The town is part of a daily van service to world class Boston medicine if it’s beyond the local specialists.
I have no desire to do independent living and I’d like to defer assisted living as long as possible if I end up on that trajectory.
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