I use entirely frozen unless we have some fresh ones about to go bad if they aren’t eaten up. I waste a lot less and, if the kid ever gets less picky or less discerning, I could add small amounts of greens. Frozen spinach is disgusting thawed, I hate the texture! But you can’t tell in a smoothie. Peas or other frozen little vegs like carrots are also really easy to add. We stick with berries because that’s what the kid will consistently eat and berries are a super food. Full of all kinds of goodness and not much sugar at all.
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Speaking of spatulas:
The good news is that if we throw that stuff out, we HAVE to buy more kitchen gear.
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Good to know, i think for the most part i’ve replaced a lot of these black plastic things from the kitchen because i don’t like having hot food in contact with plastic even if its supposed to handle it, but i do have a few that need to be swapped out
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I haven’t used those black utensils in a long time as I quit using “non stick” cookware.
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The article and the link to the study abstract don’t mention the type(s) of black plastics tested. Nylon utensils? ABS? Polypropylene? Melamine? Are they considering silicon utensils as plastic? These are just the materials I can readily think of, not an exhaustive list. Plastic is such a broad term; I wish the study report had been specific about what materials they tested.
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I have one plastic utensil from the 1960’s or 70’s.
Holy crap! I have used it always.
Hard to see all the melting scars on the handle.
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I don’t know if it’s safe in general, but I’m pretty sure the problem mentioned in the article is not a problem for your spatula, as that issue is that some modern plastics included recycled plastics that had flame retardant chemicals, but back in 60’s and 70’s, plastic recycling wasn’t really a thing. Not that plastic recycling is that much of a thing now.
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I read the article as yet another reason we should reduce plastic use and progressively ban its use rather than focus on the bullshit of recycling.
“Hey! Not only is plastic recycling expensive, niche, and largely impossible, but it kills you too!”
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California Just Became the First State to Ban Sell-By Dates.
Do you guys swear by these dates?
Always sniff the milk.
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sell by…
smell by…
i don’t pay much mind to those date stamps. but i grew up on a dairy, drinking raw goat’s milk, you kinda grow a sense for anything off.
i am more wary of my own home-canned goods, wondering when these got put up and if it’s safe now?
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Yeah canned stuff gone bad will straight up kill you. I don’t play with canned food
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@snigs thanks for the article on the black plastics. We’ve been moving away from using plastic for anything that gets hot, particularly, and less plastic over all. This was a good reason to replace the 3 plastic utensils we had left with some stainless steel.
I don’t know if Blue Owl is available outside Texas, but this one is yummy! It somehow has all the flavor I love in Tiger’s blood without the artificial notes from most shaved ice places. I once had Tiger’s blood shaved ice from a place that made their own syrups using juice and no food coloring. It was so delicious.
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No pictures because I’m an idiot, but…
Made an excellent green chutney from green tomatoes, red onions, garlic, raisins cayenne and a smattering of other vegetables loosely based on this recipe.
I doubled the green tomatoes but kept everything else roughly the same. Canned 8 jars. Tasty!
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But would they be a Cake or Bread cover band?
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We do the same this time of year. Any tomatoes from the garden that are more than we can eat fresh get roasted. A combination of cherry, heirloom, roma, and slicing tomatoes makes a great sauce when roasted with EVOO, s&p, and we usually add basil and/or oregano from the garden.
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started some pickle snacks:
pickled eggs, sausages and onions.
•boiled eggs, peeled.
•onion, sliced
•jalapeno beef smoked sausages, sliced
•fresh serrano and cayenne peppers
•white vinegar
• peppercons, whole
•mustard seed
•garlic
•red pepper flakes
•sugar, salt, water
should make for some tangy, spicy snacks in a month, or so!
two quarts.
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My favorite kitchen implement:
I most often use it to make hard boiled eggs; broccoli; to cook cut-up potatoes; or little red, new, and smol fingerling potatoes.
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Great list of international grocers in the Twin CIties (Mpls/StP, MN), with more in the comments.
Just posting for anyone in the metro area, or if you happen to visit 
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I have an intermittently weak sense of smell, so I fully expect to be killed by spoiled leftovers/product gone bad. My algorithm of whether to toss food is based on visual inspection, my knowledge of microbiology, cost of the food, how tasty it potentially is, and how hungry I am. I factor sell by dates in to the equation.
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