Years ago my friend Norma gave me two Chinese pot scrubbers, or at least that is what they called them over ten years ago. She found them at a Dollar Tree and thought I might find a use for them. They were made of hard nylon in Hong Kong
I liked the pot scrubber immediately. It had "corners" with variations to fit into different parts of pans and pots. I particularly liked to use it on cake and bread pans to get into the corners where bits of cake and bread like to stick.
Then I figured out that one little scrubber was all I needed to do dishes at campgrounds. No washcloth, no sponge that refused to dry out and began to smell as the trip went on. As a matter of fact, I lost one of the scrubbers at a campground somewhere.
I continued to use the remaining scrubber but the marvelous cake pan corner wore out.
The Hong Kong scrubbers were no longer sold at the Dollar Tree. The only place I could find them was on line and they were very expensive. Now they were called pot scrapers.
I finally found them at the Menards flyer this week. They were inexpensive and with a rebate, free. I yelled "Eurkea", but I didn't have a car to drive to Appleton. I e-mailed Gary. The Illinois farm is close to the Sterling Menards. I asked him to pick up a couple of packages for me.
Now if I told Gary that I needed a $40 gadget that required four batteries and three day delivery by UPS, he wouldn't blink an eye, but he has been arguing with me for several days about why I need these small pieces of nylon.
My brakes on my car were finally repaired today so after I picked it up, I drove to the nearest Menards and bought the scraper.
One goes in the kitchen, one goes into my box of camping cooking gear. I should be good for another ten years.
I liked the pot scrubber immediately. It had "corners" with variations to fit into different parts of pans and pots. I particularly liked to use it on cake and bread pans to get into the corners where bits of cake and bread like to stick.
Then I figured out that one little scrubber was all I needed to do dishes at campgrounds. No washcloth, no sponge that refused to dry out and began to smell as the trip went on. As a matter of fact, I lost one of the scrubbers at a campground somewhere.
I continued to use the remaining scrubber but the marvelous cake pan corner wore out.
The Hong Kong scrubbers were no longer sold at the Dollar Tree. The only place I could find them was on line and they were very expensive. Now they were called pot scrapers.
I finally found them at the Menards flyer this week. They were inexpensive and with a rebate, free. I yelled "Eurkea", but I didn't have a car to drive to Appleton. I e-mailed Gary. The Illinois farm is close to the Sterling Menards. I asked him to pick up a couple of packages for me.
Now if I told Gary that I needed a $40 gadget that required four batteries and three day delivery by UPS, he wouldn't blink an eye, but he has been arguing with me for several days about why I need these small pieces of nylon.
My brakes on my car were finally repaired today so after I picked it up, I drove to the nearest Menards and bought the scraper.
One goes in the kitchen, one goes into my box of camping cooking gear. I should be good for another ten years.
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