Yard Sale, Thrift Store, Junk Heap Shopping (Part 2)

[Kerry Beal]

Anna N has joined the spiralizer trend started by Franci here.  

 

I arrived at work kind of early today and stopped in at the Grimsby Benevolent Association thrift store.  Picked up a little freezer alarm and happened across this little baby - make in Japan - I assume it's a Benriner.  $2.

 

 

Brought it home, cleaned it up and pulled a very sad hairy carrot out of the bottom of the crisper.  Dragged hubby out to see what I'd done - first question - "can you make shoestring fries with that?"  Guess that will be the next thing.  

 

 

 

[SylviaLovegren]

Sad Hairy Carrot sounds like a garage band. 

[IowaDee]

I used to go with the tangerine player.  He could really shake that thing.

[Porthos]

A few months ago I found a steam table pan from Bloomfield that has non-standard dimensions. It measures 16.5 x 10 x 2.5 inches. It has turned out to be a wonderful size in my home kitchen. Right now I'm starting 1 1/2 lbs of baked rice in it. I think I paid around $3-4 for it but I just don't remember for sure.

 

Edited to fix typo.

Edited January 15, 2015 by Porthos (log)

[Dave W]

Nabbed these for a buck each right on my way to work one Friday this year.

[Darienne]

I'm still following this thread religiously and drooling over some of the prizes that folks have nabbed.

We are back in the land of what USED to be second hand heaven at a store named Wabi Sabi and I see from rereading my past posts what wonderful things I have found over the years.  No more.  The store had a new board of directors and the prices are jacked way up and the selection has fallen tremendously.  From what I can gather, some of the locals are non too pleased. 

All we have bought this year are a few drinking glasses which were missing from the rented house.  Haven't even been tempted.  Quel dommage.

[Porthos]

Nabbed these for a buck each right on my way to work one Friday this year.

 

Pardon me while I drool. Super find.

[SylviaLovegren]

I'm still following this thread religiously and drooling over some of the prizes that folks have nabbed.

We are back in the land of what USED to be second hand heaven at a store named Wabi Sabi and I see from rereading my past posts what wonderful things I have found over the years.  No more.  The store had a new board of directors and the prices are jacked way up and the selection has fallen tremendously.  From what I can gather, some of the locals are non too pleased. 

All we have bought this year are a few drinking glasses which were missing from the rented house.  Haven't even been tempted.  Quel dommage.

[rotuts]

Dave W

 

those pans a quite a find.  i have those two and one more from my mother, who bought them in Ohio, just before WWII.

 

enjoy !

[Smithy]

I've been looking for the right butter dish for our trailer travels.  Criteria: it must be pretty, sturdy and secure enough that the lid won't come off in transit.  (Our original stainless steel dish is almost right, but the lid doesn't stay on securely.  It takes 2 rubber bands to keep the lid on in transit.) Lightweight is also a good trait.

 

Behold, I found something even better than I'd expected:

 

 

The butter tray comes out for easy washing, so the entire dish need not be washed regularly...a good water-saving trick.

 

 

The lid sits securely in the base, just as I needed.  The style is a favorite, vaguely Danish Modern.

 

 

I found this beauty last fall in, of all places, Simon's Town, South Africa, at the local equivalent of the Sally Ann.  I think the marked price was 20 rand (something under $2) but I probably paid less: our entire bill, with 2 good linen jackets and some other clothing, was only 90 rand.

 

My darling was a bit nonplussed that my souvenirs from South Africa included a butter dish that one might have seen in the USA in the '60's. 

[Darienne]

Very nice butter dish Smithy, but we also need a butter dish and have been looking for ages for one.  And remember that Canadian butter is sold in one-pound blocks, that is the size of your entire cardboard butter box. 

[Smithy]

Very nice butter dish Smithy, but we also need a butter dish and have been looking for ages for one.  And remember that Canadian butter is sold in one-pound blocks, that is the size of your entire cardboard butter box. 

 

I've never seen a butter dish (except a butter bell) that would accommodate that much butter at one time.  Is that a standard size in Canada?  Or do you cut the butter into smaller portions?

[Darienne]

we would cut off a fat slice of butter from the original pound block so we basically need some sort of square butter dish. 

 

Never knew of butter bells before.  Googled them and looked at the images.  Nope.  Not suitable for us, anyway.

[Shel_B]

Very nice butter dish Smithy, but we also need a butter dish and have been looking for ages for one.  And remember that Canadian butter is sold in one-pound blocks, that is the size of your entire cardboard butter box. 

 

This one was the winner in the Cook's Illustrated test of butter dishes.  Amongst it's attributes is the ability to hold large, European-style, blocks of butter and the butter tray is removable..  Not very stylish, but certainly practical:

 

[Anna N]

I've never seen a butter dish (except a butter bell) that would accommodate that much butter at one time.  Is that a standard size in Canada?  Or do you cut the butter into smaller portions?

Smithy,

Love your butter dish. Especially love its Danish Modern lines. As in the USA even we Canadians can buy butter in quarter pound sticks at least here in Ontario. It is usually a little more expensive than the butter packaged in 1 pound portions but it is readily available almost anywhere. I am always flummoxed when Darienne cannot find it. It is much more convenient for baking and for small households. If I do find myself with only a 1 pound block I simply cut it into four sticks, wrap each in parchment paper and have the same thing.

[Darienne]

Anna, I guess I could find it if I could easily pay extra for butter in my budget.  However, your  idea about cutting the block is a good one.

I'll check Wabi Sabi for an "American" style butter dish next.

[rotuts]

ive always thought that 'butter was butter'  at least in terms of packaging.

 

not so :  

 

"Down Under"  ie S. of the Border

 

it comes two ways :

 

'West"  4 wrapped sticks  " Stubby "

 

" East "  4 wrapped stick  " slimmer "

 

looking for a single pound wrapped in the East would involve a lot of Motor-ing around

 

as my mother would have said " you need to get your head Examined "

 

but back to the containers :

 

My father had a few, and in his later life would drop them from time to time from the refirg

 

I found for him a heavy plastic "click-shut" single stick butter item at BB%B a long time ago.

 

if you have full lbs, there are some pretty nice containers at the usual places

 

the supper market, The Wall, the Target that are for sealing and keeping things fresh that might work.

 

Tupper-ware, sorry, no party involved.

[andiesenji]

I've been looking for the right butter dish for our trailer travels.  Criteria: it must be pretty, sturdy and secure enough that the lid won't come off in transit.  (Our original stainless steel dish is almost right, but the lid doesn't stay on securely.  It takes 2 rubber bands to keep the lid on in transit.) Lightweight is also a good trait.

 

Behold, I found something even better than I'd expected:

 

butter dish pieces.jpg

 

The butter tray comes out for easy washing, so the entire dish need not be washed regularly...a good water-saving trick.

 

butter dish open cropped.jpg

 

The lid sits securely in the base, just as I needed.  The style is a favorite, vaguely Danish Modern.

 

butter dish closed cropped.jpg

 

I found this beauty last fall in, of all places, Simon's Town, South Africa, at the local equivalent of the Sally Ann.  I think the marked price was 20 rand (something under $2) but I probably paid less: our entire bill, with 2 good linen jackets and some other clothing, was only 90 rand.

 

My darling was a bit nonplussed that my souvenirs from South Africa included a butter dish that one might have seen in the USA in the '60's. 

Edited January 15, 2015 by andiesenji (log)

[andiesenji]

we would cut off a fat slice of butter from the original pound block so we basically need some sort of square butter dish. 

 

Never knew of butter bells before.  Googled them and looked at the images.  Nope.  Not suitable for us, anyway.

[Shel_B]

Recently Toots and I visited a new thrift store, and I was hooked by these plates.  They'll make a nice addition to a spring-summer table.  Cost was $1.00 each ...

 

 

 

[Porthos]

Shel_B, those are colorful, fun plates. Good stuff.

[Darienne]

I would have snapped them up.

[Anna N]

Both before and after lunch yesterday Kerry Beal and I checked out the Oakville and Burlington thrift stores.

We did not buy this little guy but thought he would amuse you and especially amuse member JoNorvelleWalker.

We also found this Cambro three-part food storage container for $.99! We believe it will be very valuable to us when we travel to the Eggfests.

[Kerry Beal]

Arrived a little early at work yesterday so took a couple of minutes to drop in to the Grimsby Benevolent Association thrift store - they were having a bag sale - all the clothes you can stuff in a bag for $8 so it was a bit busy.  But did manage to lay my hands on this baby - 

 

 

It's a Siemens - but they were bought out by Bosch - so the parts from my Bosch compact mixer fit on it including the stainless bowl.  The warranty card inside the manual says it was purchased in 1983 from Robinsons in Hamilton - a department store that no longer exists.  

 

It has a grinder attachment as well.  Cost me $8.

[Darienne]

Kerry, you could have a second career...no, make that a third I think...hiring yourself out to go to second hand stores with folks.  Either your second hand stores are better than the ones up Peterpatch way or you are better at ferreting our excellent purchases.  Probably the second.