07 September 2011

The onion wrapper

My wish for a vegetable brush has increased to the point that I have actually looked for one. Amazing that someone like me would actually buy something out of normal weekly groceries. It's true; I don't like shopping. 

But today, while at the local whole foods store, I checked out their selection of kitchen gadgets and, lo and behold, found various good options. Wood, plastic, colored, seemingly limitless possibilities. One nice red one was priced about $3.50. Fine, lovely, except that it was just an onion sack with an elastic around the top to keep it on your hand. Brilliant, but am I really going to pay someone to package and name my onion sack scrubber? No, I'm going to go peel my onions out of the sack and scrub. No assembly required. Sure, it may fall apart after a few uses, but by then I'll have a new sack of onions. This way, I won't have to wonder how to clean it when it turns green and smells like the socks that haven't seen the light of day for a few weeks after the gym. I can just toss it and get another. Thanks for the inspiration you packaged, elastified little scrubby!

2 comments:

  1. I name my onion sacks, too. My favorite was Nelson. I miss Nelson...

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  2. Were you the one who made and packaged those scrubbers?

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