Meal from the Dumpster....... !!
Oct 21, 2023 11:37:42 #
So, the wonderful lady that lived next door moved to an assisted living quite some time ago. Her house sat unoccupied for almost a year - then there was a foreclosure sale. I felt bad about that as I had such fond memories and chats with her.
~ However, when the house sold (the buyer was a House Flipper), it began a remodeling process that involved a Dumpster in the driveway. The door to the back of this dumpster was always open and was visible as we ingressed and egressed from our own garage. One day...
...I noticed something orange in the entryway of said dumpster. It sat there for several days until my curiosity got the better of me (an attractant...Bright Shiny Object) so I walked over and took a peek. Turns out it was a lid to a cooking pan. A Le Creuset pan, specifically. It was just sitting there. So's I thought, where is the pan that belongs to the said lid... and sure enough, the pan was further up in the piles of crap in there. So, I did a little "Diving" to retrieve that pan - and noticed - more orange things!
~ All in all, I recovered a sauce pan with a lid, an 8" frypan, and the Grill pan you see in this image. All are in used condition but in great shape!! All Le Creuset brand! All Orange!
They happily reside in my kitchen now to produce Pork Steaks such as these and various other culinary things.
~ .......Whooohoo!!
Oct 21, 2023 12:20:38 #
Oct 21, 2023 13:14:02 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Great story, I'm glad they found a good home.
Thank you, Curmudgeon! ...Yes, I've been giving them Food & Shelter!
Oct 21, 2023 14:03:09 #
Oct 21, 2023 14:16:54 #
UTMike wrote:
Tastes extra good with that history!
Yeeessss!! It does! Thank you, UTMIKE!
Oct 21, 2023 18:17:00 #
yorkiebyte wrote:
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That is a great find. I have several LeCreusets including an orange sauce pan. I have all colors of the rainbow. I think orange is one of their older colors.
Oct 21, 2023 23:57:12 #
Oct 22, 2023 06:41:27 #
Bonus!!!! I'm not beyond dumpster diving myself to keep perfectly good things out of the Landfill. Why do some people just throw everything away?!
Oct 24, 2023 18:24:37 #
Great story, fine photo. It always amazes me that people will “dump” perfectly useable items instead of giving them to such places as Goodwill or The Salvation Army.
Nov 2, 2023 07:39:31 #
mr spock wrote:
Great story, fine photo. It always amazes me that people will “dump” perfectly useable items instead of giving them to such places as Goodwill or The Salvation Army.
Jan 1, 2024 19:18:02 #
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