I have rheumatoid arthritis and over the past two years have repurchased an electric can opener. It’s sad to admit that taking the top off a can of tomato soup is painful.
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just a gripe about can openers
- Thread starter TorontoBuilder
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I'll give you double what you paid.
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
The Starfrit opener I have leaves a dull edge on the can, not near as sharp as the edge of the lid on the older style openers.
Still hate it though.
Crankit
Well-Known Member
I cursed cheap can openers before....this swiss made one seems to have survived the longest around here
https://www.amazon.ca/Kuhn-Rikon-22...5c2-ac3d-aa44175d23cb&pd_rd_i=B000I7GST2&th=1
https://www.amazon.ca/Kuhn-Rikon-22...5c2-ac3d-aa44175d23cb&pd_rd_i=B000I7GST2&th=1
Being frustrated with our old (but was expensive) "Pampered Chef" opener, I got one of these Starfrits the other day. Fantastic! Thanks for the recommendation. Don't know how long it will last, but for $10 or so it is so nice to not have to wrestle with it.
I got a chuckle out of the fact that its first time use was to open a can of coconut milk.
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Dabbler
ersatz engineer
On the back of discussing this, I ordered from Amazon (My local kitchen places had very bad looking openers) a "Kuhn Rikon" Swiss version of the safety opener.
Boy am I happy with it!! At only 24$, it is a little more money than conventional openers, but is very easy to use, and works a treat.
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Boy am I happy with it!! At only 24$, it is a little more money than conventional openers, but is very easy to use, and works a treat.
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Just to get the appetite going ...... the coconut was for the dressing for my version of a Cob Salad (its friggin awesome lol) .... crispy bacon, chicken with herbs de provence, egg, spinach, avocado, romaine, cucumber, olives, artichoke hearts, cherry tomatoes and a mayo/coconut/garlic/caper/lemon and fresh oregano dressing. Weight loss never tasted so good!
What is weight loss?
If I am opening a can and don't want to fish out the lid when it falls in, I place a fridge magnet on the top with a decent handle so I can pull the lid out once it is removed or mostly removed.That's my old man too. On top of that he has shaky hands at his age so doesn't have the dexterity to slip a fork under the lid to fish it out. Won't let nobody open any cans for him
ChazzC
Ultra Member
OK, I spent 9 months late ‘21 - early ‘22 loosing 75 lbs.: unless one of those is all you ate one day that’s not diet food - bacon, eggs, chicken, avocado, olives and mayo add up fast!
Looks really good, would go with a nice Pinot Gricio.
ChazzC
Ultra Member
I met a boutique whole hog butcher who used to be a vegetarian: bacon was his downfall (savior?)
Schwarf ?
I came up with my own diet based on what I saw causing the problem. No counting calories or portion size however the aim is losing weight so I keep portions moderate and tell myself its good to be hungry, but there are no hard portion rules.
I eliminated all types of food and drink that were my go tos and contributed too many calories. Basically what is left is meat, fish vegetables and fruit, no booze, no juice, no potatoes (because of what you put on them), nothing deep fried, almost no grains (puff rice cakes are ok, but no bread, pizza, rice, pasta, etc), no dairy (no cheese, cream sauces or butter), no handfuls nuts or peanuts (which are technically a legume) except in recipes, no deserts or sweets of any kind and so on. As such, the cob salad is diet food; it's on this diet as its meets the requirements. Of course I don't eat it three meals a day everyday. Most days are a piece of fruit for breakfast, salad and veggies and humus for lunch whatever we can concoct with the guildlies for dinner. Usually a protein and two veggies.
This is all combined with a running program and for me is working well, might not for the next guy.... just depends on where the calories are in your eating habits. Someone else might like having some of those things on the menu and restricting portion sizes, I'm better off with it being against the rules and not in the house.
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You eat way better than I would. Without the bride I'd burn water M-F, & splurge on McDonald's for the weekend.
Kudos to you Mike and congrats on making it work. I couldn't do it.