Ruminations and awkward questions

[unixronin]

1:  Nylon spatulas.
You can't use'em for anything.  They melt as soon as they touch a hot pan,and then you have black smears of nylon on your pans and little bits of nylon in your food.  Why the hell do stores sell them?

2:  Starter checks.
You know, the ones the bank gives you when you open a new account. They have numbers starting in the single or occasionally double digits, and the bank gives you about ten to tide you over until your check order arrives.  Virtually nobody accepts the things.  Why do they still bother giving them out?  Wouldn't it be better and easier to have a system set up to emboss your ATM card on the spot?

I had a third one, but I don't remember what it was.

Comments

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

What variety of nylon are you using? You need to find things that are specifically labeled as "high-temperature" nylon. I've had plastic pieces melt, too, but the nylon tools I've got work great. Or you can splurge and get silicone, which works well too.


And I agree with you on the starter check thing.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I've never seen anything labelled as "high-temperature" nylon. I tend to buy either stainless-steel or Bakelite cooking utensils and skip the whole problem, though the high-temperature silicones are an option too.

(And I still miss my big green Bakelite wok spoon, which I managed to smash one day in a fit of acute frustration at having managed to completely ruin supper.)