I’m a big fan of refurbishing and reusing old things, rather than buying new. The process finding an old object, fixing it, cleaning it, and perhaps repurposing it, creates a connection or memory with the object that makes it more fun to use. It also keeps me from falling into the all to easy throw-away, over-consumed lifestyle that so dominates society today.
This is the first of several posts that will feature some objects I’ve refurbished or reused.
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This is a juicer that my grandmother used to use to make orange juice for my dad and his siblings. Admittedly, this is a bad way to start, since I didn’t really do any refurbishing. Ideally I would also now note that I make all the orange juice I drink with it. However, I’ve only used it once. I had a bunch of clementines that were starting to go bad, so rather than throw them out I thought I would make some clementine juice. Turns out that bad clementines also make bad juice! It was very strong and tasted very similar to Tang. Adding some water helped a little, but I still didn’t drink a whole glass.
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What’s great about the juicer is that its durable construction (aluminum) will keep it functional for a very long time, and the workout you get from squeezing all the fruit makes the juice taste all that much better (if the fruit is good…). Most folks today are more likely to buy something like this, which takes all the found out of it.
Here’s to good juice and my grandma.
