My Recent Online Purchases - What Were Yours?

I really miss shopping in person. I miss Penneys. I mentioned that I had some Stafford (Pennys house brand) buttoned t-shirts that were very thick cotton. I loved them. Then their stores went away, so I bought the "identical item" from their website. It was nothing by dyed cheesecloth with sleeves.

I hope your covers work out.

 

I am jealous. As a guy, I would power-shop for clothes once a year when their coupons came out. You could use Dollars Off and % Off coupons on the same purchase...it made me so happy. I would buy work clothes (ties, shoes, suits) and nearly all my casual clothes there. Having spent a career in Purchasing, I always asked for "more," and would get an Employee Discount on top of the coupon discounts when I'd tell the department manager "Look at how large my purchase is! Can you help me out?" (Why do I always smile when I recall being so cheap?)

 

I like OXO products as well. I've told the story of not being able to find a replacement blade for my ancient OXO mandoline and OXO Customer Service sent me a free [upgraded] one. OXO is one of my few brand loyalties.

I know you won't remember to circle back, but I'm curious as to how those pans hold up in the dishwasher. I bought a Rachael Ray pan and a BergHoff. Both say to not put in the dishwasher. It's no big deal because I'm always hand-washing my good knives, wooden salad bowls, spurtles, etc. anyway. But I'm kinda curious.

 

So it's the anodized aluminum and not the coating that's the dishwasher issue? I had no idea.

 

I do most of my cooking in cast iron except for sauces, cheese dips, poached eggs, etc. So my non-stick last a while. I've had my cast iron for over 45 years.

You may recall I was on a mission to replace the 8" and the 10"non-sticks that came with my JC Penney set, but I wanted something that would fit the existing lids because the lids also fit the JCP saucepans, and I have a full storage rack. I never did find a way to get an exact measurement from internet descriptions, and there were no physical stores for me to take the lids into, so I got an 8" on line that happened to be a good lid match and then the 10" Rachael Ray that came with a lid I just double up on in the rack. I bagged the idea of going to aluminum, since I use cast iron for everything but the aforementioned stuff and did not feel like starting a new learning curve.

 

I bought these to help circulate the heat from my wood stove:




I've gone back & forth on whether or not fans are of any value for this application, but because there's no real air movement with wood stove heat, the temperature in the hallway is > 70° at the ceiling and 55° down at the floor, and it's too narrow for a ceiling fan. I gotta try to break up the stratification and maybe shove some of that ceiling heat into my bedroom with a doorway fan. These are low enough CFM to do the job without moving the air too much (and hopefully without too much noise.) Either way, they won't break the bank. If they work, I'll buy a couple of more.

 

Just ordered this:



It's a Temp/Humidity base station with one remote sensor. You can have up to 3 remote sensors tied into it.

I've had the Honeywell version of this (made by Meade) for nearly 12 years and it's lost its accuracy (probably too many bounces on the floor.) I have a couple of cool mist humidifiers and use these to measure the humidity. The Base reads 43%, while the remote sitting right next to it reads 25%.

They are really nice for the $20 they cost (and ThermoPro is a good brand.) I used to keep a remote in my crawlspace to see if the temps ever got down to freezing (for the pipes), and the signal was always strong enough to reach the receiver in the living room even though the remote sat under the bathtub down the hallway, easily penetrating obstructions, floors & walls. My outdoor remote is at the far end of the front porch, and the signal reaches into the house through the interior walls to the far end of the house.