The screaming blender

As a very frugal household, we're always looking for ways to cut back on spending money unnecessarily and more important, not wasting anything unnecessarily. That includes everything from food, to clothing, to appliances and transportation. Sometimes the solution is very simple, sometimes it takes a bit more of research and work, or we might have to pay someone to do it - but even with that extra cost, it's still worth it, as we're preventing things going into the landfill. 

A fellow blogger talked about how her immersion blender finally got replaced after 27 (!) years. That's a long time! What's funny was that she talked about how her blender each time she used it was making a noise as if it's screaming. How is that funny? Well, a few years ago our blender needed a repair. Although it worked again, the downside is that now I can't take the two parts apart (which makes washing up more of a hassle), but it's still functioning, so for the time being I'm not replacing it by a new blender. But here's the thing- since the repair, our blender also screams! And I always thought that our blender was a funny one and the only one that actually could scream 😂 Apparently, blenders are starting to scream as they're aging. 

I do love our immersion blender and use it a lot: for soups and sauces, but also for making mock tahini, even mayonnaise. In fact, I blended some sauce today. I guess there will come a day when our blender is beyond repair. Until that day comes, I don't really mind having a screaming blender and I'll keep using it this way.  🙂