Archive for March, 2010

Electric can opener lesson

Electric can opener lesson

It was funny when I first started showing my son around the kitchen and teaching him how things worked. Once he mastered the electric can opener that became his job at meal times. He was the designated can opener. Now still years later that is his job. I set out what cans I need opened on the counter and he gets right to it and opens them all for me.

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Electric can opener proper use

Electric can opener proper use

We need to remember children love helping out, no matter what room of the house it is. Children can begin learning safety in the kitchen with something as small as the electric can opener. If parents show proper care and use in the beginning years it will be natural for them as they grow older and they will enjoy helping and not consider it a task.

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Electric can opener parts

Electric can opener parts

I have a friend that runs a child care business in her home and one day she asked me to pick up an electric can opener because hers went out. I stopped by the appliance store and got her a great one that matched her kitchen setup and it had a knife sharpener and a magnetized lid catcher attached to it. I thought that was a good idea so the lid does not slip down inside the actual can.

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Electric can opener choices

Electric can opener choices

My mother is no retentive on how things match in her home it is actually comical. When my father broke the toaster one morning, but that afternoon every small kitchen appliance had been replaced with new matching ones. When I asked her why she did that she simply told me she could not have one toaster not match the electric can opener not match the coffee pot. I just smiled and gave her hugs, what else can you do?

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Hunting for the right electric can opener

Hunting for the right electric can opener

Taking my husband to an appliance store is a disaster waiting to happen, literally. He will find everything that is new and improved and convince me we need a new one of something. One thing I could not argue about was a new electric can opener. He found one that matched our kitchen perfectly and it was a perfect counter top size. Of course we had to take it home and make it our newest kitchen accessory.

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Electric can opener for your kitchen

Electric can opener for your kitchen

When remodeling a kitchen there are so many things that you do not really think about that you actually needed to think about. Such as, back splash or no back splash. Electric can opener or manual can opener. If space is permitting I would recommend an electric can opener just for the sheer convenience of it all. Most kitchen appliances can be found in matching sets and these are no different.

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Electric can opener gift

Electric can opener gift

There are so many gift ideas out there now for any occasion. From what I can tell you can never go wrong with getting something for the kitchen though. I got my parents a new electric can opener for Christmas one year and they were so happy. I suppose my mother has been messing around with a manual one and was tired of it, so it came at a perfect time.

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Electric can opener an essential tool

Electric can opener an essential tool

One of my prized possessions in my kitchen is my electric can opener. It can not only open a can in one sweep and remove the sharp lid for me; but, it also has a knife sharpener and sports the stainless steel look I love in the kitchen. It does not get put away in a cabinet until we are ready to use it because we use it every single day.

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Electric can opener color choices

Electric can opener color choices

I married an architect for a reason, he got to design the structure of the house and I got to design the inside of the house. I planned things out to the tee all the way from the flooring and paint to the little items like the silverware and the electric can opener. There was a color scheme for everything and now years later we both love it together.

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