I’m assuming we all have some kind of trash can/bin in the kitchen, probably either out in the open or behind a cabinet/pantry door somewhere. Mine is out in the open, is stainless steel, and has a foot pedal-operated lid. I’m guessing most have a lid.
I’m not going to ask you to post a pic of it (surprise!), but rather to answer a little question:
Let’s say you’ve just changed the liner (assuming you use some sort of liner…lots of assumptions in my tale of trash!), just put in a fresh one, and due to the happenstance of your menu planning, you in short order throw away some stinky stuff in there - let’s say it’s fish skin, onion peelings…and cantaloupe rind.
It’s a new liner…the lid does a champion job of holding the stink in when it’s down, but the moment you go to throw something else away…POOF!…all that bottled-up odor shoots out and fills the kitchen, though it’s momentary. Once the lid closes and a few minutes have passed, all is right again.
The Question: Are you one to immediately throw that out and get a another new liner, even though that one has barely been used and is nowhere near capacity, or are you one to leave that liner in there until it’s packed to the top and you’ve gotten full use of it, since the passing stink is just something that’s temporary?
You may think that an odd question, but in my family, I’ve known my paternal grandparents to argue over it (Grandmom would change it immediately), my parents (Dad would have my mom change it immediately), my in-laws (FIL would have my MIL change it immediately), and in our house (I change it immediately), so I’m thinking it’s something that does come up in most home kitchens.
Thoughts?
I’m not going to ask you to post a pic of it (surprise!), but rather to answer a little question:
Let’s say you’ve just changed the liner (assuming you use some sort of liner…lots of assumptions in my tale of trash!), just put in a fresh one, and due to the happenstance of your menu planning, you in short order throw away some stinky stuff in there - let’s say it’s fish skin, onion peelings…and cantaloupe rind.
It’s a new liner…the lid does a champion job of holding the stink in when it’s down, but the moment you go to throw something else away…POOF!…all that bottled-up odor shoots out and fills the kitchen, though it’s momentary. Once the lid closes and a few minutes have passed, all is right again.
The Question: Are you one to immediately throw that out and get a another new liner, even though that one has barely been used and is nowhere near capacity, or are you one to leave that liner in there until it’s packed to the top and you’ve gotten full use of it, since the passing stink is just something that’s temporary?
You may think that an odd question, but in my family, I’ve known my paternal grandparents to argue over it (Grandmom would change it immediately), my parents (Dad would have my mom change it immediately), my in-laws (FIL would have my MIL change it immediately), and in our house (I change it immediately), so I’m thinking it’s something that does come up in most home kitchens.
Thoughts?