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We had the basic model for a while and recently upgraded to the Penguin which uses glass bottles. We don't really chill the water: just run your tap until it's really cold.

As far as convenience is concerned, I actually liked the cheaper model better: the Penguin's level is on the back and it comes with an awkward mechanism for inserting bottles. However, we're trying to keep plastic out of our lives all together so we appreciate the glass.

I LOVE this but I grew up in Europe. It works especially well when you have a washer/dryer combo under the counter.

You have to keep in mind: few European homes have dishwashers, so this is usually the space occupied by the clothes washer. And people rarely have separate dryers also. You either have a washer/dryer combo OR you dry outside.

And if you think you're sacrificing space in the kitchen, just think of what you could with your laundry room instead: an extra closet, a pantry or a whole extra room! Definitely worth losing a few cabinets in the kitchen.

Have salad for dinner and instead of cooking, reorganize and clean all your cabinets.

a) you'll have newly clean and organized space
b) you'll discover all manner of ingredients you forgot you had and be inspired to make stuff with them.

I find that most my cooking slumps happen in the summer because it's too hot and disgusting to cook so it's a good time to explore non-cook recipes.

I keep mine on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator in a sealed, plastic container wrapped in damp paper towels. So very similar to the water bath idea without the potential destructiveness of tipping it over and being forced to mop up the entire kitchen.

I NEVER use bleach and don't intend on starting. There's absolutely NOTHING in my kitchen that needs it.

When someone is sick, we do use Lysol spray in the bathroom, and the sick person is responsible for putting their own dishes in the dishwasher and we run it on "sanitize" cycle.

So far we've managed to stay healthy and clean without it for 7 years.

whoa whoa whoa! so much negative sentiment towards calorie counters!

I'm a foodie, but I also enjoy wearing size 6 pants. I count calories (using caloriecounter.com, actually). And yes, I include all beverages. Wine does have that many calories anyway so WW is selling ignorance.

I would recommend tracking your eating to anyone, wanting to lose weight or not. I am a vegetarian, and discovered to my horror that while I was getting plenty of iron and B vitamins (usual veggie deficiencies), I was developing quite a potassium deficiency. It's been corrected and now I don't get migraines anymore (potassium is responsible for nervous system health).

So.. umm.. yeah!

I was initially skeptical about this but had a bunch of cherries that were just a little past their prime so I tried it. Mine have been marinating in a bottle of white balsamic I had taking up room in the cupboard and OMG. It's been 3 days and it's already delicious (I did pit and cup up my cherries). Can't wait to make some cherry-flavored vinaigrettes.

I have that same issue. Once a month, I declare "cook whatever is in there" day and pull everything out. Everything that's spoiled, I throw away and stuff that's about to go bad gets cooked, usually into a soup or a muffin.

Besides chicken and waffles already mentioned (and the fact that I'm a vegan so I don't eat anybody...)

I think it stems from the biblical prohibition on eating a mother and its young in the same dish. And since so many breakfast dishes have eggs in them, we don't eat chicken meat as well.

oooh oooh, i totally do! i have two of these (the little devil and mr. zombie) and they are AWESOME: reach all the way up to the elbow, and i've washed them more times than i can count.

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I promise, I'm not the seller. I just really do love these.