Appreciation post: the $4 potato masher from Goodwill that fixed my $400 disposal jam
My kitchen sink backed up last Monday and the guy on the phone quoted me $180 just to come look at it. Before I paid that I watched a 6 minute video and pulled a wad of rice and celery strings out of the trap with my bare hands, which took 20 minutes and zero dollars. The next day I found a metal potato masher at the Goodwill on 5th for $4 and now I use it to push food down the drain instead of my fingers. Not fancy, but my disposal has not jammed in 3 weeks. Has anyone else found a cheap kitchen tool that does a job it was not made for?