For The Impractical Love of a Juicer ...

Cupboard Hog

Orange-Carrot-Ginger Especial

Working in a small space, practicality is often the stick by which one must measure.  You must think long and hard about the tools you have in your cupboard and the staples to carry in your kitchen.  Does it justify the space?  Will you use it?  Can you live without it?  Can another tool do the same job?  Because in a 68" x 60" kitchen ... EVERY INCH COUNTS.  But sometimes ... just sometimes ... that is not the case.  Sometimes, practicality succumbs to personal predilection.  And such is the case of my juicer.

Now, I will be the first to admit that my industrial strength Jack LaLanne juicer is absurd.  It is monstrously large (consuming over 1/2 shelf), laborious to set up/take down/clean, has limited functionality and, well, there are probably a dozen other appliances one should have before having a juicer.  It is also a thing of beauty ... serving up freshly squeezed orange, apple, grapefruit and even celery juice; making great bases for tomato and carrot-based soups; and ... most importantly, juicing up my personal favorite:  fresh immune-boosting orange-carrot-ginger juice for mornings when I am feeling a little run down.

So, for me, it is my juicer ... For you, perhaps it is your shot glass collection, or your George Foreman grill, or your salad spinner, or your creme brulee torch.  To each their own.  And when you live alone, who's to judge?