Warren and Erika Henderson, orange growers extraordinaire at the Saturday market, had some delicious Valencia oranges for juicing last weekend. We brought a bucket home. Serendipitously, on the way home, I passed by my favorite hardware store, George's, to look for more canning supplies. George's is so much more than a hardware store - more like I imagine a dry-goods store from the past might have been. They've got a little bit of everything (including the jars I was looking for), PLUS there on one shelf of odds and ends was the orange juicer of my dreams. Seriously, I have been looking for an affordable, non-electric juicer like this for ages.
It's so simple and elegant, and so old it was actually "made in America." It's got a little spout just far enough off the table for a juice glass to fit under. Remember juice glasses? Back in the day before the "big gulps" took over, tiny 4 oz. sizes glasses were just right for the treat that fresh oranges must have been. In short order, our juicer produced a half-gallon of the perfect sweet-tart orange juice - which disappeared in about 24 hours. I need to remind the other members of our household of the virtue of the juice glass...
Thank goodness it's still orange season here. And by the way, local folks, there's one more juicer at George's.
Erika and her dad have the best oranges! I'm in love with their Honeybells and Murcotts.
Posted by: kim taylor -- the sassy crafter | April 21, 2009 at 03:00 PM