Can you picture yourself in your den living a life without wires? Hair dryers to egg beaters, who say diamonds, are woman’s best friends? Remember the primitive days when your community slogged and toiled to make everyone happy in the family? The less electricity and space consuming devices are indispensable to a modern woman’s existence and especially to single parents (fathers are you listening?).
With the coffee makers brewing the strong, frothy, smooth coffee and vacuum cleaners eating up dog’s hair without giving you sneezes the benefits of small appliances are obvious. With Mon Uncle winning best film in 1958 by Jacques Tati, the world knew that the old irksome tasks were soon to be a thing of the past. Electric sewing machines, can openers, hand blenders and knife sharpeners are things your grand mothers could only dream of. Brooms look good only in the witchcraft movies, they must be replaced by handy vacuum cleaners in the real life or we will have a hair pulling stories to tell to our kids.
Don’t be surprised to know that the biggest slum in India Dharavi, where people die of hunger can’t resist these small appliances, as they are easy to maintain and store and consume less electricity. Yes you know that the food is ready when the smoke alarm goes off, thanks to the technical innovation. Need warm water? Try electric kettles. Rice cookers to crispy grilled sandwich makers, mini refrigerators to electric irons, ice cream maker to popcorn-maker, they can be accommodated on any platform from countertops to tabletops. Isn’t it food delicious?
Setting in the trend for convenience life, making each one of us independent and self-sufficient, small appliances have redefined gastronomical glee. You am sure would not want to shed tears because of those annoying onions.
By: Kent Pinkerton
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November 30th, 2009Small Refrigerators For College
November 26th, 2009
Mini refrigerators are now a common part of the equipment that students take with them when they go off to college. It is no wonder that a young person depends on the mini refrigerator to help them get through the semesters at college, since we are all hooked on having sodas, juices and waters. We often feel that we can’t think unless we have something cold to drink in our hands. It has even become common place in the class room, offices and home to have a cold beverage to drink while we work. Our lifestyle in America has become so obsessed with the idea of beverages and snacks, that a mini refrigerator is becoming a part of our society.
Society demands that we keep up with our constant desires, and the use of a small refrigerator only helps us to accomplish just that. Small refrigerators are used during game time to keep the boys in cold beer, or they can be used during bridal showers to keep the girls in cold coolers. The youngest groups like to have kool-aid for their youth group meetings. The start of using mini refrigerators begins at a very early age so it is no wonder that the college student feel the necessity of having a small refrigerator in their dorm. The use of a mini refrigerator is not hard to get accustomed too since you not only can keep cold beverages but you can keep other food items as well. Fresh fruits, cold meats, cheeses and microwavable foods are all a plus when you get hungry during study time. You should be able to keep foods in your mini refrigerator very well all during your stay at college.
Most college students bring their own mini refrigerator to the dorm room. Colleges and Universities are now looking into the demand for these mini units and some are actually starting to put mini refrigerators in the dorm rooms. The use of the mini refrigerator is very popular in our society today.
By: Tom Tessin
Small Refrigerators Come in Many Shapes and Sizes
November 12th, 2009
There are many models to choose from when shopping for a small refrigerator. Also known as a compact refrigerator or a mini refrigerator, these pint sized appliances are range from single can holders to anything smaller than 18 cubic feet. At which point it is considered a standard sized refrigerator. The most common models that come to mind are between 2.8 to 4.4 cubic feet.
The designs that are around 2.8 cubic feet are sometimes referred to as compact cube refrigerators because of their roughly cube shaped contour. These are best for beverages since they cannot hold much else beyond a snack and some drinks. It is great for game rooms or offices where a full sized fridge will serve the primary purposes of a refrigerator. One of the best things about such small units is the small price tag which usually runs around $100.
Then there are mid-sized refrigerators that can be anything between 2.5 and 10 cubic feet of storage space. These usually have a small full-width freezer compartment which is much more useful than the half-width freezer compartments of most compact cube refrigerators. This mid-sized small refrigerator is more often used in small apartments or dorms where there is a need to store a couple days worth of groceries for one person.
With more room for storage, an apartment sized refrigerator is often used as it is named, in small apartments where the limited kitchen space prevents the person from having a full sized refrigerator. This class of mini refrigerators range anywhere from 5 cubic feet to the upper limit of small refrigerators at 18 cubic feet.
On the larger end of the scale, the models tend to be large enough to have a separate freezer compartment. Then there are ice maker and keeper available as an additional feature for refrigerators of this size. Larger refrigerators have more space and flexibility to include additional conveniences and features.
By: Will Edison