Rachael Ray Garbage Bowl - Page 3

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I put peelings etc right into the sink and then down the disposal they go. All other trash goes direct into the trash can.

Bobbi sue · ‎04-25-2010

What is the item # for the garbage bowl at QVC?

ID2 · ‎06-25-2012

On 2/1/2014 RocketMom said:
A garbage bowl is for composting type garbage, ie coffee grounds, egg shells, fruit and veggie peels, etc. I have one and keep it right by the kitchen sink and then take out to the garden every couple of days. I dump it out there even in the snow and bury it so that when the snow melts it will be in my veggie garden. I will then till it into the soil in the Spring. My grandfather used to do this for his gardens and he had the most beautiful plants and veggies. I would not use it for cans and regular trash, I have a garbage can that pulls out of my cabinets for that.

Yikes! You keep this bowl full of garbage next to your kitchen sink for days before you take it outside? PeeUuu! I would think it would be quite smelly by then. JMO.

"Pure Michigan"

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

I don't understand that product either but if you want to buy it, go ahead.

chips · ‎03-13-2010

I love the look of these bowls and will check them out. May be too expensive for me, but fun to look at.

lolakimono · ‎03-29-2012

On 2/2/2014 jackthebear said:
I don't understand that product either but if you want to buy it, go ahead.

On her 30 minute meals shows, she used a garbage bowl as a place to temporarily toss everything without running back and forth to the trash can. She would peel garlic or onions, for example, and toss the skins in. Then she would open cans of beans, dump the beans into whatever she was making, and toss the cans in the bowl. If she made something with meat or wrapped packaging (like butcher paper), it also went into the bowl. She had a tight timeline to get everything done in the 30 minutes, so it was a timesaver for her.

sundrops · ‎03-11-2012

I bought one of her garbage bowls a few years ago at Kohls. It was on sale and I had a coupon. It's nice to use when I'm making something with a lot of ingredients and it really saves me time from running back and forth to the garbage can which is across the kitchen in a lower cupboard. I have the orange one with multi-colored flecks.

Irish Rosebud · ‎11-17-2010

Thank you for that explanation, lolakimono. Now it makes sense to me. Like others on this thread, I've seen the bowls and could not imagine why anyone would buy them.

I just use plastic grocery bags when I'm preparing foods. I leave one on the counter for recycleables like plastic wrappings and metal cans. Those all get rinsed clean then go into the recycle bin in the garage when I'm done cooking. Our garbage service collects that once a week. I use another bag for organic debris like egg shells, coffee grounds, banana peels, etc. That goes into an old LIDDED and SEALED plastic container under the sink and taken to the compost pile every few days. (I can't imagine leaving an open bowl with compost material for days, which is why the RR bowls never made sense to me.) The third bag is for anything not composted or recycled and goes into the regular garbage.

The plastic grocery bags get recycled, too. For glass containers, like pickle jars, I wash those in the dishwasher and reuse them for storing things like dried herbs from the garden, ginger root, garlic, or shallots.