Is Cuisin really Art?

3/19/10 Cuisinart food processor, given away

I continue to use school as my go-to source for fast downsizing.

Actually, today's item is one I've been trying to figure out how to downsize for months. It's a perfectly good, practically new, still-in-the-box food processor. It's one of those items that seems too good to just give away. New, it would cost close to $100 at Macy's. Yet, I know I wouldn't get $10 for it on Craigslist and the guy at the local Buy/Sell/Swap shop just shook his head when I asked if he'd buy it.

"Small appliances aren't worth anything," he said.

Well, they're worth something if you cook, which Joanna does with great success. However, she prefers our much smaller food processor and said we should downsize this larger one. It's not without some regret that I do so, since I believe it was a gift from my family many years ago. The fact that it's still in the original box (and wrapped in plastic) indicates that Joanna is right -- best to let someone else put it to use.

Still, I realized that I could get something out of the transaction, so I left it in the Teachers' Room with a note that it was free for the taking, but I expected a food treat in return.

Almost immediately, one of our school secretaries snatched it up, very excited to have a food processor that wasn't twenty-five years old. (Remember what I said about keeping the secretaries happy?) Her eyes sparkled as she wondered out loud what culinary delights she might bring in return.

I can't wait. I'm rather infamous around school as a voracious eater, so I'm eager to get my just desserts. There are things better than money.