Listed among Things I Never Thought I Would Buy: a salad spinner. They always seemed very Carol Brady, although I guess they were really more Alice Nelson since Mrs. Brady didn’t do much of the cooking on that show.
I digress.
I spent last summer washing, drying and trying to properly store a weekly mess of Swiss chard and other greens that came in my CSA box. Never did it occur to me to look for a salad spinner.
This one caught my eye a couple of months ago because, frankly, everything OXO makes catches my eye. I researched, purchased and test drove it. Now I’m ready for this summer’s ridiculous amount of salad greens. Bring it on, CSA lady.
Entirely Adequate 
The hubby just *had* to register for one of those when we got married. We got one, used it a couple of times, but mostly it’s sat and sat and sat. Until our CSA share started up a few weeks ago. Ho boy, it’s getting a regular workout now! : )
Last year’s CSA made me wish for a strawberry huller, which turned out to be a great accessory. Too bad the strawberry crop looks like it’s going to get cut short this year.
[…] The OXO spinner that I purchased last summer, however, has seen more action in the kitchen than literally any other gadget I own. […]