Happy Hoarder Day # 11 Tenderizer is the Night Feb. 25, 2015
A journey into cleaning up a big pile of..... hoard
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A journey into cleaning up a big pile of..... hoard
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Tenderizer is the Night
by Janet S. Tiger
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tigerteam1@gmail.com
Almost forgot one of my biggest successes this week. It only took me half an hour to throw out the smaller bottle (on the right in the photo) of meat tenderizer. It was empty. Not a hard choice? But there's a story behind that bottle. Always a story. Actually more like a novel in this case, as that Adolph's meat tenderizer bottle was purchased over 25 years ago,(wait, is it almost 29? but who's counting?) when I was first married.
And it lasted all these years. Because it was never used as meat tenderizer. I was raised to believe that if meat was good, it would also be tender. and that it would be unnecessary to use a tenderizer.
Ah, the plot thickens! Why buy tenderizer, if not to use on meat? Because I have a brother who is wonderful, and knows a great deal of unusual healing tips. Many years ago, he read about papain- which is papaya enzyme, the active ingredient in tenderizer - and told our family the papain was great for bee stings (or any sting where something was injected)
The first time I used it, I was amazed at how quickly it worked. All you had to do was add a bit of water, make a paste and put it on the sting (after the stinger was out) Within a few moments, the pain would start to stop, and by the five minute mark, no swelling, little pain. Amazing! I have shared this with many people, and have never heard of a time when it didn't work.
In fact, the reason the bottle was used up at all was because I often gave friends a small bag of the stuff to use. But it had been emptied......before the move last June. And I had saved it. Pretty sad. But wait until you hear the story! (Stories, actually, for another day)
Bottom line - I threw out the bottle. Not the new, larger one - that I still have, because I may need tenderizer again someday, when bees make their comeback. I can wait another 25 years........
Almost forgot one of my biggest successes this week. It only took me half an hour to throw out the smaller bottle (on the right in the photo) of meat tenderizer. It was empty. Not a hard choice? But there's a story behind that bottle. Always a story. Actually more like a novel in this case, as that Adolph's meat tenderizer bottle was purchased over 25 years ago,(wait, is it almost 29? but who's counting?) when I was first married.
And it lasted all these years. Because it was never used as meat tenderizer. I was raised to believe that if meat was good, it would also be tender. and that it would be unnecessary to use a tenderizer.
Ah, the plot thickens! Why buy tenderizer, if not to use on meat? Because I have a brother who is wonderful, and knows a great deal of unusual healing tips. Many years ago, he read about papain- which is papaya enzyme, the active ingredient in tenderizer - and told our family the papain was great for bee stings (or any sting where something was injected)
The first time I used it, I was amazed at how quickly it worked. All you had to do was add a bit of water, make a paste and put it on the sting (after the stinger was out) Within a few moments, the pain would start to stop, and by the five minute mark, no swelling, little pain. Amazing! I have shared this with many people, and have never heard of a time when it didn't work.
In fact, the reason the bottle was used up at all was because I often gave friends a small bag of the stuff to use. But it had been emptied......before the move last June. And I had saved it. Pretty sad. But wait until you hear the story! (Stories, actually, for another day)
Bottom line - I threw out the bottle. Not the new, larger one - that I still have, because I may need tenderizer again someday, when bees make their comeback. I can wait another 25 years........
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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