ickle pickle picker

the quest to find an apple corer entered day two today. who knew it would take so long to find such a thing? it seems like it's one of those utensils that's in everyone's drawer that never gets used, but once you need it, it's elusive. i didn't heed my own advice this afternoon and went to bed bath and beyond on an empty stomach- it was an act of desperation! once inside i was daunted by the high walls of repeating oxo utensils and smell of christmas potpourri. in the 'fruits and vegetables' section they had everything BUT an apple corer- including such useful items as the "pickle picker" (cause you can't use a FORK to select your pickle from the jar), and the "artichoke holder". i don't know what this is for.... ok fine, it's to hold the artichoke while you steam it, but really. there were also several "butter carvers", "avocado slicers", and TWo different kinds of canoli wrap things, but no bloody apple corers. on my way out some cheerful bed bath and beyond worker asked if i'd found everything all right, to which i replied a singular "nope!" lest i stopped to give him an earful on why it's stores like these that are bringing the decline of the american economy AND family values. ya, that's right, i get radical when in big box stores and make giant leaps in rationalization. i have no corroborating evidence, but i'm sure that the 'beyond' is referring to the coming depression and return to medieval tactics in household coping techniques. i'm not even sure what that means.... it means that people won't be able to buy pickle pickers less than two miles from their home and will resort to ridiculous behavior because they've lost the resourcefulness required to take care of themselves.

anyway.

so i have a bushel of slowly rotting apples in the garage waiting to be turned into yummy winter snacks, all because i slept too late today, then spent waaay too long trying ot find the one little utensil that would make my apple-drying project a bit quicker (cause i HAVE to have apple rings- no other dried apple shape will do!). really i'm just procrastinating because i'm just as lazy as the next big boxer and prone to consumer distractions.