tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post114493798788911877..comments2024-02-20T15:49:23.253-05:00Comments on Poop and Boogies: Garbage Disposal DilemmaWILLIAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719470271284761917noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-32300747434671954292016-09-22T06:31:06.297-04:002016-09-22T06:31:06.297-04:00Living near a hillside affords me some creative di...Living near a hillside affords me some creative disposal techniques. I can generally compost most of the excess vegetative material and toss other items near the bird feeder for the birds, squirrels and chipmunks. I throw old meat further up the hill for the fox and raccoons.<br /><a href="http://top2bottomservices.net/junk-removal-bellevue/" rel="nofollow">junk removal Kirkland</a><br />Lisa Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147609172145692138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-61898258351064413972014-12-31T08:49:13.860-05:002014-12-31T08:49:13.860-05:00Also, please give a look at this GarbageDisposerRe...Also, please give a look at this <strong>GarbageDisposerReviews.com</strong>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401356210699626197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-47042847422463630352009-01-26T11:43:00.000-05:002009-01-26T11:43:00.000-05:00NO NO NO!!!!! DO NOT put eggshells down your garba...NO NO NO!!!!! DO NOT put eggshells down your garbage disposal. I aso believed that the shells would "shapen" or"clean the disposal but I couldn't have been more wrong. We have had the kitchen pipe clog twice in the past 8 months. Both times there were eggshells all over the basement floor where they had backed up the pipe. From now on at my house NO MORE EGGSHELLS>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-57760261333655776602009-01-08T19:28:00.000-05:002009-01-08T19:28:00.000-05:00Why have a debate and not go to the manufacturer's...Why have a debate and not go to the manufacturer's web site. InSinkerator says that you can but bones, rinds, coffee and more. http://www.insinkerator.com/disposers/why.shtmlErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535648044140116896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1481525501399427612008-03-03T20:47:00.000-05:002008-03-03T20:47:00.000-05:00I really screwed up my garbage disposal. I catere...I really screwed up my garbage disposal. I catered my birthday party and cooked 108 eggs for deviled eggs. I put the shells in a mixing bowl while removing them. Then I squeezed about 30 lemons for lemonaide. I needed the bowl and dumped all 108 egg shells in the garbage disposal. Immediately I thought, you idiot and then it happened.... The disposal started to cry and then stopped. I had 78 people at the party. I couldn't put the dishes in the dishwasher, as the pipe was connected to the drain that the eggs were stuck in. So I had to wash every dish in the small sink and continuously had to pump water out of the larger sink. It took hours. My trusted plumber didn't return from his vacation for 8 days. It was a mess!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-14617437588810423232008-01-09T18:10:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:10:00.000-05:00Mine got clogged with potato peels. Had to go unde...Mine got clogged with potato peels. Had to go under the sink, take apart the pipes, and get all of the peels out. It was fairly easy, but smelled horrible. Just make sure to put a LARGE BOWL under the pipes before you unscrew and wear those handy yellow kitchen gloves if you're squeemish ( I AM!!)<BR/><BR/>So I did put just about everything down the garbage disposal. No bones tho. And now, no potato peels. I'll not be putting pasta down there as per other people's posts. I would limit what you put down there to food items only. I agree with the no grease posts as well. Grease is sticky, duh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-25558103570654506822007-05-23T21:14:00.000-04:002007-05-23T21:14:00.000-04:00Amen to Artichokes clogging disposals. I just got ...Amen to Artichokes clogging disposals. I just got through unclogging mine. Had to undo the drain to the disposal. I first tried Liquid Drano - didn't phase it. Some of the Liquid Drano got in to the dishwasher. When I washed a load of dishes, the Drano reacted with the Cascade and covered my kitchen floor with suds!!<BR/><BR/>Moral of the story: Artichokes are EVIL!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1160116677051423392006-10-06T02:37:00.000-04:002006-10-06T02:37:00.000-04:00OK, the grosest thing I ever saw down the disposal...OK, the grosest thing I ever saw down the disposal - a lizard ran down ours and my Mom turned it on! I could never use that sink again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1157515277615136982006-09-06T00:01:00.000-04:002006-09-06T00:01:00.000-04:00My roommate is of the it's-a-black-hole-so-put-any...My roommate is of the it's-a-black-hole-so-put-anything-you-want-to-disappear-in-there persuasion. Problem is, she definitely was not told as a kid to clean her plate, or maybe was told once too often and so now rebels. Roto-Rooter is on speed dial and they call us by first name. She throws pasta down there...PASTA!!!??? Come on...it's not just about the disposal...it's about the FOOD. Pasta is pure starchy mush...oil, grease and butter congeal and stick to the pipes just like they do your arteries. In fact, I'd like to see the government spend a couple billion on a ten-year study on the correlation of garbage disposal and drain repairs and coronary disease. I would bet that if your pipes are clogged...well..*YOUR* pipes are clogged. I hate the damned thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1154728463032577922006-08-04T17:54:00.000-04:002006-08-04T17:54:00.000-04:00Artichoke leaves will kill your disposal. They ar...Artichoke leaves will kill your disposal. They are fiberous and similar hemp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1146357024170969142006-04-29T20:30:00.000-04:002006-04-29T20:30:00.000-04:00My first time here from Blogfathers and was LAUGHI...My first time here from Blogfathers and was LAUGHING OUT LOUD. Man, can't wait to read your schtuff regularly.<BR/><BR/>I feel that the disposal blades can puree a brick, so I'll throw anything down there. Plus the rumbling noise is kinda cool too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145316738198595332006-04-17T19:32:00.000-04:002006-04-17T19:32:00.000-04:00OK- I can comment on this! Everytime the grandpare...OK- I can comment on this! Everytime the grandparents who are from Brooklyn (where apparently they don't have such contraptions) come to visit we have to call the plumber to fix the disposal. The culprits (NO embellishments I promise) 3 corn cobs at a time, onion and garlic peels and skins, corks from wine bottles, steak bones, leftover roast with the strings still on (this was not good) and countless other bizarre things. I use ice cubes in preparation every time they are coming. GOOD LUCK!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925807003764423512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145231417965063622006-04-16T19:50:00.000-04:002006-04-16T19:50:00.000-04:00as one who has replaced many disposals cuzza misus...as one who has replaced many disposals cuzza misuse....NO tater peelings...and NO pasta or noodlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145144347354088662006-04-15T19:39:00.000-04:002006-04-15T19:39:00.000-04:00I'm sorry, but if that disposal won't shred an ent...I'm sorry, but if that disposal won't shred an entire yellow pages with a few dishcloths as a chaser, then I don't want it in my kitchen.islandartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844866550539791017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145067982108714142006-04-14T22:26:00.000-04:002006-04-14T22:26:00.000-04:00I'm with you on this one, but I may have been infl...I'm with you on this one, but I may have been influenced by the fact that you totally make me laugh. Always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145024581404447512006-04-14T10:23:00.000-04:002006-04-14T10:23:00.000-04:00twenty-two comments on what to put down the garbag...twenty-two comments on what to put down the garbage disposal! This is amazing to me. Very funny! It's for garbage! Garbage, not trash. Once I clogged the whole system with leftover spaghetti. Noone told me not to put that down the disposal. It turns to concrete in the pipes. Everything backed up, water everywhere. Pop-Pop, the family roto-rooter man came to the rescue. He had to take the pipes apart in the basement. Messy job. Now I know not to do that. But leftover spaghetti is garbage to me.I mean several days leftover, we do eat leftovers in our house. I know some don't.That's the only problem I ever had with the disposal.Now watch, it'll go on the blink today. Can't believe even I had to respond. You make me laugh. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145023498737946802006-04-14T10:04:00.000-04:002006-04-14T10:04:00.000-04:00I put anything down there (except the obvious). Ev...I put anything down there (except the obvious). Every tine I put something in it, I have a vision of Roto Rooter having to come out. But, then I go back to food scraping!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205198139360842051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1145021897849365212006-04-14T09:38:00.000-04:002006-04-14T09:38:00.000-04:00I'm with Lauren. If it fits, it will go down!I'm with Lauren. If it fits, it will go down!Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816364151289057486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144993721144453152006-04-14T01:48:00.000-04:002006-04-14T01:48:00.000-04:00I'd say watch out for the cauliflower heads, or ch...I'd say watch out for the cauliflower heads, or chicken bones, and even large amounts of peels (ie potato peels...). There's nothing wrong with an egg shell or two, I've heard it sharpens the blades... Who knows if that's true or not. I've never really put anything too big down there b/c I am terrified of something getting stuck and then having to put my hand down the dark-hole-with-blades and getting my hand chopped to bits. Good luck with your disposing.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006432085367688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144977382502602512006-04-13T21:16:00.000-04:002006-04-13T21:16:00.000-04:00I'm with you. I hardly ever put anything down ther...I'm with you. I hardly ever put anything down there. Totally freaks me out. But my sister used to put everything down there. That was until her whole sink clogged up because of potato peels!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875022234605423393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144975372415554512006-04-13T20:42:00.000-04:002006-04-13T20:42:00.000-04:00To me, it'd depend on whether you've got a septic ...To me, it'd depend on whether you've got a septic tank or you're on a city sewer system. We've got septic, so it's only a compost pile for us instead of a garbage disposal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144964566899486142006-04-13T17:42:00.000-04:002006-04-13T17:42:00.000-04:00No bones, no banana peels, no tough onion skins, n...No bones, no banana peels, no tough onion skins, no dishtowels. Everything else if fair game...oh..no popcorn kernels...<BR/><BR/>BUT...Lemon peels make it smell good...just in case you need a freshener...<BR/><BR/>Good luck with that..<BR/>StacieNature Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725115146167877981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144961820108440202006-04-13T16:57:00.000-04:002006-04-13T16:57:00.000-04:00From the GE Disposall Use and Care manual."Scrape ...From the GE Disposall Use and Care manual.<BR/><BR/>"Scrape in food waste. To speed up food waste disposal, cut or break up large bones, rinds and cobs. Large bones and fibrous husks require considerable grinding time and are more easily thrown away with other trash. Do not be alarmed that the disposer slows down while grinding. The disposer is actually increasing torque (grinding power) and is operating under normal conditions."<BR/><BR/>Go for it Lauren - the little men stand ready with the chipper.Odd Mixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904582088385370248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144960463147626202006-04-13T16:34:00.000-04:002006-04-13T16:34:00.000-04:00Definitely not toads, your fingers or metal utensi...Definitely not toads, your fingers or metal utensils (plastic is OK...).<BR/><BR/>These are things that would be bad, bad, bad in the garbage disposal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139481165589786016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922754.post-1144960250364400352006-04-13T16:30:00.000-04:002006-04-13T16:30:00.000-04:00Lauren Scores!Except for the bones.Olive pits also...Lauren Scores!<BR/><BR/>Except for the bones.<BR/><BR/>Olive pits also are good as they sharpen the blades too.<BR/>I think peach pits too.<BR/><BR/>There are good directions in most user manuals or you can go on line too.<BR/><BR/>Nothing in any of the manuals about egg yolk connected phobias thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com