My impulsive eBay bidding has made more bulk for the kitchen. Lou bought a Champion juicer a couple of years ago, and I always look at it longingly when I’m round hers. Someone in Hebden Bridge was flogging one. Collection only. I made a modest bid and was surprised to win.
Champion first started making juicers in 1955, and this model has really stood the test of time. It weighs a ton. It’s made out of nylon and stainless steel. And it’s pretty easy to clean.
It chews your fruit. It sits there on your kitchen worktop reminding you to be healthy, and occasionally you shove a load of carrots and apples and ginger in it and it chews it all up for you. “Scientists” say that the chewing action is more efficient or healthier or whatever. It’s a great big appliance that you use once a month and think you’ll use daily. And this one is now mine.
There’s still a market for the things. I put down a bid on this one up to £75 and it came in at under £60 but I’ll have to go up to God’s country to get it. The other one that was on eBay sold for £82 so I’m happy with the deal. I’ve messaged the owner and asked if it can wait until after the 22nd when I’m not longer catsitting.
There’s a business on Etsy that sharpens the masticator blade. That’s how many of these are still in use around the country. I’m hoping my one won’t need sharpening though. It looks like it hasn’t seen hard use.
I got into juicing things when dad was fighting off cancer and took to eating nothing but juice and supplements for about three years. We would make a “green juice” with something a bit like a Champion for him, twice daily. It was a huge detox he was experiencing, but it certainly helped push him into remission for a while.
I’ll bring it into my flat, and the first week I will make loads of juice with it. After that I’ll either look at it guiltily from time to time, or sign up to some mail order thing where some guy shows up on your doorstep once a week with a bucket full of unwanted kumquats.
First I’ll have to get the thing from Hebden Bridge.
AlBarclay 