steve graber on sun 22 jan 06
that's a good one. especially since we spent today squeezing fresh orange juice.
here's two more product ideas:
anyone ever heard of the story of "stone soup"? an old kids story.
basically 3 guys walking across the country stopped at a town & were hungry. they decided to make "stone soup". they boiled up a pot of water (borrowed the pot). people in the small town said "what's stone soup?" they said it was delicious & they learned of it traveling the far east. they added, "boy, stone soup is really great with some potatoes. but we have none". one of the townspeople ran off to get some potatoes.
~ the short story is they ran down a long list of things that go good in "stone soup" that they didn't happen to have with them..... in the end the town provided their own group soup, had fun, and the travelers did not go hungry that night.
SO - for potters a small bag of round clay balls with a recipe (story) attached would make a simple easy no brainer product. the little stones fit most anywhere in a kiln. use the scrapings off a bat or trim scraps, etc. pretty simple to come across extra clay. if anyone actually went ahead & made the soup, the balls would be food safe.
ANOTHER variant of this is those little balls can be squashed with a stamp & become an incense burner.
~ an old expression from a salesman i met: a fishing lure doesn't need to catch a fish, only a fisherman with $3.
see ya
steve
Elizabeth Priddy wrote: That was really interesting.
I am going to change the thread so that we can
all play.
My entry for something clever that I can make but
just don't want to anymore.
Design It Forward
Lemon juicers.
center a two pound ball of clay. open all the way to
the bottom at the center and open just about two inches.
re-center the now doughnut shaped clay. open it at
the midpoint, throw the inner ring into a reamer part.
throw the outside ring to a height just slightly higher
than the inner peak of the reamer. Pull a pouring spout.
Then when it is trimmed and fired. Paint it with large
lemon leaves and fruit. Sell it with a recipe for "sour
lemonade" or lemon bars. For about 20-24 dollars.
They make a beautiful display. I sold more than I
ever want to make again. They make a lovely gift with
a bag of lemons.
Here is a movie for the more visual learners.
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com/ajuicer.html
E
steve graber wrote:
here's a new product i'm messing with: have at it!
everyone knows the basic chip & dipper bowl. and they never fit in the cabinets... the dipper portion is usually not balanced in size with the chip size - you run out of one or the other, never in unison.
BUT make a chip & dip bowl BIG so the inner "dip" bowl is large enough to be a wine cooler. ~ or that LARGE inner bowl could be filled with potatoe salad, and the "chip" bowl could hold ice. this would be a "refridgerator bowl".
make a second chip-dip BIG bowl that fits into the 1st like a weird lid. sell as a set. at least there will be TWO sold at a time & TWO weird bowls fitting in the canbinet then just one classic chip-dip that nothing seems to sit on right..... could be a $100 set! it doesn't take too long to make these 4 bowls esentually.
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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Elizabeth Priddy on sun 22 jan 06
That was really interesting.
I am going to change the thread so that we can
all play.
My entry for something clever that I can make but
just don't want to anymore.
Design It Forward
Lemon juicers.
center a two pound ball of clay. open all the way to
the bottom at the center and open just about two inches.
re-center the now doughnut shaped clay. open it at
the midpoint, throw the inner ring into a reamer part.
throw the outside ring to a height just slightly higher
than the inner peak of the reamer. Pull a pouring spout.
Then when it is trimmed and fired. Paint it with large
lemon leaves and fruit. Sell it with a recipe for "sour
lemonade" or lemon bars. For about 20-24 dollars.
They make a beautiful display. I sold more than I
ever want to make again. They make a lovely gift with
a bag of lemons.
Here is a movie for the more visual learners.
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com/ajuicer.html
E
steve graber wrote:
here's a new product i'm messing with: have at it!
everyone knows the basic chip & dipper bowl. and they never fit in the cabinets... the dipper portion is usually not balanced in size with the chip size - you run out of one or the other, never in unison.
BUT make a chip & dip bowl BIG so the inner "dip" bowl is large enough to be a wine cooler. ~ or that LARGE inner bowl could be filled with potatoe salad, and the "chip" bowl could hold ice. this would be a "refridgerator bowl".
make a second chip-dip BIG bowl that fits into the 1st like a weird lid. sell as a set. at least there will be TWO sold at a time & TWO weird bowls fitting in the canbinet then just one classic chip-dip that nothing seems to sit on right..... could be a $100 set! it doesn't take too long to make these 4 bowls esentually.
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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L. P. Skeen on mon 23 jan 06
I concur with Elizabeth on this design, EXCEPT that when I make the reamer
part, I use a rib to put vertical dents in, like you'd see on a wooden
reamer. :)
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Priddy"
> Design It Forward
>
> Lemon juicers.
>
> center a two pound ball of clay. open all the way to
> the bottom at the center and open just about two inches.
> re-center the now doughnut shaped clay. open it at
> the midpoint, throw the inner ring into a reamer part.
> throw the outside ring to a height just slightly higher
> than the inner peak of the reamer. Pull a pouring spout.
>
> Then when it is trimmed and fired. Paint it with large
> lemon leaves and fruit. Sell it with a recipe for "sour
> lemonade" or lemon bars. For about 20-24 dollars.
>
> They make a beautiful display. I sold more than I
> ever want to make again. They make a lovely gift with
> a bag of lemons.
>
> Here is a movie for the more visual learners.
> http://www.elizabethpriddy.com/ajuicer.html
Lee Love on mon 23 jan 06
On 2006/01/23 15:29:18, L. P. Skeen (lpskeen@living-tree.net) wrote:
> I concur with Elizabeth on this design, EXCEPT that when I make the
> reamer
> part, I use a rib to put vertical dents in, like you'd see on a wooden
> reamer. :)
My teacher's grandson, Kay Fudeya, makes juicers using a rope
impression to make the texture on the reamer. It is a nice touch.
--
Lee Love
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Dannon Rhudy on mon 23 jan 06
Lemon juicers are indeed fun to make. I used to
use them as a teaching tool for beginning/intermediate
students. One always believes that one is clear
about directions, but the first lot that my students
made all had grooves running AROUND the reamer
part. Looked great, but didn't work. Some would
not be convinced and actually took them through the
glaze process. Hands on learning is always interesting.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
> I concur with Elizabeth on this design, EXCEPT that when I make the reamer
> part, I use a rib to put vertical dents in, like you'd see on a wooden
steve graber on tue 24 jan 06
here's a spin off i'm "playing" with (sorry mel) similar to the juicer.
ever heard of beer can chicken?
they sell metal grills for bar-b-q chicken. there's a can holder in the middle. the idea is to empty 1/2 a can of beer. (nothing in the directions on how).
fill the can back up with bar-b-q sauce, spices, some water.
stick a whole chicken's butt onto the can, and bar-b-q on the cooler side of a bar-b-q for about an hour. (finishing the rest of the six pack might happen when friends are over). it really does make a great no fuss chicken. ~ moisture is the key.
the spin off i'm doing is to make one of these cylinder-in-bowl pieces to hold the chicken in the home oven. class it up in looks & add handles. and add any old fluid to the middle cylinder.
~ marsala wine comes to mind as a possible part of another recipie.
see ya
steve
Elizabeth Priddy wrote: That was really interesting.
I am going to change the thread so that we can
all play.
My entry for something clever that I can make but
just don't want to anymore.
Design It Forward
Lemon juicers.
center a two pound ball of clay. open all the way to
the bottom at the center and open just about two inches.
re-center the now doughnut shaped clay. open it at
the midpoint, throw the inner ring into a reamer part.
throw the outside ring to a height just slightly higher
than the inner peak of the reamer. Pull a pouring spout.
Then when it is trimmed and fired. Paint it with large
lemon leaves and fruit. Sell it with a recipe for "sour
lemonade" or lemon bars. For about 20-24 dollars.
They make a beautiful display. I sold more than I
ever want to make again. They make a lovely gift with
a bag of lemons.
Here is a movie for the more visual learners.
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com/ajuicer.html
E
steve graber wrote:
here's a new product i'm messing with: have at it!
everyone knows the basic chip & dipper bowl. and they never fit in the cabinets... the dipper portion is usually not balanced in size with the chip size - you run out of one or the other, never in unison.
BUT make a chip & dip bowl BIG so the inner "dip" bowl is large enough to be a wine cooler. ~ or that LARGE inner bowl could be filled with potatoe salad, and the "chip" bowl could hold ice. this would be a "refridgerator bowl".
make a second chip-dip BIG bowl that fits into the 1st like a weird lid. sell as a set. at least there will be TWO sold at a time & TWO weird bowls fitting in the canbinet then just one classic chip-dip that nothing seems to sit on right..... could be a $100 set! it doesn't take too long to make these 4 bowls esentually.
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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