My kitchen's sink tap just broke! A piece of it stayed screwed to the sink and the rest in my hand. You don't really know how much one thing is worth until you miss it, right? Lunch time is getting near and my parents will be here in 1 hour. Calling the insurance plumber might be a solution but they will get here in 1 or 2 hours and charge me for the service. Looking for a plumber in the yellow pages might take longer and it will surely be more expensive... Even if the work takes less than 1 hour they will charge for 1 hour plus transport!... And I think... why not become a Daring Plumber? There I go to the nearest hardware store (5 minutes walking) and I find this kitchen tap for 45 Euros (the cheap one, there's still another one worth 75 Euros).
Back home, I empty the space under the sink. Do you also accumulate things that you forgot were there for years? I lay on my back and over the floor, insert my head in that space and look up where the tap is screwed to the sink. My arm is completely stretched and I hardly get there... somehow I manage to unscrew the tap.
First part successfully accomplished... he, he... who wants a plumber for?The tap has two other pipes that supply the cold and hot water. Ok, that's easy, first I close the two little taps under the sink that connect to the water supply and unscrew the two nuts.
Done with the first one and when I'm half way with the second, a splash of water hits my face!!! The little bastard is half loose!!! Where is the main water tap in the house????? I can't remember... I call my husband who starts laughing at me and tells me where it is... meanwhile a little lake is growing under my sink... I run to the garage and turn the tap off. Uf, uf, uf.
Upstairs again and the rest is so easy :D... He, he! Standing up to see my work of art. It works!!! I made it! I'm a Daring Plumber!!! The crowd raises from their chairs and cheers and shouts and I bow and smile :D
Don't I deserve something delicious and easy to prepare? And the answer is YES! I may have saved 100 Euros... he, he. So happy about that.So here you have my beloved readers, fellow bloggers and other Internet creatures...
Don't tell me you don't have Iberian Acorn Ham, you can always use a Cured one, but those of you who want the REAL thing, it's just a click away from you!!!! Go and check La Tienda for those of you living in the States, Canada and Puerto Rico. And for Europeans and Japanese Reserva Iberica has the best selection of Hams; it's where I bought mine :D. Become a Daring Plumber and you will have the perfect excuse to buy some Iberian acorn Ham with the money you saved!
This is my entry for Giz and Psychgrad's Tested Tried and True take two! Please head over their Equal Opportunity Kitchen blog and participate in the Event. There's still plenty of time ahead. There will be wonderful prizes and it's for such a good cause: Organ Donation.
The recipe is as easy as: Buy a ripe melon and place in the fridge. Buy 150 to 200 grs. of Iberian Acorn Ham finely sliced. When the melon is fresh, cut it, take the seeds away and serve with the Ham on. As easy as this!!!! Serves 4.
* 300 grs. of Melon is 1/3 of the fruits we should have daily and it's approximately only 80 calories.
* 50 grs. of Ham is half the quantity we can have of protein food during lunch or dinner and 1/5 of our daily amount. 50 grs. of Ham are aprox. 85 calories. The white grease that comes with the Ham is "good fat". There's absolutely no problem eating it and on top is good for your health :D
I'm sure my morning's exercise consumed more than 165 calories! More than a fair deal!
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