Tom writes: My wife and I have a garbage disposal in our New York City apartment. If I need to peel potatoesdragon dream, I like to do it over the sink and then push all the skins into the drain and turn on the disposal. My wife says that this will wear the disposal out and we should only use it for emergencies.
If your wife grew up in New York Citydragon dream, where garbage disposals were banned until 1997, she may carry an extra level of apprehension surrounding this appliance — apart from the fact that it’s a terrifying, dark, hand-grinding hole in the bottom of your sink. But that’s something for her to work through with her therapist and your user’s manual. It will tell you what to avoid (fibrous items like corn husks) and also to go easy on those peels; feed them in batches. But you won’t wear it out. We’ve used ours almost daily for 17 years, and I have complete confidence it could still make my hand a bloody stump if it wanted to.