<p>They get washed before getting to grocery stores, don’t they? I never thought of washing citrus, either, except for zests. In spite of that, I don’t get sick. I got my last cold about 15 years ago. No tummy trouble yet. My doctor’s visit is quite unevenetful, too.</p>
<p>I’m on the same page with you, Iglooooo as far as washing rinds, etc. Also rarely get ill. Either i"m just lucky, or have built up a nice immunity system.</p>
<p>Back when I was remodeling my kitchen, a book I referenced suggested a hole in the counter with a compost bucket below. Scrape in the compost from food prep, put the lid on the hole. It didn’t work for that kichen, but maybe in future. </p>
<p>Of course this might be helped with an odor barrier between the compost bucket, and the cabinet, and timely emptying.</p>
<p>It’s that “timely emptying” that would do me in.</p>
<p>It’s not much different than a lot of people have already with garbage cans under their sink–just so much easier and time saving.</p>
<p>^^ None of my “investment” houses is high end enough for me to put in this one. I was excited to see the product, but to put it in my own kitchen I have to rip the kitchen apart to put sewer line under my island. I don’t think it is that “cool” to let me spend 50K to redo my kitchen and some.</p>
<p>I know we’re discussing prep sinks, but I love my nice and big Rohl/Shaw farm sink! Don’t need any other sinks in my kitchen…</p>
<p>^How does it compare with Kolher’s cast-iron sink?</p>
<p>I love my large farmhouse sink, too. It’s a fireclay Franke by Villeroy and Boch, double sink, large and deep. I’ve never had a problem fitting ANYthing into it.</p>
<p>I have a tall pedal garbage can for trash and a matching little pedal can for compost. (We put a bag in the trash can, not in the compost can.) Neither emits odor on a normal basis. No need for specially configured counters, etc. Of course, both of them are freestanding and visible. If that would bother you, there’s a problem.</p>
<p>Taking stuff out of the waste stream is generally a worthy goal, if you can accomplish it. You don’t even have to actually USE the compost.</p>
<p>Iglooo, Don’t know too much about the Kohler cast-iron sinks. My Shaw farm sink, aka “apron sink”, is a single-basin fireclay sink. It has the drain near the center versus the Kohler which I believe has it over near the side wall of the sink. The Shaw sink is also very deep, which I like. The negative is, the deeper sink makes for a very low opening on the cabinet below it.</p>
<p>Does a deeper sink require more bending when washing dishes, or cleaning it?</p>
<p>^Not really, unless you are extremely tall. My counter height is 36", which is on the lowish side. I’m around 5’ 11" tall, and it seems fine to me. The lower cabinet doors beneath the sink DO seem low, however, because the depth of the apron is 10" high top to bottom (outside measurement). I love having a single-basin sink and see no advantage in multi-basins for my way of doing things.</p>
<p>My parents have a garbage disposal & always have. It usually causes problems and is something that needs attention, much more than my folks are up to giving it. Mostly, they have a mesh strainer and try to throw all garbage in the trash. We bought a disposal but never installed one, always just throw the garbage in the trash. Eventually, we just gave away the unopened disposal.</p>
<p>Very few folks I know who have disposals like them much and most seem to throw most of their food waste in the trash. I’d be concerned about safety issues and things getting ground up accidentally. I recall sometimes we would accidentally have a piece of flatware or watch or something fall into the garbage disposal–wonder what safety mechanisms they have so that such things wouldn’t be ground up (or if there are any).</p>
<p>One of my friends has her taps in her sink operated by foot pedals exclusively. She loves it and it allows her to turn the water off or on when her hands are full and/or dirty. She thought about her kitchen a great deal and is very happy with all the little touches she put in when she remodeled. She also built a lot of outlets in the kitchen and family room, so that people can plug in laptops and other electronics, including extra outlets for phone lines.</p>
<p>Am not familiar with the touch free faucet in homes (only experienced it in public restrooms), but it sounds like a great idea especially for a kitchen.</p>
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<p>They are like smaller bath tubs. On pictures, they look same as fireclay. It comes in many different colors. I like that I can coordinate with cabitnet color. White is a bit penetrating. They come deep 9-9.5"</p>
<p>There were frequent sink depth threads on the gardenweb.com kitchen forum. Some people are fine with it but many do feel it can be a little tough to bend over a ten inch sink. My sinks are 9" stainless steel plus the granite surround, so an effective 10" depth. I use a grid on the bottom, both to protect it from scratches ( recimmended) and to raise the height by an inch. For me that seems perfect, but everyone is different.</p>