personal drain thresholds
Minnow's drain threshold separates kitchen ingredients that go down the drain from those that get diverted to the bin. For example:
- "Cooked beans" versus "uncooked beans".
- "A rogue cooked noodle which can be squished through the grate with my thumb" versus "most cooked noodles".
- "About 5% of the coffee grounds which are left after dumping my french press" versus "as much coffee grounds as possible without touching them with my hands or a tool so i have a technique where you have to leave a bit of water in the brewer then swirl it around before deftly casting it into the bit with a sharp rap on the rim".
The drain's limited capacity, proneness to tangles, and immediate throughput juxtaposes the bin's large capacity, accumulation over time, and eventual throughput.
How do examples of that separation between drain and bin look like elsewhere in our lives? I'm speaking mentally, emotionally, socially, and even physically beyond ourselves and our kitchens.