A little bit of everything that doesn’t make sense to a rational parent

I think I’ve turned my husband into a Southerner. He has developed a deep love of iced tea, to the point that he became fascinated with the idea of making sun tea.

The only glass pitcher we had with a top, however, was my very old Snoopy orange juice pitcher. He made a perfectly marvelous batch of sun tea with it, and it was so good, he wanted more.

Which, since he’s a man, translated into bigger, the zenith of which, in kitchen gadget land, is the Sur la Table 2-gallon hourglass beverage jar with dispenser ($48 on sale) and metal stand ($13 on sale).

Ah, no.

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