"Dr. Dog" wrote:

> Anyone have any nominations?
>
> I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a slotted
> olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on the
> market now for chefs who have everything?
>
> A pizza-warmer is the closest I can come to the ideal.
>

My mother has an electric fruit and vegetable peeler. I don't think it
was very expensive, but it certainly ranks high on the list of useless.
It takes up a lot more storage space than a regular peeler. The two
times I used it I found that it worked better if it wasn't turned on.