"Dr. Dog" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> 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.
>
>
>
> Dog

Around in the 30's to 40's there were electric margerine mixers.

Dimitri

http://www.margarine.org/historyofmargarine.html

1932
Besides Federal taxes and licenses, 27 states prohibited the manufacture or
sale of colored margarine, 24 imposed some kind of consumer tax and 26
required licenses or otherwise restricted margarine sales. The Army, Navy
and other Federal agencies were barred from using margarine for other than
cooking purposes.