Dimitri wrote:
> "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.


Slightly OT, but you prodded my memory. When I was a very small kid, my
Mom gave me the task of kneading margarine--it came in a box like
butter, but inside was a thick platic wrap and a little bubble of
yellow food-colouring to be mixed by kneading with the white,
lardy-looking paste. First time I tasted butter was when we moved to
Quebec--where margarine was illegal!


Dog