Pete C. said...

> Andy wrote:
>>
>> cybercat said...
>>
>> >
>> > "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> Blinky the Shark said...
>> >>
>> >>> I wonder how long most new Foreman grill users go before they
>> >>> forget to put the drip tray in place once. I managed to forget a
>> >>> few days ago, for what was probably my fifth use. I noticed this
>> >>> about half way through making some lamb.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I got the micro-Foreman (one burger sized) as a gift and threw out
>> >> the grease
>> >> tray when I first took it out of the box. Something else to clean? I
>> >> use
>> a
>> >> cheapo coated paper plate.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Aren't you smart! This saved you the trouble of losing it to the
>> > cabinet elves
>> > and then searching compulsively for it and not finding it anyway!
>> >
>> > This is a good thread, I had forgotten all about my Foreman grill. I
>> > hope the
>> > elves have not sucked it up too.
>>
>> Yep. I also got rid of that funky scraper fork they include.
>>
>> The As-Seen-On-TV cheap-o mandolin from the 1990s. Got rid of the
>> plastic spiral vegetable cutter and decorator punch! I did turn a
>> cucumber into a slinky and then the thrill was gone. I still use the
>> mandolin.
>>
>> The KA mixer came with a folding plastic "dust" shield that sits on the
>> bowl that went straight into the trash. Something ELSE to clean.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
>
> But you have to have the spiral vegetable cutter so you can make your
> own "tornado taters" instead of waiting for the state fair to get
> them...


Pete,

I'd never heard of the things until right here/right now that you mentioned
it.

I did google it and found a youtube video of a homespun electric tornado
tater maker at work.

They didn't mention them on the infomercial! The BUMS!!!

Oh well...

Andy