[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

We lead a sheltered life in rural England - the shopping channels here are somewhat quiet about this product. Now you have infomed me, I can see it quickly finding its place amongst those other great inventions that now occupy deep corners of kitchen cupboards - like the Brevill Sandwich Toaster and George Foreman's Electric Grill - not to mention those machines that made sparking drinks (damn, I said I wouldn't mention them...!)

Actually, we get decent use out of the George Forman. It's the stove top hand-cranked popcorn kettle that's deep in the shelves although soon to be resurrected since I just bought some good popping corn.

The IMO most usless item I find in numerous garage/yard sales is the electric potpourri pot. I can understand peoples fear of tea candles left burning, but leaving a perpetual hot pot of water on any surface other than on a stove seems an invitation to disaster to me.

I actually find fondue sets interesting, although my opinion is that before you buy any small electric cooking item, you have to be able to picture yourself using it for a few months. This is why I never bought an electric hot dog machine like you see in the convenience stores.

BTW, getting back on topic, we were in the Booths Corner Farmers market yesterday and found that the discount grocery is now a discount dry goods store. In addition to candles and other home items, they sell candy. It was with great resistence that I did not spend $7.99 for the Ferrero Rocher 25 piece pyramind, especially after Sun_Sparkz reminded me how good it is. They also had the Nutella spread, which I have never tried.