Ivvy

Rug clearners and vegomatics (still selling at holidays after all these years) or even Chia Pets..of course you couldn't make them look like peopl;e  but  chia pets sell.   People like plants that are hard to kill. 

Vegomatics are facinating to watch work.  and people love them.  They buy them, and put them in drawers and say, "Wy didn't I use the Vegomatic to chop that onion? ? "  AFTER they have rubbed onion juice in thei eyes by accident.   Never fails.  Until the next time. <G>

Anna

If you find out that it works well and is easy to clean, let me know. Seriously. I often chop 2-4 onions at a time. Garlic is another thing that I chop a lot. Peeling each of the cloves takes time.

I'll stick with a good set of knives and a jar of minced garlic in the fridge at all times. I'm not one for a whole bunch of kitchen gadgets although J and I just got one of the Keurig coffee makers and I will admit I love the thing. I wanted a cup to go with a slice of homemeade sweet potato pie last night and the coffee was done in the time it took me to cut a slice of pie and throw it on a plate.

Edited to fix link. Ivy, forum staff

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.  -John Adams

Problem is the price of the coffe cartridges.  As you know, I roast my own coffee and it would be nice if there were refillable cartridges that would go in those things.

Ask and ye shall receive, Keurig now makes a cartridge that you can fill with your own coffee and it drops right into the machine, costs $10 on Amazon. Add a book or two and ya can get free shipping. Even using the ready made coffee it runs about 50 cents a cup and I can live with that for the convenience and the fact that J and I can each have the type of coffee we prefer. The maker itself is pretty pricey

Sweet potato pie? 

Yeah man,  I was one of the test cooks for an 18th century cookbook  (shameless plug)that a friend of mine was doing and there was a recipe for yam pudding in it that works great as a pie filling. It's pretty much a heart attack in a pie crust(lots of butter and eggs) but it's pretty tasty.

Edited to fix links. Ivy, forum staff

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.  -John Adams

>>> I often chop 2-4 onions at a time. Garlic is another thing that I chop a lot. Peeling each of the cloves takes time. <<<

Thanks,

am going to google that... I love gadgets.  I have a pressure cooker / deep fryer that I have used only once in 10 years.  My husband says

it was the most expenseive deep fried chicken he has ever had.   But the minute I EBAY it  i will need ti. 

Anna

The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; 
they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Bertrand Russell

The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; 
they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Bertrand Russell

-Ivy