Remember Father Guido Sarducci advertising Mr. Tea on SNL?
Hmmm, I think you’re all wrong. It looks like a cold fusion device to me. 
I wonder if it works with chicken? I’ll get one and let you know.
Tube chicken? That’s about three inches away from Drop that! And pull up your pants for cryin’ out loud!
You could make up a big batch of warm ham water!
Forget the pasta cooker. Look at this thing from the same web site! :eek:
Not only that, but instead of dropping cold pasta into hot water, you get to attempt to pour scalding water onto cold pasta. Unless you’re using a teakettle or a funnel, this sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, to me.
Arrrrrrgh!
Use a “q” tip if you must but be forewarned of the hazard of damage to your ear drum(s).
Only a complete idiot woud buy one of those.
I’ll have to hurry before the store closes. :rolleyes: (TIC).
FYI they now include a shorty model for hot dogs.
They don’t show the Insulating Blanket to wrap the ‘cooker’ in while it does it’s thing. It was in/on the web site.
Just another piece of junk to take up space in the back of the cabinet after the NEW wears off.
Now that you’re five years old little Susie, let’s see if you can hold the Pasta Tube ™ REAL still while daddy pours the water in.
No flinching!
No.
Well?
Do you have any idea why?
Depends on the power output of your microwave oven, of course. For the 1200W+ models that are becoming more and more common (around here, at least), I doubt that using the kettle will be considerably quicker.
Our kettle boils much more quickly than a saucepan of water, so I reckon this would actually be a pretty good time saver.
:: toddles off to eBay to if they see 'em in the UK ::
Partly it’s because of the higher current required, thanks to the lower mains voltage. 240v mains can supply a 3KW kettle through standard 13A circuitry, whereas this would need 28A on 110V. I suspect this is higher than normal American domestic wiring can supply.
Yes, but isn’t American household current on a three-rail system - two of them 110v AC in opposite phases? So by plugging in to those two rails they have a 220v supply?
But the whole slow-cooking thing in an insulated container is ages old. Either Scouting For Boys or a similar Scouting-related handbook explained “haybox cookery” - ordinary metal dixies packed into a hay-stuffed box for insulation. Pour the scalding-hot stew in at the start of the day, cover it (with an insulated lid over the box) and you’re good to go eight hours later.
Sounds convincing. I lack the technical knowledge to consider Malacandra’s objection, though.
Father Guido Sarducci did a spoof ad for Mr. Tea, obviously taken from the Mr. Coffee ads that were everywhere at the time.
Mr. Tea was basically a stand with a funnel in it.
“You put your teacup underneath, and add-a your teabag. Then you take some of this-a hot, boilin’ water, and pour it in the top. Then just minutes later you have nice, fresh tea!”
This pasta “cooker” is the same idea.
But what happens when it hits 88 MPH?
Probably because our main hot drink is coffee, which we mostly make with a coffee maker. If we do want to drink tea, we all have microwaves and have no problems using them. Many Americans don’t even have a regular tea kettle.
Does this preclude the appliance being used in standard electric sockets?