I will never let my brother live down the Sunday morning when he was eleven and I walked into the living room to find him watching early-morning Sunday infomercials.
“What’s up, Cam ?”
“Kakkerlak, this (points to screen) is no ordinary vacuum cleaner !”
I have a friend who teases me for having a nonstick pan, and an electric mixer. He does all of his cooking with a set of cast iron pots, a thick oak cutting board, and knives he forged himself.
First, this commerical is my absolute favorite in terms of total cheeze.
The dad pointing to his watch in frustration of his wife’s late cooking cracks me up every time.
Secondly, I second the ‘whats wrong with a colander’ argument?
[drop pants to show obligatory butt crack]
Thirdly, I drain grease down my pipes and don’t have a problem. ( I don’t do this all the time, but some times I am lazy.) Hot water liquifies which then globs onto parts as the pipes/water cool. Use *Cold water * as it chunks it up to move past the “U” pipe. About …oh…three times in ten years we’ve had to take out the U pipe. ( All of fifteen minutes of fiddling around. One tool needed: a bucket to catch extra water. Clean U joint and put back in. The hardest part is dealing with all the crap under the sink itself. How’d that get there?
But what I want to know is: **When Are Advertizers going to run out of BIG, Descriptive Words for their products? **
Kaboom!
What’s next from Billy Mays: You’ve tried **Kaboom! ** now follow it up with **!!Nuclear Holocaust!!! ** It will take care of anything, including melting your dental work.
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OPAL, I have a full set of pots that have vents on the top of each lid…T-Fal. They do dual duty.
My big stock pot makes many a soups and stews with a handy little vent on the top.
The smaller sauce pan cooks up some frozen corn on the cob (just for me) with a vent on the top.
Eh, dream all you want, there are options out there hun, options in cookware that don’t include As Seen On TV. 
I just mastered colanders. My mammy’s real proud. I’m now on to avoiding chopping my fingers off while dicing celery.
I say all you need is a chef’s knife, a paring knife, a pot, and a nonstick pan, maybe a Dutch oven, and some sheets and pans if you’re into cooking food in that big box underneat the burners.
Yeah but can you also strain spaghetti with them? A-HA! I didn’t think so!