23. Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker
“You can make pasta with Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker in under three minutes.” (*audience gasps*)
There is room in the world for homemade pasta, but most home cooks are likely to opt for the dried alternative that costs $1 per pound at most grocery stores. And therein lies the issue with the Ronco Pasta Maker. Instead of trying to make a pre-existing task easier, the Pasta Maker presents you with a manufactured problem (homemade pasta takes a long time to make) and provides you with a gadget to fix it. It’s peak 1990s infomercial bullshit.
