The 10 Most Unnecessary Food and Drink Inventions

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Mar 16th 2011 @ 4:00PM

Spork kitchen tool Photo: orangebrompton, Flickr

If you've ever been tempted to buy a kitchen product from a late-night pitchman -- a set of Ginsu knives, a food dehydrator or maybe even that ubiquitous "set it and forget it" rotisserie -- you're not alone. Americans love silly food gadgets, so on the heels of their list of the 50 most important innovations in food and drink, the Daily Meal has compiled the 10 most unnecessary food and drink inventions ever. 'Fess up: Have you owned a quesadilla maker or used a spork? They're on the list, along with 8 other laughable inventions.

Read the full list of The 10 Food and Drink Inventions We Didn't Need on The Daily Meal.

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Tags: daily meal, food inventions

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3-16-2011 @6:33PM Ty said... I dunno... some of the items on the list are silly but I felt like some of the list felt too snobbish. A garlic press is one of the most useless inventions ever? Really? I love my garlic press. Sure, I know how to cut garlic by hand but I only do this when finely chopped garlic benefits the dish more than smashed garlic. I personally use wine stoppers, not fancy stainless steal ones but the ones that use the lever to enlarge a rubber gasket. I tend to find that it keeps wine from dripping out if I store the bottle in my fridge on its side. I also have the pampered chef version of the slap chop and it works great. I use it for fresh salsa because it is quicker than using a knife and less aggressive than my food processor.
And come on! Who hates on the spork?
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3-20-2011 @10:45AM Bret said... This list is extremely inaccurate in my opinion. Actually pretty awful.
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3-21-2011 @8:09AM Annoachi said... I don't think some of the things on that list are that useless. Sporks maybe silly but they do have uses, garlic presses aren't useless. On the other hand they have pressure cookers on their essential list and I really can't see how they're that essential. Yes they are a time saver, but things done with them can be done without them. The list just seems a bit snooty and random, and this is coming from a food snob.
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