"SushiPopper" news and stories

If you listen to the latest pitches out there, we're a country totally hapless when it comes to food.

The airwaves have been blanketed lately with inventions that seem to imply we're incapable of cooking (or eating) with our own two hands. The EZ Cracker is designed to help those too clumsy to break an egg open (yes, really), and now, according to inventors Lucas Furst and Evan Kaye, we need help eating sushi too.

Furst and Kaye have put sushi in a tube and called their invention the Sushi Popper. Anyone who's ever enjoyed a Push-Up on a hot summer day will instantly get the concept: cut sushi rolls encased in a plastic tube. Eat from the top, push up from the bottom with a stick.

It's a gimmick, yes, but there's no denying the engineering is pretty slick. Each Popper contains eight pieces, and comes with a stick that doubles as a handle. And, surprise, the stick is also filled with soy sauce.