Spaghetti Tubing

Kitchen appliance makers have gotten so out of hands that their products and advertisements border on fraud. Take the electric grills, for example, first was a George Foreman gimmick but now they have become so specialized that they are certainly destined for the deep corner of the garage. I saw a quesadilla grill today. Who on earth need a specialized quesadilla grill? It is dish that is cooked on either a grill or a flat pan. What kitchen does not have a simple pan? It is almost alchemy—making something out of nothing. And people must buy them or all the big stores would not display it so prominently. What is taking this absurdity to the extreme is the pasta cooker they are selling on infomercial now. It is just a double-layered tube that you can put dry pasta in, pour in hot water and wait for it to cook. This maybe useful for people in dorms or hotel room where a coffee pot is all the cooking appliance there is. They are however selling it to home cooks. I never know boil spaghetti is so difficult that it would require a specially designed tube to make it possible. It is either that people are really dumb or these people selling stuff have special powers. Come to think of it, probably both.