It costs two thousand pounds so McArdle can once again buy her appliances abroad and amaze her neighbors by being the only one on the block with a coffee maker covered with Swarovski crystals.
Friday, December 9, 2011
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Because I am a helpful sort of person, I wish to recommend this kitchen appliance to Mrs. Megan McArdle. It will be perfect for her cosy little nest.
It costs two thousand pounds so McArdle can once again buy her appliances abroad and amaze her neighbors by being the only one on the block with a coffee maker covered with Swarovski crystals.
It costs two thousand pounds so McArdle can once again buy her appliances abroad and amaze her neighbors by being the only one on the block with a coffee maker covered with Swarovski crystals.
The fact that it costs pounds instead of dollars is surely a plus for McArdle.
ReplyDeleteBecause you can work it in oh-so-casually in your conversations.
ReplyDeleteAhem ... that's neighbours, you philistine.
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There has to be some machine somewhere that only makes white sauce.
ReplyDeleteSwarovski Crystals? What is she, a poseur? Shouldn't they be real diamonds?
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By the way, whatever happened to the sous vide that we heard so much about? It makes me wonder if the Vitavitavegamix will be stuck in a cupboard next year, replaced by the next new thing.
ReplyDeleteYes. SATSQ. This year's thermomomomomomixelator will join the souvidaloca and the merely utilitarian teaspoons under the jammed counters. Whatever happened to the jerk who posted here occasionally who was obsessed with Nathan Myhrvold? He probably has a souviderator.
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Heh, that's great.
ReplyDeleteMcArdle's a sort of appliance herself, is she not? Her column could use a suitable byline:
ReplyDeleteMegan McArdle, Gravy Boat;
Megan McArdle, Salt Pig;
Megan McArdle, Crock Pot Slow Cooker;
Megan McArdle, Froth au Lait;
Megan McArdle, Cuisinart Waffle Iron;
and, of course: Megan McArdle, Thermomix.
I don't quite see her as a Lemon Zester. Her notions are certainly lemons, but with precious little zest. And nix on the Figural Chicken Measuring Spoon; rather confounding.
"I am not a neat cook," McArdle informs us. And not a neat writer, either. Her mother's and grandmother's cooking style - "throwing up random handfuls of flour into the air" appears to be McArdle's modus operandi as a columnist.
If you want to indulge your snobbishness when giving gifts, check out this wonderful site dedicated to Olden Days English Food:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.historicfood.com/moulds.htm
I'd love to have all the moulds...
" Whatever happened to the jerk who posted here occasionally who was obsessed with Nathan Myhrvold?"
ReplyDeleteLet's just be thankful he's gone. I think he may have been shamed by that whole episode. It wasn't that he was obsessed with Myhrvold; it was that he pretended to have read his book without realizing that it hadn't even been released yet.
McArdle's a sort of appliance herself, is she not?
ReplyDeleteThe Megomix: it can't do anything properly, but you can impress your friends with how much it cost.
Megomeasures-
ReplyDeleteAll your measurements seem to be off by a factor of 10 but fortunately the errors always come out in your favor.
Hah! One of the things that amused me about the gift list was that when Megs really went off the rails she seemed to consistently be off by very nearly a factor of ten. Hence the $100 paring knives, $600 stockpots, and, of course, $1500 food processors. Maybe, in addition to her being a greedy shopaholic, her calculator has been playing hide-and-seek with the decimal point again.
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