Gloria P wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> You can see it he
>>
>> http://www.gourmet.com/food/2009/02/...e=1#showHeader
>>
>>
>> I get an error when I click on item 2, but I can
>> get to item 2 by replacing 1 with 2 in the URL.
>>
>> I wouldn't put air conditioning on the list, but
>> I've never lived in a place with an air conditioner.
>>
>> I'm not that keen on timers, either. I used to use
>> a clock, and now I use the clock in my computer or
>> TV set.
>>
>> Chimney starter? I use fluid, and before that I used
>> an electric starter. Either works fine. The chimney
>> starter doesn't provide any new capability.
>>
>> I'm not going to finish looking at this list. Too much
>> of it seems bogus.
>
>
> I wouldn't call it bogus, but I wouldn't call any of the items they
> mention "revolutionary" either. I'd call them conveniences that we
> could live without but most of us have succumbed to many of them.
>
> gloria p

About the only one that I see there is I would call a true step in the
evolution of cooking is the refrigerator...