On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:16:09 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

>On Aug 26, 10:38*pm, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> Sure, I've cooked for decades without one, but it is a nice tool to
>> have. *And at a better price than the other brand. Yes, it is made in
>> China.
>
>
>
> I enjoyed your thread in a selfish way as I played a game with my
>own brain of trying to figure out what you were talking about
>exactly. At first from the title I thought it might be a boxing match
>or some other sporting event, or maybe some kind of competitive chef
>program on tv. Then as I read along I thought it might be a blender
>or food processor. Finally I found out what you were talking about
>and read on till the end where you came to the made in China part. At
>that I thought, so what? - the Chinese have been making lots of good
>stuff for years. I remember even decades ago buy khakis I thought was
>spectacular and made in China. What a bum rap. I can see it now,
>someone buying something and not liking it, then looking at the label
>hoping to see a "made in China" logo on it so they can fix the blame
>on something other than their own taste and shopping prowess.
>
>TJ

I mentioned it before others pointed it out. The Thermapen is not
made in China. Some people get hung up on that sort of stuff. I
don't.