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Default Banana slicer: essential tool or stupid idea?

Dave Smith said...

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>> Anyone think this is a great invention?
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>> Or... can anyone think of a more useless kitchen tool?

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> I think it would be very close to the top of my list of kitchen things

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> which I have no use.
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> I am sure that most of us remember the Pet Rocks from the 70s.



Once in a while, Mom would make a magic banana!

Using a sewing needle, she'd insert it and sweep it across creating a
slice, then repeat every 1/4 inch or so. So when we got bananas for morning
cereal one of us would get a banana that was magically pre-sliced after
peeling!

We'd go peeling bananas like crazy thinking Mom got a magic bunch. That's
why she didn't do it too often but it was real magic! I swear it was!

Andy