Poached egg on a bed of sautéed spinach, photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
I tried not to read
Kim Severson's New York Times article on the one-touch buttons on appliances at the International Home and Housewares show in Chicago. You know the buttons that say "Cookies" on your toaster oven or the "Popcorn" button on your microwave that even ConAgra, maker of microwave popcorn, says you should
not use. My microwave, my toaster oven, they have these stupid, maddening, insulting, ridiculous, harmful buttons. I hate them, but they're unavoidable. I didn't want to read Kim's story—Electrolux oven has a "perfect turkey button," put a turkey in, press a button, perfect turkey!—because I knew it would make ...
my ...
blood ...
BOIL!
Hey! Idiot manufacturers! Cut it out! The buttons don't work—even ...
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