Coconut milk is a pantry staple for any home cook with a passion for ethnic or natural cooking. Aside from being a key ingredient in Thai, Southeastern Asian, African and Brazilian cuisines, it can be substituted for dairy milks in baking recipes, and is also a great ingredient in smoothies and exotic cocktail recipes. No ...
How a magician catches a bullet fired at them without getting so much as a burn has held the fascination of audience members for years. Magicians Penn and Teller popularized the trick to the degree that they are remembered for it. Of course no one can catch a bullet out of mid air, but the ...
So, I was swooned by the late-night infomercial when I first saw the Magic Bullet Blender. It seemed like it could do it all. When I finally found the product at a cheaper price on an online auction site, I jumped at the chance to own one myself and see if it lived up to ...
I never knew a poor man’s blender could bring me so much entertainment value. Yes, it doesn’t air as much as it used to, but during the glorious year 2006, this kept many a wee-smalls from being boring. You assemble a group of lovable underactors, a product that glamorizes individual servings, and traditional pie-in-the-sky infomercial ...
My husband has wanted a Magic Bullet blender since forever. Those infomercials are addicting and they do make you think “wow! now that’s cool!” However with the price being $50-150 (depending on which version you get), I always said it didn’t seem worth it. We have a blender, why pay $50 or more for a ...
Throughout the ribald 17th century, syphilis was more widespread and devastating than AIDs is now. Hardly a subject for great literature, the diseases actually received its name as a result of a poem. Titled “Syphilus” it was written by a poet named Fracastorer in 1530, and told the sad tale of a shepherd suffering from ...
Do you love the sweet taste of freshly frothed milk on top of your hot cappuccino? Tired of paying Starbuck’s prices for your cappuccino fix? The secret to enjoying coffee at home is to create your own froth. Yes, you could go out and buy an espresso maker with a milk frother attached, but it’s ...
Ratings: Ease of Use, Performance: 23/25, Look & Feel: 22/25, Features 23/25, How much I enjoy 25/25 Total: 93/100 Who hasn’t seen that infomercial on the Magic Bullet blender that can make all those great looking treats and conveniently cooks in as well as drink from the cups. Well if you haven’t your going to ...
When you have a runaway hit like 2006’s Magic Bullet paid commercial advertisement, a sequel becomes as inevitable as Mick sprinkling curry powder on everything. You can’t sell a million units in under a year’s time and not hear the cash register clanging in your sleep. Yeah, marveling the world by glamorizing the idea of ...
The Magic Bullet System, star of many late night infomercials, is advertised to be a “personal, versatile countertop magician that does any job in ten seconds or less.” One too many late nights and my 17 year old had to have the magic bullet, but at $99.99 it was out of his budget. But wait…for ...
