Rachael Ray Garbage Bowl, huh?

May 9th, 2008

I saw something extra silly at Bed, Bath & Beyond a few days ago.

A Rachael Ray garbage bowl.

Well, I just had to read the box. Apparently she’s been promoting the use of a garbage bowl to save time while cooking. You throw your scraps in the bowl instead of making more trips to the garbage can.

Maybe it isn’t such a horrible tip to give on a cooking show, but do you really have to manufacture a whole new product with packaging for this? Why can’t cooks just use an existing bowl in their kitchen? This thing is nothing more than a large plastic mixing bowl anyway.

Rachael Ray’s garbage bowl struck me as extremely wasteful and a good example of consumerism. I don’t have anything against perky chefs, but she’s cashing in on her popularity in a bad way.

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3 Responses to “Rachael Ray Garbage Bowl, huh?”

  1. diana on May 15, 2008 9:42 am

    Perhaps you should contact her show and suggest that she instead use a compost bucket or change the packaging and call the “garbage bowl” the “garden magic bowl” :) !

  2. Peggy on May 16, 2008 2:46 am

    Great idea Diana. : )

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