He didn't appear the least deflated to learn that he hadn't discovered the utensil.

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As a common cooking utensil, the pressure cooker is often overlooked when searching vehicles, residences or merchandise crossing the U.S. borders.

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After forks became popular as an eating utensil, dinner knives were generally designed with a dull tip, reducing the chance of accidentally--or intentionally--spearing the guy next to you.

FORBES: No. 1 The Knife

Ice cream cones require zero container or utensil waste.

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Using a Bluetooth enabled fork to capture the number of servings, intervals and time to finish (combined with haptic feedback) transforms a simple utensil into a possible ally in our battle with the bulge.

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Sure, toasters have gotten bigger, more colorful, and more likely to burn down your house since its conception, but unlike refrigerators, dishwashers, and microwaves, this cooking utensil just hasn't gotten much attention over the years.

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In recent years commentators have noted the existence of the so-called Delia Effect, whereby her endorsement of a food product or cooking utensil, be it sea salt, vegetable bouillon or a balloon whisk, sees shoppers falling over themselves in a buying frenzy.

BBC: Delia: The Cook and the Canaries

Send some useless old utensil.

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Generally when the sons and daughters of Australian immigrants appear on prime-time reality television shows it is with a cooking utensil or a recipe in hand (good food, combined with self-deprecatory humour, have long offered new arrivals here the quickest route to acceptance and assimilation).

BBC: Reality TV tackles immigration