Hasta La Ideas

All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

I’m of the opinion that if someone knows how to bake homemade bread that they’re suave enough to be able to slice it. If getting a consistent width for each slice of bread is important to that person, I also think that they are capable of setting a ruler next to a cutting board and achieving this result.

So, you can imagine my confusion when I learned about the Norpro Bread Slicer with Crumb Catcher.

Who is using this device? Isn’t part of the fun of having homemade bread that you get to cut off whatever size you want? If slicing bread were difficult for you, wouldn’t you just buy pre-sliced bread from your bakery or grocery store?

Also, I’m a little confused about this “crumb catcher” aspect of the device. Does it just let the crumbs drop down into the crevices of the wood? If so, how is that different than a regular cutting board that the crumbs sit on? Don’t you still have to clean up the crumbs? Wouldn’t digging the crumbs out of these little slats be annoying? I’m truly baffled by this kitchen gadget.