MLM = morons losing money

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Originally Posted by case

Now she "sells" Pampered Chef. Not to knock the products, because they are good, usually, but I hate getting invited to a friend's house only to get trapped into an hour's worth of guilt tactics designed to sell kitchen products.

The bonus of the Pampered Chef concept is the "Chef" part. If there are a small enough number of women (and the occasional gay man, which makes it a much better party) you can do some serious eating at one of those ...

The products do indeed rock, I have two of the knives in the auto-sharpener cases, a small prep knife, and one that Tony Perkins could have wielded with pride. I also have a bunch of the $1 paring/utility knives. Those babies will cut anything, but I would like them better if the would have provided a better blade cover than the cardboard one it comes with. Heck, I'd pay an extra fifty cents, even.

Their unglazed clay bakeware is the coolest thing since sliced bread, and in fact, you can make some happenin' unsliced bread by using their pizza stone as a baking stone ...

I did annoy one Pampered Chef lady by letting other "guests" know that an identical ice cream scoop to their $15 one with the antifreeze in the handle was available at Ikea for a buck.

In case you were wondering, I only own two Longaberger Baskets. Three if you count the one I gave to my mom ...