#Kitchen

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Video thumbnail — George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine infomercial (1996)
Food 1994–present

George Foreman Grill

The Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine: a clamshell of ridged nonstick plates, tilted so the grease ran down into a little plastic tray you could hold up to the camera. George Foreman grinned through the infomercial, the tray filled, and the grill ended up in every dorm room and first apartment of the late 90s.

Video thumbnail — Krazy Straw Toy Commercial
Toys 1936–present

Silly Straws

The straw that turned drinking into a spectacle — clear plastic loops and corkscrews where the juice chased itself around the bends before it ever reached your mouth. A 1936 invention that hit total saturation in 1990s childhood: birthday parties, kids' meals, cereal-box prizes, novelty shops.

Video thumbnail — The Original Snoopy Sno Cone Machine
Toys 1979–present

Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine

Ice cubes into the top of Snoopy's doghouse, crank the handle until your arm gave out, and scoop the slush into a paper cup with the little red shovel. A 1979 Hasbro toy that every 90s kid still remembers the exact sound of.