When I was growing up I loved the Jetsons. If you don't know the Jetsons was an animated show about a family living in the future. It was mostly ridiculous which was part of why it was fun, but my favorite part was all the cool gadgets: flying cars, robot maid, rocket shoes...and all the stuff in the kitchen where you could just button push and things got clean or made or whatever.
As an adult I can acknowledge the ridiculous nature of the show and of many of the neat things that just aren't practical. And there is something to be said for making meals and the satisfaction that comes from a job well done. However... I still don't want to do some jobs. Like cleaning the oven. I hate cleaning the oven. It's an awkward space at an awkward height and the fumes of oven cleaner can make you both giddy and sick all at the same time. Now...there is this thing called the self cleaning oven. I have one of these marvels. However...
It lies.
All lies.
The say this thing 'self cleans' is by spending nearly four hours getting rocket hot and turning anything that has spilled anywhere int a charred mess of ash and goo. Then when it's done you STILL have to crawl in there and wipe it all out and scrub off anything that didn't destick under huge heat. I suppose it's still somewhat better than without the 'self cleaning' run, but it fails to match my daydreams of opening the self cleaned oven and seeing the light glisten off of the truly clean surfaces.
Ah well...maybe one day, at least we're still getting rocket shoes. Right?
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