Really dumb product alert!

I saw this gadget at a thrift shop and had to have it. The picture sold me. Note how nice and crispy brown the fries appear? How exactly do they achieve that remarkable result in a microwave?

NewsChannel 11 in Lubbock Texas has a wonderful weekly feature called “Does it Work.” Apparently usually not. If I lived in Texas, that’d be my favorite show. You can read the reviews at their site, and luckily for you, dear reader, they reviewed the Fat-free French Fries Microwave French Fries Maker. Even the name is a bit suspect.