"In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear." - Julia Child

I have been tempted by other tchotchke-ish kitchen accessories before...naming no names...but I'm looking at you pig cooking lid...and, I quote, "this multipurpose lid can be placed directly over ingredients in a pot to help them cook evenly, releasing steam through the pig's snout".

With these bone china milk bottle measuring cups, however, I may have found a viable melding of practicality and whimsy...