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While some of us just crack a couple of eggs into a pan and scramble them with a fork, I was always taught that I'd get lighter and fluffier scrambled eggs if I whisked them in a bowl before I started cooking. But that means more mess: more dishes to wash. And if I have help making breakfast, I'm going to need to wipe down the counters, as well. The Shake Me Egg Shaker offers a good alternative, especially if you've got kids helping in the kitchen. Crack up to three eggs into it, put on the lid and shake for a few seconds. Your scrambled eggs will turn out just as light.
The Shake Me Egg Shaker has a Y-shaped beater inside that does a good job of scrambling eggs, letting you leave bowls, whisks, and mixers in the cabinet. If you're planning to season your eggs, you can add in salt, pepper, and other spices before you start shaking, which will evenly distribute those flavors throughout your eggs. The whole shaker is made of food-grade plastic and can go through the dishwasher in the top rack. The egg shaker measures about 3.5 inches by 4.25 inches. It's priced at $12.95.
Blech.
(Credit: Stupid.com)Got boys in the 6- to 10-year-old range? Hang out with immature people? Really like gross stuff? If you can answer yes to any of these, then you might actually enjoy the Peter Petrie egg separator.
Although this ceramic beauty will never grace my kitchen counters, you may feel differently. Use is straightforward--crack an egg into the separator and tilt it forward. The egg white drips through the nostrils (ewww!) and into your bowl, where you can whip it up into meringue or turn it into an egg white omelet, or do whatever it is that people do with egg whites.
The yolk is blocked by the nose, so you can dump it out separately and use it in your cholesterol-laden goodies as you please.
If you actually want to buy this gem, you can order it online--from Stupid.com--for the bargain price of $13.
Poached eggs play a crucial role in dishes like Eggs Benedict, but a lot of home cooks won't make those dishes just because of the eggs. Poaching seems a little complex and mysterious, but Fusion Brands' Poach Pod makes it a simple matter. The Poach Pod is a flexible silicone bowl that floats on water, holding the egg while it poaches. Each egg poached in this cup turns out perfectly cooked and perfectly shaped. There's no worry of the egg sticking in the Poach Pod, either: you can flip it over and gently turn the flexible silicone bowl inside out to remove particularly stubborn eggs.
The Poach Pod is heat-resistant up to 675 degrees Fahrenheit--although you probably won't be subjecting it to temperatures quite that high while cooking dinner. However, that heat resistance can be important, because the Poach Pod can easily be used for other kitchen purposes, like baking small custards that need a water bath. The silicone is nonstick, although a little oil maybe a good idea to add a new flavor to your poached egg. It can also go in both the microwave and dishwasher. The Poach Pod comes in a set of two, one dark green and one light green.
Some kitchen gadgets are completely unnecessary. You cannot possibly justify these purchases as something you need; however, it's precisely those gadgets that can wind up being the most valuable ones in your kitchen.
Such is the Egg Cuber. Really, do you need square eggs? Of course not, but once you know that square eggs are a possibility, don't you just have to have them? Can you imagine a buffet table featuring a tower of poached eggs? That, my friends, is power.
Snag your Egg Cuber online for just a few dollars. Trust me, this is money well spent. After all, you can't put a price on the peace of mind that comes with knowing your eggs will never roll off the table again.
For egg salad, I chop up hard-boiled eggs. For deviled eggs, I slice them in half. The 5 in 1 Egg Slicer can both halve and dice hard-boiled eggs, along with slicing them and cutting them in wedges. The slicer even has a built-in needle to let you pierce and crack the shell on a boiled egg, removing the shell without messing up the appearance of the egg itself. The 5 in 1 Egg Slicer is plastic, with stainless-steel parts to handle all of the slicing. It's only 8.25 inches by 3.75 inches by 2 inches--it isn't much bigger than an egg slicer that can only handle one cut.
The 5 in 1 Egg Slicer is dishwasher-safe, making cleanup easy. It has nonskid feet to keep the slicer steady while it's in use, as well as to keep your fingers safe. It can also slice far more than just eggs--its size makes slicing mushrooms, strawberries, and other similarly sized produce practical. Slicing small tomatoes for garnish is much easier with this slicer. The tomatoes can't roll away like they would if you were cutting them with a knife. The egg slicer is $10.50.
On Sunday, my son announced that he wanted "eggy." So, my husband grabbed a couple of eggs, filled a pot with water, and we began the process of making hard-boiled eggs.
Did I mention my son is five, and is rather impatient? For the next 30 minutes or so, all we heard was, "I want eggy. Where is my eggy?" So, of course, we pulled the eggs out too soon, they were soft-boiled instead of hard, and my son rejected them as "icky."
If only I had known on Sunday about the Henrietta Hen Egg Cooker. Pop in your eggs, add water, plug it in, and go. According to reviews at Amazon, you'll enjoy hard-boiled eggs in just a few minutes. Henrietta chirps when your eggs are ready, so you no longer have to play the "is it done?" guessing game.
The amount of water and placement of the eggs determines cooking length and method--you can choose from hard or soft-boiled eggs (up to seven at a time), or poached eggs (up to four at a time). Reviews indicate that poaching may be less successful than the other cooking methods.
Prices vary online from about $20 to $40, so shop carefully.
Poached eggs and more.
(Credit: Williams-Sonoma)Having an egg pan is of interest to most cooks. Eggs can be delicate or strong, and as such, they require special attention. Once you find your good egg pan, it should be guarded and kept away from all of your other every day pans. Even if you don't go to such extreme measures to protect your good egg pan from unwanted use, it should at least be noted that good egg pans are important enough to consider special.
The Calphalon Unison Slide Nonstick 10-inch Fry Pan with Poacher Insert makes choosing an egg pan easy. The nonstick surface is appropriate for standard egg preparation, like scrambled, fried, or over-easy, but the highlight of this pan is the removable insert. The six-cup egg poacher insert makes it easy to add a popular, but often underused, option to your egg repertoire. There are many methods and theories on the best way to poach an egg, but most of these approaches are designed to be used to keep the egg from running or spreading out. With a confined egg, safely ensconced in an individual cup, you no longer need worry about wayward eggs.
Dishwasher and oven safe, the pan can, of course, be used for a variety of applications. Constructed of heavy-gauge hard-anodized aluminum with a stay-cool handle, the pan could handle most every day jobs. However, considering the importance a good egg pan is to the kitchen, you may just choose not to.
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Egg cups have been around forever, but this iteration tackles the task of egg-holding from a much different angle. Dreamed up by Brooklyn designer Liz Kinnmark, the cute little cups come with three itty bitty legs for your eggs. When in use, your breakfast looks like it's ready to dance across your dining room table.
The Egg Pants are dip molded out of PVC and are white on the outside with a yellow interior cup. You can buy them as a set of two for $20 from Design Glut, the company Kinnmark started with college bud Kegan Fisher.
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One egg preparation I've never enjoyed is the kind necessitating the gadget you see here: a scissor-like device called a topper, whose sole function is to shear the top off of your boiled egg.
Cutting through the egg and shell, the topper allows you to serve boiled eggs directly out of their shells, making for a pretty brunch presentation or afternoon tea addition. I've seen a similar thing done with butter knives, but the topper adds a nice touch, technologically speaking.
The Egg Topper by RSVP International is featured as part of Egg Month at The Brooklyn Kitchen. You can find it for $4.99 on the store's Web site.
Try to remember, it does more than just make waffles.
(Credit: Cooking.com)Some kitchen appliances are hard to emulate. Just try making a waffle without a waffle iron. It's not very easy to do. You may end up with something that goes great with bacon and eggs, but that doesn't mean you got yourself a waffle. In fact, I'm not even quite sure how one would go about trying to make a waffle without a waffle maker. Most likely, one would just settle for pancakes. Delicious maybe, but waffles they are not.
Valuable counter space need not be sacrificed to have a waffle maker. The Kalorik Stainless Steel Nonstick Grill/Sandwich/Waffle Maker combines all the popular aspects of countertop cooking into one convenient model. Not only will you be able to make waffles, but also many other items as well. The multiple use device features not only a sandwich maker, but also a standard indoor grill allowing for the capability to cook up almost anything.
With three interchangeable nonstick plates, this Kalorik grill has the versatility needed for today's crowded countertops. Everybody loves breakfast, and you can't really go wrong with waffles. If you want waffles, you are going to need a waffle iron, so you might as well give it something else to do for those other meals. Sure, one could eat breakfast all day, but it is probably a good idea to get some other nutrients too.
