A dedicated appliance just to poach eggs?

[pokerfan]

:wtf:

Is it really that difficult to boil eggs? Who buys this crap?

[Suich]

1. I got an egg cooker in 1963 for a wedding present.

I still use it today. I have no idea how to boil an egg.

:)

[pokerfan]

2. how did we do anything before wikihow?

because first we need to boil water.

http://www.wikihow.com/Boil-Water
http://www.wikihow.com/Hard-Boil-an-Egg

:hi:

[hobbit709]

3. I knew someone who needed a 3X5 index card

with instructions on how to make toast.

[pokerfan]

8. Funny that you mention that

How to make toast in twelve easy steps: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Toast

[old mark]

4. I recently saw frozen pancakes, frozen bacon and egg sandwiches

and frozen cooked rice.

It's really not that hard to learn simple cooking, and it's actually fun, but I doubt I'll be converting any non-cooks.


mark

[PVnRT]

5. Well, it can be tricky

The first few times you try it, you're bound to destroy the egg in the water. As for this thing, I tend to agree with Alton Brown - if it only performs one function, chances are you can find something else (say, a pot and some water) that can do the same thing.

[fNord]

6. It depends on who is selling it.........

[surrealAmerican]

7. You should realize that boiling eggs and poaching them ...

... are two different things. That said, you don't need a specialized appliance for either.