In praise of the egg cooker
 

I always scoffed at special egg cookers, thinking they were just one more countertop appliance for something you could do just as well on your own. You know the jokes about how easy it is to boil an egg!

Well...we were renting a vacation apartment and there was a cute little electric egg cooker in the cabinet, and we said 'what the heck, let's try it." You just put some measured water in the bottom, put the eggs on the rack, put the cover on and plug the sucker in. A few minutes later we were enjoying PERFECTLY cooked eggs with absolutely no fuss.

Bought one on Amazon that moment, and it was awaiting our return home. I've since experimented with various numbers of eggs and desired doneness, and each batch has turned out to perfection. Essentially, you just start it up and then ignore the thing until the buzzer goes off, and the eggs are cooked to your specification.

Pan.Boiling water.Egg.Time.
How diifficult is that ? :D

Works for me every time.:)

Not difficult, but the pan doesn't shut off at the specified time, so you might be more likely to overcook the eggs if you don't pay attention to the timer. I had to buy a dedicated timer with an obnoxious alarm because the timer in my microwave just wasn't loud enough to get my attention if I wasn't in the kitchen. That said, I don't think I would need an egg cooker cluttering up my countertop, thank you very much!

It's only a few minutes ......:)

My rice cooker came with a little tray with divots in it to cook eggs. I used it a few times before I lost it in a move.

It is insulting to a rice cooker to expect it to do an egg. It cuts against the grain.

:p

What happens if you want egg fried rice ? ;)

As a showbizguru you will know that for that you need to emply a comedian. They are the only people authorised to crack a yoke.

:p

Nonsense!

The residual "keep warm" heat from a rice cooker that has just made rice is one of the simplest ways to make Japanese style soft "boiled" eggs
http://tastytreats.wordpress.com/200.../onsen-tamago/

My rice cooker even has egg indentations in the little steamer, just like tcl's had - so when I want standard boiled eggs I steam them in the rice cooker for around 6 minutes. My guess is that milepig's contraption is just doing the same thing.

Nope, there's the army as well.
What would boiled eggs be without soldiers ?
In fact my eggs turn out perfectly if I put two eggs in boiling water and two slices of bread in the toaster.
By the time they're brown,buttered and soldiered the eggs are perfect.

It was a bleedin' yoke for gawd sake .....

Soldiers are de rigeur I agree. As long as they are cut off at all flanks.

My soldiers sometimes come from the Australian army.
When I spread them with Vegemite. :D

oh, like the idea however my very simplistic rice cooker does not have a "keep warm" setting. It is either cook or off.what model/brand?