Meet the Electric Egg Cooker

Did you know there are appliances available that are designed to cook eggs for you-- and stop cooking them-- while you're busy?

Appliances that shut off automatically are a convenience for those times we might not be able to give as much attention to cooking as we'd like. Devices that shut off automatically can also be energy savers, especially when they have the quality of being smaller than the typical appliance used for the same purpose.

Electric coffee pots, crock pots, and ovens are familiar kitchen appliances that are often fitted with automatic timing devices. These gadgets help us by getting our food ready without having to necessarily be present. This hands-off, eyes-off, mind-off timer feature can help us manage our time more effectively in the immediate and in the long run.

As it turns out, we can also find timed egg cookers! And, now that we're really thinking about it, do you know who might love something like this? Students . . . specifically, dorm residents . . . or any who live in limited space. These little electronic, timed cooking gadgets might just make great holiday gifts.

Electric Egg Cookers via Bing Search

Convenience aside, safety may be a concern. For instance, when we think about allowing children to cook, alone and in charge, it might be more reasonable to begin with timed appliances.

On the other hand, we might consider taking our own safety precautions as we age. We can become so accustomed to our cooking habits that we take ourselves for granted and allow that unavoidable forgetfulness to creep on . . . often prompting a run to the kitchen when we finally notice the smell of our burning food!

We thought it'd be useful to bring you this information when we realized there were automatic egg cookers! Since we found our egg cooker, we've used it several times to make small batches of pickled eggs that fit perfectly into a 32 ounce pickle jar we've saved for this purpose. It's also been a handy item to throw some eggs in for our Big Salad Saturdays at home, or to add a quick something warm to an easy weeknight salad meal.

Here's a quick look at our pickled egg process:

When we pickle eggs in small batches like this, it's often to use the juice from a typical dinner-side can of beets-- a super-easy way to get those pink eggs on your own terms. Add sugar, don't add sugar . . . use the spices of your choosing!

Notice the pin sticking out of one of the eggs in the first picture of this row. Each egg is pricked with a pin prior to covering and heating the steamer. This keeps the eggs from cracking under pressure of heated steam which, as you can see in the next image, is how the eggs are cooked. As the eggs cook, steam is released through a hole in the top of the lid. Cooking the eggs this way greatly diminishes the energy needed as well as heat produced in the kitchen. We're happy with this method!

What have you found lately that you hadn't realized existed?

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