Cooking eggs is a work in progress: the Quirky Pluck egg separator

Quirky Pluck PPLK1- WH01 egg separator also called egg yolk extractor is a clever device that works like a dropper. You need to press the silicone chamber and release it, while the yolk is sucked in by the plastic nozzle and is inside the “dropper. Then the yolk is released into another bowl. Very handy especially if you have to process a lot of eggs at once, for example to make meringues or biscuits. All eggs can be broken into one bowl at a time, and then literally remove all the yolks in a minute. The separator is easy to take apart and can be instantly rinsed under running water.

The Quirky Pluck PPLK1- WH01 egg separator

Soft-boiled, poached, hard-boiled

First and foremost is the egg cooker, an appliance that cooks eggs in a small amount of water for a precise amount of time. Many devices instead of a timer use the setting of the desired degree of hardness of the yolk – no need to think how long an egg should boil, just choose what kind of yolk you prefer at that time of day. The egg cooker makes sure there’s no boiling and the steam heats the product evenly with the lid on.

Egg cookers can hold 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 eggs. The most advanced models have a set of forms for boiling eggs without the shell – in them you can prepare something similar to poached eggs, and steam omelet. The “right” egg cooker should have an electronic control of the water level and will shut off if it boils over. A useful thing in the set of egg cookers is a needle for piercing the eggs. If you use it and pierce the shell a little, the egg won’t crack and won’t leak when boiled.

Rare in the American market – toaster, combined with an egg cooker. Such a device prepares a full breakfast and provides crispy toast and properly cooked eggs in 3-5 minutes.

There is another ingenious and very popular device in Europe – timer in the form of an egg, which is placed directly in the pan with the eggs. When heated, it activates the color indicator, which helps to determine the degree of readiness of the eggs.

Mini Gadgets

Many recipes call for separate egg yolks and egg whites, and there are weight-loss programs that recommend excluding egg yolks from your diet. That’s why mini gadgets that divide an egg into yolk and white are so popular.

Egg separators in the form of small funnels are available from many brands of kitchen products. The principle of the devices is simple: in a funnel or a spoon with a hole in the shape of a crescent, breaking an egg, and the liquid white slips through the hole and falls into a bowl or cup, and the denser yolk stays in the funnel. These devices are not convenient for small eggs: small yolks can easily pass through the holes. By the way, such a separator can be made yourself from a plastic cup, cutting a small hole in it with a heated knife.

An interesting solution proposed by Canadian entrepreneur Tommy Hawes. Insert an egg into the separator he designed, close the lid, swivel the upper part of the device sharply by 180°⁰. This causes the shell, egg white and yolk to separate and end up in different parts of the appliance.

An unusual egg piercing gadget. Find it on sale with difficulty, but you can, it costs about 300-400 Dollars, such as Gefu 12210. The trick is that if not more than 3 mm pierce the shell from the blunt end, where the air bubble is, the egg will not crack when cooked and after it is perfectly easy to clean. Many housewives and chefs know this and use thick needles for piercing. But in this case there is a risk to make a puncture deeper than 3 mm, to hurt the inner membrane, and this will lead to leaking protein. The piercer allows you to make a perfect piercing and cook eggs in every sense of “cool”!

Well, and already cooked eggs are often used with an egg slicer. The gadget helps you cut an egg into cubes in literally two moves. It is better to choose a metal model.

Shapes and molds

There are a lot of ways to cook eggs, and one of the most interesting is poached egg, which is cooked without the shell. To prevent poached eggs from falling apart in the water, you must meet many conditions: only take the freshest eggs but not everyone lives in the countryside and cook them in a soft dish! , using a spoon to “twist” a funnel in the boiling water not everyone can do this ! and drop the egg in quickly, making sure it doesn’t lose its shape. It is easier to use silicone molds in the form of funnels and hemispheres. They are attached to the edge of a pot of water and allow you to boil poached eggs in a water bath. This way you can cope with a capricious dish even for a beginner. Poached egg is a delicate component of many gourmet salads, it can be put on toast, and is adored by children for its unusual and wonderful taste.

Cooking scrambled eggs or omelets in unusual shapes is perfect if you want to serve breakfast to a kid. What kid wouldn’t want scrambled eggs shaped like a gun, and what girl would not like heart-shaped scrambled eggs?!

More expensive and seldom sold special pans with cavities, such as the Swiss Diamond 6-326 with four different kinds of pans for preparing eggs and fritters, which are perfectly round. This is not only aesthetic, but also practical, for example, if you cook a hamburger or steak with eggs.