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egg cooker

webbgarner1 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 05:42:07 GMT

Does anyone have one of those egg cookers that makes boiled eggs with steam and poaches eggs with steam, make omelets, steam vegies?

How do you like it, does it really do eggs well., or is it hype? HSN has the Dash brand.

Re: egg cooker

BeccaLou — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 05:49:42 GMT

Yes, they are great, never want to be without mine. One of the best thinks I ever purchased. And use it alot.Eggs come out perfect.I use a spaghetti spoon to remove the eggs from the egg cooker and put them in a collander to cool.

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webbgarner1 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 05:54:34 GMT

@BeccaLou Thanks for your input. I was on the fence about getting one, thinking may be another fail. I think I will give it a whirl and see. I am glad you like yours.

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CinNC — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:05:59 GMT

I have the Krupps model and it's one of my most used kitchen appliances. Am very careful with it.....needs 20 minutes to cool down between uses. The eggs have to be pierced prior to cooking - it comes with a measurer/piercer. And I always wipe it out after it cools down as I use tap water in it.

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denisemb — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:51:46 GMT

We bought the MarkCharles Misilli version years ago when he offered it.

Love it and while we don't use it very often it's still going strong!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:19:26 GMT

Effortlessly makes the best hard cooked eggs I've ever eaten. Very creamy and tender. I don't know what I've been doing wrong for years but these are so much better.

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staciesmom — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 09:57:02 GMT

I bought one when my kids were toddlers - used it for many years, when it finally died I made hard boiled eggs in a pan on the stove - very hard to peel. Went out and bought a new egg cooker right away. Won't make hard boiled eggs without one! Highly recommended.

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docsgirl — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:08:44 GMT

Many years ago I purchased Henrietta Hen from the Q. I use her daily and she makes fantastic eggs...soft boiled, hard boiled, poached. She's adorable and chirps when the eggs are done. A great product. docsgirl

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Harpa — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:04:06 GMT

@docsgirl wrote:
Many years ago I purchased Henrietta Hen from the Q. I use her daily and she makes fantastic eggs...soft boiled, hard boiled, poached. She's adorable and chirps when the eggs are done. A great product. docsgirl

That's what I have, and I attest to everything you've said!

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Sooner — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:25:23 GMT

The egg cookers work great. We had one for more than 25 years--may still have it but dont use it.

You can steam eggs in a pan of water about an inch high and it works exactly like the egg cookers. Eggs are perfectly done, shells come off great. America's test kitchen has a method online that is basically fool proof for cooking hardboiled eggs. So we were doing that a lot.

We also use our Instant Pot when we are making several at a time. It works great as well.

We had the short squaty egg cookers with the plastic clear dome as well as the Cuisinart egg shaped one and all have worked fine

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ChiliPepper — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:31:53 GMT

@webbgarner1

I love mine too! I even bought a second one to have on hand when I found it on clearance.

I make omelets in mine often, not just hard cooked eggs.

BTW, I have seen the Dash brand egg cooker (& other small appliances) at Marshall's/TJ Maxx.

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Lisa Y — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:41:34 GMT

Love my egg cooker! I can walk away and it turns off automatically. No more over cooked eggs. Best $20 I ever spent.

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kaydee50 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:06:45 GMT

I had one that I got from HSN. It lasted about 6 months and then stopped functioning. I never did make omelets like they show in the demonstration. I now make hard boiled eggs by cooking the eggs for about 12 minutes then plunging them into ice water for a couple of minutes. Have had no trouble removing the shell doing it this way. IMO save your money.

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webbgarner1 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:56:57 GMT

@Sooner Thanks for that info, I will check out americas test kitchen. I had always boiled my eggs, always got the green around the yolk. , and they can be time consuming to peel sometimes. I was also interested in the poaching and omelet features. Forgot about the istapot. May end up getting one of those as well.

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webbgarner1 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:59:43 GMT

@Kachina624 I think I am going to have to try one of these things, sounds like most of you guys are really liking them. Thanks ladybug!

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OKPrincess — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:09:45 GMT

I can’t say enough good things about my MCM egg cooker we bought few years ago. Still going strong. Bought one for my daughter too.

One of my top kitchen finds from the Q.

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wagirl — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:27:24 GMT

I have the DASH brand and it does ok--not great. sometimes the hard cooked eggs are too soft. I had one that was shape like a laying chicken--Henrietta it was called--- that as the best little appliance. Yes they do work well. the shells peel off easy and only takes a few minutes.

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ptagirl — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:33:24 GMT

I bought an Elite Cuisine egg cooker several years ago and use it often ... I LOVE IT!! I also make poached eggs and omelets in mine.... works fantastic!...

I sprinkle some vinegar in the bottom after removing the eggs because the metal gets a little burnt ..this works great...I just wipe out the heated vinegar with a wet paper towel, then dry... wipe out the lid with another dry towel and store it away.

I bought mine on e-bay for $20... was worth every penny...

No more boiled dry pan (which I did several times), no more green yolks and easy peel... Hope this review helped...Have a great day!

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Barb114 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:35:25 GMT

@webbgarner1

The Dash egg cooker is the best. No guessing on hard boiled ever again. Just follow instructions.

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Sooner — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:36:30 GMT

@webbgarner1 wrote:
@Sooner Thanks for that info, I will check out americas test kitchen. I had always boiled my eggs, always got the green around the yolk. , and they can be time consuming to peel sometimes. I was also interested in the poaching and omelet features. Forgot about the istapot. May end up getting one of those as well.

@webbgarner1 Ha ha! I have had a number of pressure cookers because I like kitchen stuff and I am OLD! I have had Cooks Essentials, ******or and Cuisinart ones and the Instant Pot is far and away the best and easiest to use! All the others have been cranky about getting the lid on just so--but not these!

We have a 6 qt. AND a 3 qt. that use even more for small batches and we mostly use it for boiling eggs. Omlets in the cookers are really just scrambled eggs and don't have the light brown outside real ones have. They aren't hard to make--watch videos of Jacques Pepin, Julia and others! Easy peasy and you can fill them with what you want (I sometimes cook the filling first in the nonstick pan, put that on a paper towel to drain and then make the omlet in the same pan and add the filling just before I turn it out--like Julia turn one out!).

We normally just poach eggs in water that is on simmer, or in boiling water that is swirling or whatever! But the egg cookers do poached well with no fuss. We also have little egg coddlers (ceramic and OLD) and sometimes use that as well and they are good too!

Have fun--from another egg lover!