Egg Poaching And Energy Versus Ease Of Use
The last poacher I used was 120vac and it didn't take long before the eggs started sticking to the cups, even when heavily oiled. I prefer electric because of 83F mornings. But the last poacher rea...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
- Copper bottom plate for heat conduction
- Stainless pan with silicone handle
- Pyrex lid with silicone lift knob
- Heavy cups with integral lift tabs
- Heavy cup coating using coating like that speckled stuff on good fry pans
- Concentric rings on bottom of pan
- Center ring for one egg, next larger for 2, then a third and a fourth
- Water measurement
- Saves energy saves water
Somebody outside China has to make it first.
For the sake of argument, let' say he would. It will be expensive - by Walmart/Amazon standards, and few months later clones will flow in numbers, at 1/4 of the cost. Original guy will go out of business, cheered by m.oronic speeches on globalization, progress etc. But you will have clones. Bottom won't be real copper, handle will be vinyl, some other details might be correct as long as it doesn't cost more then 0.1 yuan per item, and net result will be what you see. What else is new...
