I actually had one of these for a while before I figured out what it was. It was gifted to me by a friend and I awkwardly used it as a little sugar bowl. I later discovered it is actually an egg coddler, which is sort of an egg poacher. When poaching an egg, the egg is cooked directly in the liquid; but when coddling an egg, it is cooked in one of these.
Egg coddler? Cool. I was going to say it looked like some pop up toothpick dispenser they would have on tables at diners I remember back when I was a kid hanging and grandma and grandpas diner.
I actually had one of these for a while before I figured out what it was. It was gifted to me by a friend and I awkwardly used it as a little sugar bowl. I later discovered it is actually an egg coddler, which is sort of an egg poacher. When poaching an egg, the egg is cooked directly in the liquid; but when coddling an egg, it is cooked in one of these.
ReplyDeleteAnon - You are absolutely correct! (I totally forgot to post the answer but since you were the only one to comment, you win!)
ReplyDeleteEgg coddler? Cool. I was going to say it looked like some pop up toothpick dispenser they would have on tables at diners I remember back when I was a kid hanging and grandma and grandpas diner.
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