On Sun, 06 May 2007 14:06:08 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>The obvious guess is that it's for cooking either
>a whole chicken or some eggs.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130110245902
>
>But there are only four holes in the ceramic
>plate that fits in the bottom, and the holes
>are too small for eggs.
>
>I'd guess it's for steaming a whole chicken,
>but who wants steamed chicken? Seems like
>it'd be an awful mess, and not for anything
>particularly good. It might be a useful
>appliance for somebody who did not have
>an oven.

It's an egg boiler.
http://tinyurl.com/2k2b5k

There should be fill lines inside, probably located under the metal
plate that say "soft, mediium, hard".

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