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.

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.

Its an egg boiler. The 4 holed disc with the notch holds the eggs.

Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> It's too small for a whole chicken - even a Japanese-sized
> chicken. The dish appears to be about 5" across.

Now that you mention it, the dimensions do seem
much too small for a chicken, or even a chicken
quarter. I think the egg theory makes more sense,
but for steamed rather than boiled eggs.

Though, I'm not sure there's an advantage
in steaming vs. boiling eggs. Less electricity?
Faster? Less chance of breakage?

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

the same thing as this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Ceramic-...QQcmdZViewItem

Gil Faver wrote:
>
> the same thing as this one?
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Ceramic-...QQcmdZViewItem

Aha! The first one is missing a piece!

Good catch, Gil!

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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