One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For example:
http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html

I found little bin full of them at a kitchen supply store I went to
yesterday looking for something else.

According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_timer
"One such product is made of translucent plastic with a heat-sensitive
coloured disc in the middle which changes colour at 80 degrees
Celsius. The plastic around the disc changes temperature relatively
steadily and gradually from the outside to the inside of the plastic
mimicking how an egg heats up while cooking. This allows an observer
to see the colour creep inwards through the disc and stop the boiling
at the stage required. As it mimics the boiling of an egg, it will be
accurate even if the boiling process is disrupted, a lower temperature
is used and regardless of the quantity of eggs being cooked, and was
invented by Lauren Trombley in 1895. Other similar products use
electronics to sense the water temperature and play a certain tune or
series of beeps to indicate the state of the eggs."

It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
all my life?

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Ann's Little Brother Bob

On Jan 4, 6:52*am, Bob O'Dyne
> wrote:
>
> One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html

>
> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> all my life?
>
>
The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"

On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:52:15 +0200, Bob O'Dyne
> wrote:

> One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For example:
> http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
> I found little bin full of them at a kitchen supply store I went to
> yesterday looking for something else.
>
> According to Wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_timer
> "One such product is made of translucent plastic with a heat-sensitive
> coloured disc in the middle which changes colour at 80 degrees
> Celsius. The plastic around the disc changes temperature relatively
> steadily and gradually from the outside to the inside of the plastic
> mimicking how an egg heats up while cooking. This allows an observer
> to see the colour creep inwards through the disc and stop the boiling
> at the stage required. As it mimics the boiling of an egg, it will be
> accurate even if the boiling process is disrupted, a lower temperature
> is used and regardless of the quantity of eggs being cooked, and was
> invented by Lauren Trombley in 1895. Other similar products use
> electronics to sense the water temperature and play a certain tune or
> series of beeps to indicate the state of the eggs."
>
> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> all my life?

I don't know but I feel like I saw an ad for them before Christmas and
discounted it as a passing fad... but it sounds like a great grownup
Easter gift to me and due to your post, I'm feeling like I want one
now! http://www.grill-perfect.com/egg.html

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

> wrote in message
...
On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
> wrote:
>
> One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html

>
> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> all my life?
>
>
The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"

=====

LOL, true.

Cheri

On Jan 4, 4:08*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
>
> > wrote:
>
> > One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> > Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> > example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
> > It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> > all my life?
>
> The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>
> =====
>
> LOL, true.
>
> Cheri

Well .....I'm with the OP. I guess I've been living in a cave
because it's the first time I've seen these too.

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
On Jan 4, 4:08 pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
>
> > wrote:
>
> > One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> > Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> > example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
> > It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> > all my life?
>
> The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>
> =====
>
> LOL, true.
>
> Cheri

Well .....I'm with the OP. I guess I've been living in a cave
because it's the first time I've seen these too.

=========

I've had one for so long that I can't remember when I got it, but...it has
sat in the utensil drawer for over twenty years in this house. I don't use
it at all. There are many gadgets that I've never seen too.

Cheri

On Jan 4, 4:17*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Jan 4, 4:08 pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > wrote in message
>
> ...
> > On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> > > Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> > > example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
> > > It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> > > all my life?
>
> > The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>
> > =====
>
> > LOL, true.
>
> > Cheri
>
> Well .....I'm with the OP. * *I guess I've been living in a cave
> because it's the first time I've seen these too.
>
> =========
>
> I've had one for so long that I can't remember when I got it, but...it has
> sat in the utensil drawer for over twenty years in this house. I don't use
> it at all. There are many gadgets that I've never seen too.
>
> Cheri

I used a lot of boiled eggs. I usually forget about them and over do
them so they have that green ring around the yolk.
I think this little gadget would be great to have.

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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On Jan 4, 4:17 pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Jan 4, 4:08 pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > wrote in message
>
> ...
> > On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> > > Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> > > example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
> > > It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> > > all my life?
>
> > The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>
> > =====
>
> > LOL, true.
>
> > Cheri
>
> Well .....I'm with the OP. I guess I've been living in a cave
> because it's the first time I've seen these too.
>
> =========
>
> I've had one for so long that I can't remember when I got it, but...it has
> sat in the utensil drawer for over twenty years in this house. I don't use
> it at all. There are many gadgets that I've never seen too.
>
> Cheri

I used a lot of boiled eggs. I usually forget about them and over do
them so they have that green ring around the yolk.
I think this little gadget would be great to have.

=========

I bet it would be very useful for you, and it doesn't cost much so it's a
win win.

Cheri

On Jan 4, 6:20*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
>
> I used a lot of boiled eggs. I usually forget about them and over do
> them so they have that green ring around the yolk.
> I think this little gadget would be great to have.
>
>
And a timer that dings would be very useful as well. Either one of
those little wind up dingers or your stove timer. Both have saved me
numerous times from cooking disasters.

Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:52:15 +0200, Bob O'Dyne wrote:

>> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
>> all my life?
>
>Bakelite hadn't even been invented yet. And prior plastics were
>pretty crude.
>
>ONe thing the egg timer doesn't take into considertion is the starting
>temperature of the egg. Which can be 36F to 76F - a 40F difference.

I think back then, nobody refrigerated eggs. (Up in the backwoods,
a lot of people still don't.) So the egg and the device would likely
be at the same starting temperature.

S.

> wrote in message
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On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
> wrote:
>
> One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
> Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
> example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html

>
> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
> all my life?
>
>
The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"

I was given one of those as a gift many years ago but it mysteriously
disappeared. Then I bought another one this past Easter because the last
time I made hard boiled eggs, they turned out not to be hard boiled! I did
simmer them for a half an hour and the yolks were still soft. And then even
though I did use this device the last time, I wasn't sure what it was
supposed to do to tell me that the eggs were done. We debated and debated
about it and then cooked them some more. And then wouldn't you know, they
did come out right but then they didn't get eaten. Daughter likes to color
the eggs. But she doesn't seem to like to eat them.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> > wrote in message
> ...
> On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
> > wrote:
>>
>> One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
>> Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
>> example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>
>>
>> It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
>> all my life?
>>
>>
> The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>
> =====
>
> LOL, true.
>
> Cheri

They're actually pretty hard to find. I looked in quite a few stores and
saw none. So I resorted to ordering online and paid about three times what
I should have given the postage. And then wouldn't you know, I saw one in
Central Market when I was doing some Christmas shopping in there. They
don't have a lot of cooking type stuff but what they do have is good and
useful. That's where I got the great cheese cutter that actually works! I
got a brick of Bandon Cheddar and it sliced it up nicely and quickly.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Jan 4, 4:08 pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>> On Jan 4, 6:52 am, Bob O'Dyne
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > One of the cleverest little bits of kitchen kit I've ever seen:
>> > Google on "heat sensitive egg timer". For
>> > example:http://www.costmad.co.uk/colour-chan...egg-timer.html
>>
>> > It's hard to believe it was invented in 1895. Where have these been
>> > all my life?
>>
>> The question should be "where have you been to have just found these?"
>>
>> =====
>>
>> LOL, true.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Well .....I'm with the OP. I guess I've been living in a cave
> because it's the first time I've seen these too.
>
> =========
>
> I've had one for so long that I can't remember when I got it, but...it has
> sat in the utensil drawer for over twenty years in this house. I don't use
> it at all. There are many gadgets that I've never seen too.
>
> Cheri

I have to go through my drawer every once in a while and get rid of things.
People are always giving me things because they know I like to cook. But
the people who are giving me things do not cook so what they think would be
useful to me, is usually not. Once it was a muddling spoon. I have never
muddled a thing in my life and I don't think I'm going to start. AFAIK
muddling is mostly used for drinks and I think mostly alcoholic ones so no
use to me.

It's sort of akin to my husband getting tons of those golf gifts that are so
prevalent around Christmas time. There are only so many putting cups, ball
washers, ball retrievers, golf towels, club washers, monogrammers, etc. that
one can use, and really the vast majority of that stuff is something most
golfers won't even use. I recently saw a spike remover being sold online.
Really? Does any course even allow spikes any more? And I'm talking about
the tool for removing the old metal spikes. Not the soft spikes that are
used these days on some shoes. I would imagine if anyone still did have
shoes with spikes on them, they'd be so decrepit that they wouldn't want to
wear them.

ImStillMags wrote:
> I used a lot of boiled eggs. I usually forget about them and over do
> them so they have that green ring around the yolk.
> I think this little gadget would be great to have.

Years ago we ate so many eggs in our house that each week I'd buy two dozen.
One dozen would be hard boiled. And sometimes that wasn't enough eggs for
the week. I always saved the carton and put the eggs back in after I boiled
them. I would buy Easter egg dye after it had been drastically marked down
after Easter and I would use a tiny bit to tint the eggs. I didn't put the
vinegar in there so they didn't come out like Easter eggs. It was just
enough to distinguish them from the regular eggs. Of course this won't work
for brown eggs but for some unknown reason, my husband would balk if I
bought the brown ones. So I just bought the white.

But now? Nobody eats many eggs. Once in a while my daughter will want
deviled ones from the store but she got bad ones a could of times and now
she is afraid to buy them. I once bought a huge tray of them from
Albertsons and they were hideous. The white part was so rubbery that they
bounced around in your mouth as you tried to eat them. The flavor was awful
and they had watery stuff in the depressions where they sat. But she bought
them from Albertsons several times in a smaller pack that were not like
that. And then one day they were. You'd have to have attempted to eat one
to know how bad they were.

So now, unless somebody specifically requests an egg thing, I just buy the
carton of stuff that's like Egg Beaters but I buy whatever is the cheapest.
And I really only buy that maybe 2-3 times a year.

On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:58:55 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

> ONe thing the egg timer doesn't take into considertion is the starting
> temperature of the egg. Which can be 36F to 76F - a 40F difference.
Thinking the same thing, I've taken to leaving the eggs and the timer
sitting together in the same environment for a while in order to get
their temperatures in synch before cooking.

So far this gadget has not messed up even once. Getting a batch of
perfectly timed mollets used to be a nightmare; now it's a snap.

As a high school and university student I worked as a short-order cook
for a few summers. Occasionally I'd pull the breakfast shift and I
dreaded the call for soft-boiled eggs. I sure wish I'd had this timer
back then. It might have changed my chosen career path.


--
Ann's Little Brother Bob