On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9:02:47 AM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 8:22:32 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 12:26:29 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> > > You have taken a position with no knowledg of the small appliance we are talking about, and
> > > that position is one of ignorance about that appliance, and now are too stubborn to quit
> > > and say you were mistaken. It's a sorry position.
> >
> > I'm not mistaken at all. My mother used to have an egg cooker, as I
> > implied in a previous post. I had used it a couple times and was
> > glad when I accidentally dropped it on the floor and broke it. As
> > it wasn't taking up valuable counter space and I didn't have to drag
> > it out of the cupboard when she needed it. Using the egg cooker is
> > no more convenient than using a pan. And the pan is infinitely more
> > useful.
> >
> > I think we can call this argument over, if not a truce.
> >
> > -sw
>
> I'll agree to a truce, with a couple final points: it takes a lot more water to boil eggs on top the stove, and a pot to do it with takes up more space in a cupboard than an egg cooker. Second, it takes a lot more energy to boil a pot of water than it does for a cooker to do its thing.
>
> There, I'm finished. ;-)
>
> N.

If you had an automatic rice cooker you could probably do the same thing. Use a steamer basket and the same amount of water. It is unfortunate that my daughter threw out my beautiful rice cooker else I would be steaming eggs at this very moment.