This has baffled me too. For a soft boiled egg I use a spoon although my
husband slices the top off with a knife. For hard boiled eggs, I roll them
on the kitchen counter and this cracks the shell and loosens it so that it
peels off easily. Sometimes I think people try to complicate what should be
simple procedures. Also I have an aversion to buying implements that only
do one thing and take up valuable space when they're not used often.

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Steve Calvin > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Hi. Thanks, but I was just looking for something that I'd use to tap
>>>>the side of the egg, like a hammer. The utensil would just be
>>>>ONE piece. A spoon or knife would do, but I was wondering
>>>>if there was a specific utensil out there for the job. I'm sure that
>>>>there is.
>>>>
>>>
>>>There may be, my question is why? <confused>
>>
>>
>> as Alton Brown says, avoid unitaskers. If the spoon will do, then why
>> not the spoon?
>>
>
> Dunno, that's what I asked. ;-)
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> Steve