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eggshaker
Shake eggs violently in the shell to scramble | |
I was making breakfast for my son and he wanted to be held while I did it, and I realized that if the egg were scrambled before it came out of the shell, I'd be able to make scrambled eggs with one hand. I propose a machine shaped like a pair of salad tongs, with rubberized cups at the end that could
hold an egg securely. The tongs would be held at the pivot point by a machine that would then violently agitate the egg (maintaining even pressure via the rubberized cups to avoid breakage) thus causing the yolk and egg white to mix and scrambling the egg. Simply crack into a buttered pan and prepare just like you would eggs beaten in a bowl.
RONCO's solution
http://shop.ronco.com/shop/scrambler/
It sticks a pin up into the egg at an angle, and spins it on a motor. According to the once ubiquitous US late-night TV commercials for this gadget, it does work. [krelnik, Oct 04 2004]
The story of RONCO
http://shop.ronco.com/about/
For those of you outside the US who weren't bombarded with these ads as children. [krelnik, Oct 04 2004]
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Surely there are lots of ways you could scramble them post-cracking. How about putting them in one of those batter maker shaker thingies? Or even just using a fork? |
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That's a bit boring and low-tech, isn't it ? |
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How about using ultrasound or infrasound ? |
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RONCO has an alternative solution, see link. Now how much would you pay? Operators are standing by! This is a free call. |
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Well part of the point for me is that there's no cleanup here.. as long as the egg doesn't explode (hee hee) then there is NOTHING to clean except the pan and whatever eating utensils you use! Would sound work through the eggshell? That's an interesting idea. Thanks for the ronco link that thing is neat! |
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glue fur and a tail onto it and let the cat play with it for half an hour. you and the kid are entertained as well. |
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Perhaps the shell can be punctured by a thin shaft which opens up, umbrella-style, and rotates at high speed inside the egg. The ribs (or watever they're called) are then returned to the shaft, the shaft is withdrawn and the egg is ready to be cracked and cooked, pre-scrambled. |
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The RONCO gadget works much like that, snarfy, but simpler. The shaft doesn't open up, its just bent so that when it rotates it traces a conical path through the egg. |
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Make a hole in each end and blow the contents into the frying pan. |
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