There are Egg Poachers in My Neighborhood

This morning, I started out having a hankering for poached eggs. That happens occasionally and it's best to address the craving early-on. Otherwise, I can be cranky all day. My wife has been buying Eggland's Best eggs. The chickens seem to have been bred for their ability to create eggs that have the letters "EB" appear to be stamped on one end. Aren't those chickens clever? Or is it the farmers who raise them? Maybe, though, the chickens have been trained to use ink-jet printers which have been installed in their coops. It doesn't matter, I supposed. Back to the story at hand.

Poaching eggs in the microwave isn't as satisfying as using a steam-powered egg-poacher, but it's much quicker and far easier to clean up. And, when my wife opts not to have any eggs, the two-egg poacher like this one works very well. I always like my poached eggs in multiples of two and this little microwave poacher does a decent job.

I prefer, though, to poach eggs in a steam-based poacher. We have one that is just fine for poaching four eggs (though the design leaves a bit to be desired), but whenever we have guests (which is rare, I'll admit) the four-egg poacher isn't quite adequate. But I found a really nice-looking six-egg poacher that looks like it would be perfect! However, since I think spending $30+ on an egg poacher is something one should do no more than once in a lifetime (which I believe with have, with our nice four-egg poacher), I'm not going to do it. Instead, I'll suffer through with our four-egg steamer and our two-egg nuker, should we have a guest. If we have more than one guest, I'll just work twice as fast.