Yep…it’s the EZCracker. (WARNING: website has annoyingly loud auto-play audio/video which I saw no way of turning off) All it does is crack eggs. Seriously, how hard is it to crack eggs? So, it comes with an egg separator attachment. Big whoop-di-do. I have an egg separator gadget. The only reason I even have that is that it came with a set of measuring cups I bought; I doubt I’d have gone out of my way to buy an egg separator.
And a free bonus of an “egg scrambler” that is allegedly a $20 value? Give me a break! For one thing, this thing is probably made of 10 cents worth of cheap plastic, and for another, whatever happened to just using a whisk or a fork to scramble eggs? Sheesh!
I had posted a couple of weeks ago about dumb kitchen stuff. But when I heard of this egg cracking gizmo, I knew it warranted a post of its own, it’s so stupid. I had not seen the commercial for this, but @homebrewchef did, and he Tweeted it:
Just saw a commercial for a egg cracker for $20. Really? Www.ezcracker.com. Hands don’t work anymore. Alton Brown would die if he saw this!
Alton Brown would have been the first person to come to mind if I had seen that commercial, too. Alton, as you may know, is a leader in the war against kitchen unitaskers, and this gadget is right up there with the worst of them. I’d rather sit through hours of commercials for colon cleansers, acne treatments, and the best night cream, than look at dumb crap like this.
Who buys this stuff, anyway? I guess somebody must, otherwise, they’d not be selling it.
By the way, if you are interested in beer and food, both cooking with beer, and what beer to drink with your food, please check out The Homebrew Chef’s website. Lots of great recipes and info there!
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That sure sounds like a loser alright! Not only does it have all these “features” that are “valued” at $20, it’ll probably fall apart the first time it gets any heavy use or rough treatment. Actual value: $0.99
I doubt it works as well as advertised. And don’t you love these commercials where they show people obviously going out of their way to fumble at doing simple things, in order to create the *need* for this junk?
Christine, you are da bomb! I’m going to do a post about you and introduce my readers to you. Since you’re much funnier than I am, I’ll probably lose half my readership, but hey.