I love to bake. I mean, most of the things I make come out of boxes and are of the just add water variety, but I do love to create sweet treats. However, one of the things I absolutely hate doing when I bake is cracking eggs. Now, doing your normal egg de-shelling can be bad enough, but when you start getting into egg yolk separation? Terrible. Unquestionably awful. I always get them all over the place, end up mixing the yolk and the white anyways, and then I have to start all over again. I might as well buy a dozen eggs to prepare a recipe that calls for one. So just how am I supposed to bake under these reprehensible conditions?
Well if someone had given me the Peter Petrie Egg Separator (Stupid.com, $12.99) a long time ago, then I wouldn’t be having these frivolous problems. Sure, it may look a little wacky, but this man and his spacious schnoz are here to help. This egg separator makes it so you don’t have to worry that you have Salmonella because you touched those yucky raw eggs. Instead, all you have to do is crack the egg at the top of Peter’s head and tilt his face. That’s it. If you only need the egg whites, tilt Peter’s face so that the whites flow out his nostrils into your mixing bowl. If you just need the yolk, tilt to let the whites flow out into the trash, and then the yolk will be all that is left. What happens is that since the yolk has more of a definite shape, it flows easily into Peter’s nose and stays there, while the white runs out the nostrils. And since Peter is made of stoneware, that means he’s safe for use in the oven, dishwasher, microwave, and freezer.
Ok, yeah, this guy is a little gross looking. And maybe it’s borderline tacky. But come on, you know you want to buy one for the next nauseating wedding you go to. I bet you can’t wait to see the look on the happy couple’s faces when you tell them that you saw this and thought it was the perfect gift.
4 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 6″ x 6″
-Yolk stays put while whites flow out
-Stoneware
-Oven, dishwasher, microwave, and freezer safe
