Farberware Nonstick Aluminum Egg Poacher with Glass Lid
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Farberware Nonstick Aluminum Egg Poacher with Glass Lid
Customer Review: Fun with eggs.
Summary: 4 Stars
Although labelled as an egg poacher, this pan is really a corbeller. So what's the difference?Well, poached eggs are beautiful, soft and light affairs, cooked by being dropped into water on a gently rolling boil. When done properly they come out pure white and have no flavour but egg.
When you cook eggs in a corbeller like this you have to grease the egg trays so the eggs don't stick. The egg comes out with the flavour of whatever you use to grease the pan. You can use butter, olive oil, grapeseed oil, lard, they will all give a different flavour.
When the eggs are cooked they come out a little rubbery and have the shape of the tray. So they don't look or eat the same as real poached eggs.
BUT, you can do things with a corbeller that you can't do with poached eggs. Try flavouring your eggs. A little salt and pepper on them, perhaps some fresh herbs, or if you are adventurous why not some curry spices or tabasco. Versatility is where this poaching pan wins out. You can have fun with your eggs.
Customer Review: NO, NO, NO...
Summary: 1 Stars
Very attractive pan, feels good, lid fits, cool knob on lid...BUT...First of all.. it never dawned on me to check the BOTTOM of the pan for a paper label. I rinsed out the cups, put water in the pan & turned on the stove. AFTER I put out the fire, cleaned up the ash from the stovetop, aired out the house and washed the bottom of the pan, I tried poaching two eggs. The yolks got hard, the whites were watery (I like the opposite with soft yolks and cooked whites) and the whites never did set up. SO...washed it and it's gone in the Thrift Store box. Not worth returning. I feel like I just got ripped off for $25. AND, YES, I AM A REALLY GOOD, EXPERIENCED COOK.Customer Review: Cooking in plastic!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought one of these a few months back (though mine has the all metal lid (preferable). It is well designed and attractive. But it has a MAJOR flaw: the egg cups are black plastic with a thermo-conductivity that must be close to zero. Aside from the totally unacceptable aspect of cooking in plastic (!), it took me 9 minutes (elevation 7300 ft.) to poach an egg to medium yolk and firm white, when an all-metal poacher would take maybe 5 or 6 minutes max. Avoid this one!Customer Review: Don't buy this
Summary: 1 Stars
After I opened the box and took a look at this, I returned it to its box and prepared it to be returned. Small, cheap plastic cups might fit an egg in it, but I doubt it.