Fusionbrands 3-Inch Silicone Poach Pod Egg Poaching Tool, Green
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Fusionbrands 3-Inch Silicone Poach Pod Egg Poaching Tool, Green
Customer Review: One set is not enough!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned these poach pods for over a year (maybe two), and they work exactly as advertised. Be sure to grease them well (I use a non-stick spray with great result) before each use. The suggestion about removing them from the hot water with a slotted spoon works perfectly, but sometimes I just grab the edge with a pair of tongs (the spoon method is better). I have several pair of these, and have used them many times. I find that 5 minutes is the preferred cooking time for our eggs, but if someone wants eggs cooked to a different doneness, just remove individual pods from the water at different times. The pods are extremely compact, and are therefore perfect to carry in the camp gear. We also use these handy little pods to warm sauces or butter over boiling water (especially handy in camp where there is no microwave), and I use them for muffins or bigger-than-bitesized brownies as well. They also make fine prep bowls. Clean-up is always a breeze! If you choose to wash them in the dishwasher (top rack only), be sure to put one of the little spikes thru the hole in the poach pod. But clean up is so easy, I usually just hand wash them.
If you like poached eggs, but don't like the swirling water method, get these poach pods, follow the directions, and enjoy!
Customer Review: Easy, simple, great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Using boiling water to poach my eggs created too much mess and hassle for me. I needed something that could produce perfect poached eggs that was easy to use, mess free and of low cost. These Fusionbrands Poach Pods have not failed me!
Having carefully read the guidance provided with the Poach Pods, I have had the most perfect poached eggs. Lightly greasing the pods with a touch of oil (recommended) prevents them from sticking, I had no problem with contents spilling out when left on the counter top and could easily place them in my boiling pan of water.
I do not like to follow set times for cooking my poached eggs, but prefer to look at the consistency of the egg as it is cooking. When the time came to serve my eggs lightly running a spoon around the edge of the egg allowed a simple, break-free release of my egg. Perfect, and no funny taste! I can only think that if the pods aren't washed thoroughly before first use that a strange taste could occur. They're easy to clean, I put them in my top shelf of the dishwasher and use the holes in the side to secure the pod to the shelf for cooking. Again, all recommended in the guidance provided with the pods.
For hassle free poached eggs, I couldn't ask for anything better!
Customer Review: Soothes your jagged nerves when attempting to poach
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't forget the hierarchy of egg cookery:
1. scrambled
2. over easy
3. sunny side up, yolk unbroken
4. omelet
5. poached
Poaching is not for the wussy cook. But it's not all that hard; it takes a moment of daring when you slide the raw egg, broken into a saucer (or dropped from the shell if you are a REAL MAN) into slightly swirled, barely boiling water. Sure, the white trails off (especially if you are daft enough not to use a farm-fresh egg with a tall white.) But after a few minutes and some fidgeting with a slotted spatula, you get a soft, delectable, dainty poached egg suitable for placing lovingly on a nest of spinach, on a muffin napped with hollandaise sauce or even in a mound of corned beef hash.
If you feel dropping a raw egg in to slighly simmering water is daunting, by all means, try these molds. And some people are put off by looking at the watery part of the white, which in traditional poaching, strands off into the water and looks slightly revolting. Normally, a chef trims off the thin part of the white and the center "high" part of the white is what is surrounding the yolk in a classically poached egg. In terms of the mold, you don't have this messy issue.
Customer Review: Easy to use. Effective.
Summary: 4 Stars
I love poached eggs, and was enamored with the absurdity of the color, name, and design of poachpods. I bought them, ripped the tag off, and put them in the cupboard for a month.
I just used them for the first time today, and didn't have the instructions. So I just dropped the eggs in the pod, and placed the pods into lightly boiling water. I replaced the lid, and waited 5 minutes. I then had perfectly poached eggs that were seriously stuck to the poachpod. Whoops. My bad.
SO, a poachpod will give you a perfect egg if you:
1) Boil some water
2) Spray the inside of pods with nonstick spray (or brush with olive oil)
3) Crack the eggs into the pods
4) Turn down the water to low
5) Place the pods into the water (the lilypad effect is pretty sweet)
6) Replace the pot cover
7) Wait 5 minutes
6) Coax the eggs out of the pods onto your plate/toast/english muffin
That's it - exactly how they are supposed to work. No need to buy a dedicated poaching pan. I used a 3 qt saucepan.
Because the top of the pods are out of the water, the "handle" part is not too hot to touch. I had no problem removing the eggs with my hands.
Customer Review: Non-Stick....No Way!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm amazed so many people love this item.
It clearly says on the description "non-stick", but these are NOT non-stick.
And to make matters worse, the reviewers are content adding butter, olive oil and cooking spray???
HUH???...to a POACHED egg?
Have you all lost your minds?
One lady even made a video about it, thats how proud she was!?!
The manufacturers of this product are LOVING this....even though it doesn't work!....5 stars even!...HUH?
Never have I seen or have eaten a poached egg that has been cooked with butter, olive oil or cooking spray.
Are you all trying to justify your purchase?
Hell, if you plan on lubing it up like that, you could just put a shot glass or a small mug in the water....lube it up really well, it'll accomplish the same purpose. It'll slide right out too!...Wheee!...Look at it go!
But this will NOT be a true poached egg.
Come one people...just put the egg in the water and turn the heat to almost off...turn on your timer, then grab a slotted spoon.
It's free, it's easy and it tastes like a TRUE poached egg.