In Europe we have these small needles in a metal or plastic base that we use to make a tiny hole in the bottom of an egg before boiling it so it won’t crack. Are these things really not a thing in the US?
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I’ve never had an issue with eggs cracking when I’m boiling them, can’t see why I would need something like this.
Never heard of it, it’s never been necessary for me, my eggs very rarely crack unless they hit the bottom of the pot too hard
No…we just boil them.
I never understood the European fussiness about hardboiled eggs, with your pins and cups and shit.
Boil it for 7 minutes, ice it for 5, roll it on a paper towel and enjoy.
We have those, they just aren’t used commonly.
I’ve never had more than a handful of eggs ever crack. For me it would be a solution in search of a problem.
Edit: we haven’t had a good egg thread in a while. We should remedy that.
I know what they are and I don’t boil my eggs. I am sure there are people that do not know, but they do sell those in stores here too.
We just boil them. Never heard of an egg needle
I’m sure you can get them here if you really want, but that seems like it’s severely overcomplicating something as simple as boiling an egg.
I have never heard of this and actually thought that you might have been saying egg noodle. However, I would guess that hardboiled eggs aren’t as popular in the US as it is in Europe. We still do it, but eggs in other forms are more popular.
These really aren’t that common in Europe either
I put them in cold water before heating up the water – only the occasional cracked egg.
I prefer a pin
No but the last time I was involved with a boiled egg I had dye and was 5 years old.
Y’all can be so weird about eggs. I don’t get it. 🤷🏼♀️
I have not seen that. I have never needed one. I just boil the eggs, chill them and then peel them.
No idea why you’d need a single purpose kitchen tool for it.
Never had an egg crack while boiling an egg tbh
In a country filled with useless kitchen gadgets, the fact that this isn’t even one of them should show you how actually useless most of us would find this product.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that most other places leave the outer coating on the eggs while we don’t?
Egg cracking isn’t really a problem we experience frequently.
No we dont have these needles, but we need them. When we decorate for Easter we sometimes want to use hollow eggs and it is really hard to use a sewing needle. I want one!
To be fair, I’ve literally never heard of this. Who cares if your egg cracks? The boiling water kind of reseals it instantly. It’s the lack of egg cups that baffles me.
Seems like a solution to a non problem.
I believe the original draft of our Declaration of Independence had a statement concerning needlessly complicated methods and tools for cooking eggs, but was removed.
I meant that in a lighthearted way, but I have never understood the need for egg cups, or needles, or anything else for eggs. Boil ‘em, fry ‘em, stick ‘em in an omelette.
If it cracks when I boil it that is a bonus. I’m going to peel it after it cools anyway.
Yes we do have these needles, they are called egg piercers, they are sometimes found in finer kitchens and homes, it is not surprising that many of the people here have not heard of them as they are uncommon.
Maybe one in 2 dozen eggs crack if you boil them correctly, and even if they do…who cares?? You get rid of the shell anyway, one little crack isn’t going to stop me from eating it lmao
I’ve never heard of it used an egg needler. However the measuring cup that came with my egg cooker has a metal point on the bottom that pierces eggs. I guess that’s essentially the same thing.
They might be necessary in Europe because we have different methods for controlling salmonella. We wash our eggs, which removes a membrane that is intact in European eggs. That membrane may or may not contribute to the egg cracking.