Is there such a device?

OldGoat

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I live alone and when I want to boil an egg I need to put water into a pot, put pot on stove, wait for stove to heat up, wait for water to boil, add egg... this takes forever...
Isn't there a plug in electrical device that can boil small amounts of water for.. say 1 egg or 1 portion vegetables or 1 portion rice etc. etc. etc.
I would imagine something like a kettle but where it was thermostatically controlled.
 
Gas stoves work so much better.
Boil water in kettle, pour boiling water into small pot on gas stove = instant boil.
 
Yeah, its called an oven.
180 deg @ 10 mins and your egg will be done.Might have to play around with heat and time because ovens differ, but this is how i make 5 eggs daily in the morning.
 
Microwave egg poacher :p (just be sure to prick the yolk else you have a speggtacular eggsplosion
 
OldGoat said:
I don't have a gas stove or I wouldn't have this problem :)
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Might be worth looking in to. Those stoves are cheap. Not sure of the initial cost of a 3kg gas bottle, but refill costs you under R100. It's really quick and efficient when you want to boil stuff.
 
OldGoat said:
Isn't there a plug in electrical device that can boil small amounts of water for.. say 1 egg or 1 portion vegetables or 1 portion rice etc. etc. etc.
I would imagine something like a kettle but where it was thermostatically controlled.
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What you are imagining is exactly a kettle. You can just put the required amount of water in one of those, you don't have to fill it up every time you boil it...
 
pinball wizard said:
What you are imagining is exactly a kettle. You can just put the required amount of water in one of those, you don't have to fill it up every time you boil it...
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Agreed. It would need to have a large opening "lid" and preferably thermostatically controlled to cater for other foods.
Now, to track down such a beast :)
 
D3nz said:
Might be worth looking in to. Those stoves are cheap. Not sure of the initial cost of a 3kg gas bottle, but refill costs you under R100. It's really quick and efficient when you want to boil stuff.
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It is an option. I'll have a look see what's out there.
 
saor said:
Gas stoves work so much better.
Boil water in kettle, pour boiling water into small pot on gas stove = instant boil.
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Or skip the "boil water in kettle" step by putting the pot on an induction plate.
 
We have this, works great
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R150 or something (all the variation do the same thing, just rebranded to your favorite
 
For the egg, see post above.
For the 1 portion of veggies I put said portion into a dish, cover with cling wrap and put in micro for 10 minutes.

Rice...not so sure.
 
gfmalan said:
We have this, works great
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R150 or something (all the variation do the same thing, just rebranded to your favorite
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We have a similar one. Works perfectly. Used every day. Used for boiled eggs and poached eggs. Bought ours from PnP Hyper.
 
kang said:
For the egg, see post above.
For the 1 portion of veggies I put said portion into a dish, cover with cling wrap and put in micro for 10 minutes.

Rice...not so sure.
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Doesn't the cling wrap melt? Why not just put it in a microwave dish? Also contrary to popular belief you don't lose any nutrients when microwaving.
 
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