Square Eggs
I thought I’d seen it all when I encountered this device for making square eggs. Apparently, all you have to do is squish your perfectly hardboiled egg with the little plunger thingie, and Bob’s your square uncle. But…why?
My guess is it’s the newest weapon in the ever-escalating Bento Lunchbox Wars fought in the trenches of every school cafeteria in Japan! Say you’re a Japanese mom and you just didn’t hear that alarm go off at 5:00 a.m. when it was time to begin crafting the perfect Pikachu lunchbox. It’s so late, you don’t even have time to whip out a cheaterly version with your arsenal of Lunchboxing Power Tools. Your little darling will not be happy if you have to resort to slapping together a PB&J, even if you make it with leftover heart-shaped bread. You’re really up a creek without a paddle, unless you can produce something utterly novel in minutes. Enter…THE SQUARE EGG. Whew. You live to lunchbox another day.
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly newsletter Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!
Hahaha, funny. But I actually get the point of it. Round eggs fly around your plate and squares stays in place, right? ^.^
OMG, I never thought of that! You’re right. Maybe I need one of these after all!
Haha, yeah. The more you think about it the smarter it gets 😉
Daiso is selling the mold for star and heart shape ones!
Really? I have to check those out! Thanks for the pointer! ^_^
I have two 🙂 once you have square eggs it’s hard to go back, even when not used in bento 🙂
So, do they really turn out like little cubes? Do they keep their shape, or try to revert? Do the eggs have to be hardboiled, like the one on the package, or can the centers be sort of soft? (Eek, as you can see I’m halfway there to buying this!)
Yeah they keep their shape 🙂
The do have to be boiled, I imagine the yolk could be runny if you wanted it too but I prefer mine hard boiled 🙂
You can check out my review here if you’d like: http://ohbentouk.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/eddingtons-egg-cuber-review/
It has an image of the finished product 🙂
Excellent review! Love your blog too. Every time I do a bento post, I meet the most interesting people from all over the world. Thanks for the pointer!