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Don't often have breakfast in the morning but, if I do, I find myself stopping at the McDonalds now on my way to work and getting a double bacon muffin.
I've been looking over the two following toaster kits and wondered if anybody had tried them:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tefal-Toast-...ct_top?ie=UTF8
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamilton-Bea...ct_top?ie=UTF8
If you are too lazy to put some toast in a toaster and fry an egg, you are too lazy to clean either of them :P
Not too lazy to use a toaster but always seem to screw up frying an egg in a pan.
Also, if you have to fry the egg then you can't be elsewhere doing something else :D
Yes, you could me making a coffee!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
Nice try, can't stand coffee and don't really drink tea either.
Nah, skip it - they're a nice idea (for some) but the two people I know who have them stopped using them in no time at all.
The cleaning is fiddly and ultimately not worth the effort.
They both had models like the one in the first link. No idea on the second one but it looks like a pain to clean.
True, probably use them a few times, get fed up of the mess and then stick them in the cupboard for years.
Next question is, do I still do McD's tomorrow morning :D
lol can't believe someone thought that there was a sufficient market for those!
do you seriously expect a McDonalds breakfast to fuel you properly? rubbery stinky egg "muffin"... eek!
Do you seriously think a thread entitled "Lazy breakfast toasters" will provide fertile ground for anti-Maccy D snobbery?Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
:p
Snobbery? Merely stating fact. I like a big mac as much as the next man - well perhaps less depending on who the next man is - but their breakfasts. Not with a bargepole thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spreadie
Sausage and Egg mcmuffin mmmm
Might get this tomorrow morning infact lol.
Get yourself a one egg frying pan: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004APPGMSQuote:
Originally Posted by Zico
If you have a gas ring a diffuser might by handy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LXFGSY
Put a little oil ion the bottom of your pan. Get it nice and hot. Crack in the egg. Turn the heat right down. Leave it alone for about 3 minutes. No, don't touch it. No, not even then.
Once the top is definitely set, use a spatula/flipper/implement to flip it onto your toast.
Job done, and WAY nicer than McDonalds.
this ^ this with bells on. *
*How you interpret that is up to you. NB however that whisky in the morning can be a sign of alcohol dependency.
I think you will find the word your looking for is 'opinion'.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
As per Spreadie's post above, thanks for stopping by an contributing to this thread.
To be honest I don't mess things up too much. Our gas hobb is needing to be replaced first so it might best to do that and then see how things go.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
As for McD's, until I started a new role in January, I didn't go past one on my way to work (though I did drive past this morning so I can resist temptation :D).
As my post above, McDonalds Breakfast is not sufficient to construe a healthy balanced breakfast that will fuel your day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
PAH... the double-sausage muffins are pretty good, but you can keep the Big Macs and anything else they do!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
I'd be interested to know how many of those people nay-saying products like this, also happen to use one of them coffee-pod machines, themselves... how about electric tin-openers, bread makers, George Foreman grills, standalone steamers, pasta/rice cookers, or even a Breville...?
I don't even use the microwave (that's just some monstrosity the Mrs bought), so I'm always bemused by the latest electric thingamies. There's even an electric spiralizer, now... as if a hand-peeler and a bit of practice are no good any more!! :lol:
A bread maker I can understand. An egg fryer toaster? WTF? How about a combined hair-removing ass wiper or a tooth flossing shower cap? Some combinations are just not worth the inevitable compromise!
It's also not a breakfast that I have frequently, if at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
The combined hair-removing ass wiper might just have a niche market for those with clingon problems :mrgreen::puke:Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
Ouch on so many levels!!
love it. Where the heck did you find that?Quote:
Originally Posted by abaxas
Viz, if I recall correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
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Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Point of order; you can't get proper Brevilles in the UK anymore. Don't know exactly what happened, but for some reason the original company sold off the name in Europe to some shoddy second rate alternative, which means the genuine Breville scissor-action enjoyed by our US and aussie friends isn't available here :(
As you might have guessed, this upsets me ;) But a Breville is the only one of those machines I'd have in the house, because realistically there's no way of getting a properly sealed toastie without one. The rest of those things are for people who are more conxerned about making money to buy things than taking the tine to do things ... a nasty tendency in modern life...
The George Forman Grill is a toasted cheese sandwich/panini maker. Don't diss it.
Ours gets used once a week and has probably been the best gadget we've ever bought. Ironically not for it's original use :P
I used to have a breville-branded panini press, which saw a similar amount of use to my cut-and-seal sandwich toaster. I wouldn't get a George Foreman for that personally, I'd get one that's designed for sandwiches: and it's also one of the jobs that you *can* do on the hob, although the results are slightly different.
Currently waiting for a cheapish ice-cram maker to arrive: going to have some fun messing with that over the next week or two!
Egg on toast is a common combination.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
People don't really floss in the shower, though.
I know, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
I went looking for one and got bombarded by a load of weird machines, all branded Breville, but none of which were actual toasted sandwich makers...
I am confused.com...
I don't think they're supposed to be sealed anyway, though. We have an old Le Creuset press pan which does a great job (on the hobs or on the braai), but it's kinda open.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Hence wondering how many such people ridiculing the idea also use similar machines.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Heck, I'm still trying to get around the idea of paying several pounds for just a handful of coffee pods!
It's for grilling up lean steak. That's it.Quote:
Originally Posted by abaxas
That's probably not something we want to be hearing about on this family-friendly forum... is it? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by abaxas
Replying to your original question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
I owned a Tefal Toast 'n Egg and used it for around 4 years nearly every weekend.
I'm not a breakfast person at all in the week as I don't get hungry 'til 11/12, so how practical it is in a busy rushing morning I can't comment on.
I like that it didn't take up much room even with the extra egg compartment. It produced brilliant poached eggs every time. I'm not into boiled eggs but it would do 4 of them. It toasted bread like any other toaster I've used and wasn't uneven. It was useful being able to toast & cook an egg at the same time, or just do 1 or the other. Sometimes I just wanted the egg so it was easy to do. Finally I like that there is no need to use oil at all, just a pipet of water.
It was a doddle to clean, quick wipe and voila. Probably no mess at all with boiled eggs.
It's downsides are the bread size is small so you need a small loaf. You can only poach 1 egg at a time. Probably not suitable for more than 1 person at the same time, its definitely aimed at the student life.
The bread size wasn't a show stopper for me, it meant I had a marginally healthier loaf but if you're into door stoppers or fresh bakery bread you're better off with a bigger toaster and a frying pan.
When/if I can ever afford another place of my own I'll be getting another one :) Am I lazy? absolutely!
Being a simple fellow I liked the results and it worked for me.
The Breakfast Sandwich maker looks great and if I was on my own would consider it :)
I bought a GF grill while the proper grill on the cooker was being repaired. It's OK, but keeping it clean was a faff, and once I got the ordinary grill back, it just got put in a cupboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by abaxas
I'd consider getting one anyway... It'll be like having McMuffins, but with better quality ingredients!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AGTDenton
You don't need an ice cream maker, just a decent bowl and a freezer. We home make ice cream using an electric whisk and putting the bowl in our normal freezer. Way easier and less work-surface clutter in the kitchen. so much fun creating ice cream flavours to go with a particular meal.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
I double up on brushing teeth in the shower when I'm short on time. With a non-mist mirror in the right place flossing could be an option. Don't mock what you can't imagine - people said the Wright brothers were mad. And remember when mobile phones first came out and people mocked the first adopters? I'm off to the patent office....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
If it's not sealed it's not a toastie, it's a grilled sandwich. Still tasty, but a different beast (you can't have a baked bean grilled sandwich). The proper original Brevilles, which you can still get in the US and Australia, have a far surperior sealing and cutting action to the Euro versions. I grew up on toasties as a quick weekend lunch (made in a proper 70s breville), and am still considering taking a holiday to either the US or Australia just so I can buy a Breville to come back with!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
So, not just a bowl and a freezer then ;) An electric whisk is another one of those things I have no interest in purchasing, and hand-whisking ice-cream is, I suspect, a PITA.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
WEll, assuming you have a bowl and a freezer already, this being the 21st century and you being a user of a tech forum suggests no luddite-leaning tendencies... that leaves an electric whisk at £9.99 that fits in a drawer and is useful for everything from baking cakes, mixing bread dough, whipping cream and even angel delight for an emergency child-friendly pudding. How much did you spend on your one-purpose icecream maker, and how much kitchen real estate does it require?Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
A few things occur to me:
I used to think that sausge/bacon McMuffins were a really lovely breakfast, but that is because I had always taken them away to work - turns out if you eat one live, then the pint of grease hasn't had enough time to congeal - I did make a mess that day without a tray, not my fault that they didn't hear me say "to eat in".
Unattended cooking of eggs can also be accomplished by poaching an egg on an induction hob where you can set the temperature - you just start with pre-boiled water - unfortunately there is not enough time to do anything useful re: getting ready for work in the two minutes that a poached egg needs to cook.
Totally agree that baked beans do not belong in a toastie/panini - they do a "western sausage and beans" panini at work - what a bean dropping mess I got in to - all I'd wanted was some Blazing Saddles nostalgia.
The charcoal grill in my combi oven does bacon excellently - however, unexplainably - in the 21st century! - it cannot turn the bacon over half way through - I wonder what I would get if I googled "bacon rasher rotisserie" and the strange sort of hard plasticy tray cleans without any scrubbing. I've had one health grill, horrible to clean - coating came off very quickly, even with purpose made ridged cleaners.
Just looked for electric egg poachers and as great gadgets as some of them are, apart from the Chef'n yolkster egg poacher, none of them make a white enveloped yolk.
Research shows this typically uses more time (and gives us more lovely water bill money) as your attention is divided. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
Coming from the poster who sees "people don't" and assumes it means the same as 'people cannot'...?Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
The industry I work in has done *extensive* research into people's habits involving water usage - I say again, people do not really floss while in the shower.
Actually, whether sealed or not, it's a Toasted Sandwich (or Jaffle, if you're Australian), according to the websites of Breville, who make the original 'Toasted Sandwich Press'.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Grilled sandwiches are either one-sided melts done under the grill, or two-sided done properly over the barbecue/braai in a frame.
Don't worry, I don't want one!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
:puke:
Never assume such things. There is plenty of tech I despise... touchscreens, for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
I second this. I have a Tefal one and its brilliant; perfect eggs every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Hard to imagine that the top sets without any turning, fat flicking - will have to try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biscuit
I set my fried eggs by adding a small amount of not long boiled water from a kettle to the pan, about when the whites are starting to set - put a lid on and check every 20 seconds until the top is set - has the bonus that if the pan is mucky from bacon, then the pan does get somewhat cleaned.
Not the way I shower. In a real hurry it's soap-up from the sink, shower on while putting toothpaste on the brush, and jump in avec toothbrush while you rinse. Shower off, spit out in sink, towel down. once did it in 10 minutes from out of bed to out of door. Commuting essentials.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Lack of effective time management, ya mean...?Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
optimising sleep time you mean?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Hand bags people!!
only if they come with a fried egg maker and ass wipe pocketQuote:
Originally Posted by Zico
Knowing what some women have in there hand bags, probably have all that and more :D
Spending so long sleeping that you need machines to feed you and wipe your backside while brushing your teeth?Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
If you knew how long I spend at work, how long I go walking with the dogs and how many hours a week I drop on gaming, you'd wonder if you'd miscounted the hours in the day!!
It's all about effective time management and machines like this, while immensely good fun, do not help that. Scientists have proven, studies have shown, etc etc...
Get me one that'll do all that and let me stay in bed and you can take all my money :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Generic time management simply doesn't work for everyone. Not everyone is at their most efficient in the morning. Rigid adherence to a 9am - 5pm working regime is pretty unproductive. Many people would be far more productive if their employers allowed them to work later in the day - 11am - 7pm, or even 1pm - 9pm. Some people essentially turn off by about 3pm, so they should be starting work earlier. Sadly, many companies simply won't flex their thinking that far: it's 9am - 5pm rigidly, or perhaps with half an hour leeway at each end at most. And for some people, that's missing several hours of their most productive time...
No, not at all... but the idea is you manage your time yourself, not fit yourself to a dictated routine. Obviously certain things must be dictated to you, like being up before the shops shut, so ya gotta work around that.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
For me, I have to get up several hours in advance of leaving for work, so I have time to take the dogs out, have coffee, sit around vaping and all the other things I need before I'm awake enough to head out in control of a high speed vehicle on the busy roads... but that's me managing my time.
In addition, you can force the change in your own body clock. Plenty of shift workers and forces personnel have proven this.
Better be Australia as US versions will be 110volts :)Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
I can probably knock up a transformer, got some garden wire round here somewhere..... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by peterb
It's great that you can do that and still be productive. I know plenty of people who can't because their sleep patterns don't work that way, and for them having some ... assistance ... operating effectively in the morning is probably a good thing. They probably get a lot more done in the late evening than you do, because that's when they're at their most effective and productive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Also worth considering that these things are age-related too. Several studies have suggested that age-related factors shift people's natural sleep patterns, which may have been an evolutionary advantage allowing different members of a group to be alert to danger at different times and still function effectively.
No no, you misunderstand... I am NOT a morning person in the slightest, but still have to get up that early, partly so I have enough time to wake up and become at least basically functional... partly because I just have that much stuff to do before I go to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
I'm generally still up at 2-3am, playing games, making stuff and being productive.
You callin' me old now, sonny???!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
Back in my day, we used to respect our elders, you know!!!
A bit of snobbery, really. Nothing wrong with McDonalds breakfast at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
Still, I rather have McDonalds than your usual M & S sandwiches.
Marks and Spencer sandwich has more calories than McDonald's quarter pounder with cheese
my lazy breakfast toaster is my wife :D
Managed to make a sausage and egg mcmuffin at home just using a griddle pan, a frying pan, egg ring and a lid.
Worked rather well I must say.
Now sourcing a sourdough muffin to improve the experience.