Who needs an eggshell breaking point creator anyway? I do!

Opinions are divided on how to prepare a perfect soft-boiled egg. Boil it for three, five or six minutes? In my home, we’ve had quite heated discussions about this.

My husband and I now (finally!) agree that the perfect time is five minutes and a few seconds – depending on how large the egg is. My father-in-law, on the other hand, is convinced that it takes six minutes or even longer. Again, depending on the size of the egg. Of course, everybody trusts their own method most.

However, there’s another egg-related opinion I recently changed my mind on – how to best open a soft-boiled egg. So far, we’ve been cutting or rather tapping the shell with an ordinary knife. This didn’t cut off the egg’s top in a neat line, but it did the job. So why buy a new gadget? This was the argument I’d been using for years to successfully resist my husband’s wish for an egg cracker.

Until now. Today, we own one. Yes, I gave in and ordered the «Clack» egg cracker from Galaxus.

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Kitchen gadgets

23,14 EUR was 24,50 EUR

Take2 Design Clack

502

Kitchen gadgets

–6%

23,14 EUR was 24,50 EUR

Take2 Design Clack

502

How it works

You get to the (almost) perfect cut by placing the metal dome on your hard- or soft-boiled egg. Then drag the metal ball up the pole – and drop it. Clack! A ring-shaped crack forms around the top of the egg and you can now easily remove the top.

I’d wager that no other gadget cuts this perfectly shaped tops off hard- and soft-boiled eggs without making a mess and in just a few seconds. In addition to this, the gadget itself is the highlight of every breakfast table and earns admiring and suspicious glances alike.

Its name alone sparks a conversation – especially in German.

The longest name ever

In German, this egg cracker is called «Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher» – literally, «eggshell breaking point creator». This name’s so long and word-heavy I could write an entire article about it. In the German headline of this text, the product name takes up two lines. With all due love for the actual product, who gave this kitchen gadget such an awkward name? It can’t have been a marketing expert. Or it must have been one, as the absurd name actually caught on. It’s even written on the packaging.

But let’s leave the name shaming aside. After all, it’s only a name. The purpose of this gadget is to crack open eggs – or, as the name says, to create a breaking point on the eggshell. And it undoubtedly does this – in an elegant way, too.

At least with a bit of practice. My first attempts failed miserably, as my proud presentation of our latest kitchen gadget turned into an embarrassing mishap at our brunch with friends. The demo effect – or Murphy’s Law. But after a few attempts, it created a perfect eggshell breaking line.

The only downside? Not only its name, but also the gadget itself is very long. I had trouble getting the entire thing into a picture as well as finding a place for it in my kitchen cupboard. The egg cracker is slim, but it’s a whopping 24 centimetres long. In the end, I decided to store it lying down instead of standing up. After all, this egg cracker hasn’t only cracked its way into my heart, but also into my cupboard. And it’s definitely here to stay.

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