{"id":407,"date":"2026-10-03T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/?p=407"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:26:00","slug":"people-keep-guessing-but-do-you-know-what-this-red-object-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"People Keep Guessing\u2026 But Do You Know What This Red Object Is?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At first glance, it looks like a plastic egg, a toy, or even some kind of strange container<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this unusual red, egg-shaped object has a much more practical purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udd5a It’s an Egg Cooker!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The object appears to be a microwave egg cooker<\/strong>\u2014a small, egg-shaped plastic container designed to cook an egg inside a microwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has one in its collection and describes it as a red, egg-shaped microwave-safe cooker<\/strong>. According to the museum, it could cook a soft-boiled egg in around 30 seconds<\/strong> and a hard-boiled egg in about 50 seconds<\/strong>. Smithsonian Institution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udd2f How Does It Work?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The basic idea is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. \ud83e\udd5a Place an egg inside the cooker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \ud83d\udd12 Close the container.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \ud83d\udce6 Place it in the microwave according to the product’s instructions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. \u23f1\ufe0f Heat for the specified time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. \ud83c\udf73 Open carefully\u2014the contents can be extremely hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The exact instructions depend on the particular model, so you shouldn’t assume that every egg-shaped container is microwave-safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83d\ude32 Why Does It Look So Strange?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The unusual shape is part of the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There have been many egg-shaped kitchen gadgets over the years, including microwave egg cookers and egg timers. The Smithsonian example is particularly interesting because it was part of Julia Child’s collection of kitchen gadgets<\/strong>. Smithsonian Institution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So that mysterious red object isn’t necessarily a toy or a decoration\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It’s a little kitchen gadget designed to cook an egg! \ud83e\udd5a\ud83d\udd25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Would you have guessed that? \ud83d\ude02<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83d\udc47 YES \u2014 I knew it!<\/strong>
    \ud83d\udc47 NO WAY \u2014 I thought it was something completely different!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    At first glance, it looks like a plastic egg, a toy, or even some kind of strange container. \ud83d\ude33 But this unusual red, egg-shaped object has a much more practical purpose. \ud83e\udd5a It’s an Egg Cooker! The object appears to be a microwave egg cooker\u2014a small, egg-shaped plastic container designed to cook an egg inside … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}