Morning breakfast fast

I have always been intrigued by the egg poacher by Trudeau. I wasn't sure if it would really do the job, and I wasn't sure about the silicone's durability to heat and stickiness. But after researching online and found no adverse effect of the silicone products, I decided to try the egg poacher. This morning again my son and I needed to leave in a hurry, so instead of the usual slice of bread, I used the egg poacher to make two sunny side up.

There really wasn't anything technical about the poacher. The instruction said to set the microwave at medium power, and cook the egg for 40 secs. So I broke two eggs into the poacher, set it inside the microwave with the lid covering the eggs, and started the machine. After 40 secs I checked the eggs. They looked partly cooked and a bit liquid, so I gave them another 10 secs. This time they looked perfect! I spooned them out of the poacher and had my son try them in the car. He said that they tasted fine! I made myself another two eggs later, and they did taste quite pure, just like a boiled egg, but in a sunny side up style. I then tried to clean the poacher to see if the silicone was really that resilient to stickiness of food. Sure enough, it was really easy to scrub off the egg residue. The poacher looked like new.

To me this is really a great time saver. From now on I can make a couple of good sunny side up breakfast in 50 secs, and the cleaning can be done in 10 secs. And the eggs look much rounder than my regular sunny side up, which required more work and oil. I felt eating eggs this way could even be healthier. Maybe I will make my wife the breakfast for a change from now on. I think she will like that idea very much.

Silicone Egg Poacher for two: 500F/260C, for microwave and covered skillet, $15.99

(There is also a model for four eggs)

Dinning room beware

When we brought in the dinning chairs and tables, no one was paying any attention to them except for the people who set them up and priced them. I was told that our chairs and dining tables would fly out of the door because of their quality and incredible price. The solid wood table was heavy and extendable, the chairs were elegant and sturdy. Both of them were 30-40% cheaper than anywhere else. The deal was especially crazy for the chairs. They have a combo discount if they were bought in pairs for an additional 20% off. But the fly-off-the shelf didn't happen until our store and the chair deal was introduced in a life style magazine. I got excited and phoned the wholesaler to get a hold of more stock, but they could only give me enough chairs for five more families. The chairs were just too hot for the market in the past few weeks. I got those chairs in stock now, and I thought I should let people know. Come to think of it, maybe I should hold on to a few for myself.

Elegance Faux Leather Chair, Dark Brown: 1/$79.99, 2/$127.99 (compare to $132 per chair in market)

Union Solidwood Dining Table, Brown, 3'x3' to 3'x 4.5': $299 (compare to $500 in market)