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I'm asking this seriously, here, because I'm only rarely a meat-eater and a big egg fan. And although I'm sort of a lame cook in many ways, I have managed to learn to do scrambled eggs, omelets, fried eggs, poached eggs, hard boiled eggs, migas... just about anything one could want. And none of them with any hardware beyond my ordinary pots and pans and a nice spatula. Maybe throw in a cheap egg/pancake ring if you're really picky about them being perfectly round.
Do we, honestly, need a special appliance for every dish? Do we need an "Egg McMuffin" machine to go alongside the already generally-unused quesadilla makers and bread machines and smoothie makers? Does it really save any time to have that many things sitting around the house? In the long run they all generally end up dusty and unused.
I love technology, but this is the opposite of the usual tech trend. Our phones now have cameras and planners and email, but we're supposed to have a separate and specialized machine to cook an egg for breakfast?
