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Is a cubed hard boiled egg supposed to make it easier to chop up? Or is it there just because you *can* cube a hard boiled egg and so, if you can, then surely you'll *want* to.

There are egg molds that will turn a hard-boiled egg into a star, fish, teddy bear, car, or heart shape. eBay has a lot of sellers of bento supplies, and many of them carry the molds.

Not sure what advantage there is to a cube-shaped egg, except that maybe deviled eggs won't wobble on the plate.

I really did not want to "pipe my own pate a choux" into hot dog shapes (I secretly wished I could find a local bakery that carried/could make them)... would be a great party appetizer vs. pigs in a blanket. I wanted to make mini chicago dogs w/all the mini-fixin's.

I think the point of the egg shapers, especially in the bento-making community, is that they're cute. It's an asthetic thing, not a useful one.

Thanks for the cookie shout out! These truly are some of the best cookies I've ever had!

True Tiamat!

I couldn't think why anyone would want square eggs, but bento makers might.

My grandmother used to have an egg press just like that! I loved that stupid thing to pieces!

i need that egg thing just because it's crazy.

Actually, yes, I do think that the square egg mold could be useful for bento. But that's about the only time it might be good for.

The tabletop grill is kind of cute, but I'd much rather have a simple electric model. This one seems small, and difficult to store.

Okay, I have to know...how does that egg cuber work?

Do you cook the egg inside or does it "press" the egg somehow?

@engill: I assume this one works like most others, in that you boil the egg, peel it while it's still fairly hot, then put it in and let it cool off while it takes the shape of the mold.

The question is why do you need a square egg? It might be a sort of a good idea for deviled eggs but then you couldn't use your nifty deviled egg tray to serve them in.

Hrm. That cookie recipe is actually just stolen from allrecipes.com and has oreo's added to it. Sugarcooking does credit it, but it felt a bit like false advertising to me, since I was expecting something new that lots of people hadn't seen (the original recipe has close to 4000 reviews).

Besides, if it ain't broke, why fix it.

The Egg Cuber! I had completely forgotten I owned one, which shows just how often I use it. But, to be fair, that thing is just silly goofy fun.