Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Thanks for the detailed answer to a sincere question (Although I somehow knew Bauer & Black was not part of the answer) Jon -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> > At 07:06 PM 5/3/06 +0000, jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote: > >What's an "egg coddler"? Is it a polite name for a jock strap? > > It is a device for coddling eggs -- a process somewhat akin to cooking a > soft-boiled egg, only they can be cooked to taste and spices and the like > added. These are either porcelain or glass and have been around for around > 125 years. Royal Worcester in, oddly enough, Worcester, England, developed > them in the late nineteenth century and they are still making them today. > Others are made in China. The French made them for years but I am not > certain that any are still being made there today. > > These are every bit as much the focus of collector gluttony as are old > cameras, though MY gluttony for egg coddlers is in their use, though, > camera person that I am, I have saved the boxes for all of my egg coddlers > and keep them next to the boxes for my Leica, Zeiss, Cosina, Rolleiflex, > and Hasselblad stuff. <he grins> > > Much more than you ever wanted to know can be found at > > <http://www.egg-coddlers.com/> > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information