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Not recommended. This product's handle broke off within a week of using it. It fried an egg ok, however.
But I wish they'd make it last longer. I will buy another one when the coating goes on this one. This is my second pan. The non-stick coating doesn't last as long as I would like but this little pan is perfect for making my own low calorie Sausage Egg and cheese "McMuffin" in the morning.
You ALWAYS have to use spray oil (like Pam or generic) when cooking in "non-stick" cookware. To those of you who are always surprised that non-stick is not non-stick, it never was. Non-stick only means less sticky. If you want egg sandwich style eggs, just buy either the egg poacher/toaster combo or a traditional egg poaching pan. I also had the Egg Poacher/Toaster combo which I liked, but it only lasted about a year before the egg poacher went out. It's about $35 at Kitchen Supply Direct and has metal cups. I recommend the Lincoln Wearever Egg Poacher. Be sure NOT to get one with plastic cups.
I trashed the pan. Getting an egg out is a nightmare. I kept the cute little spatula. The pan is poorly designed. I like the small "one-egg" size, but the sides are 90 degrees to the bottom.
Look in your kitchen: you probably have a perfectly good pan at home already. I have a lot of house guests, so I even took the precaution of writing HOT with a sharpie all over the the little egg decoration--not so "cute" anymore. To conclude, I would say that this is just one more piece of junk to clutter our landfills. I confess that I was taken by how "cute" this pan is, and very enthusiastic about the size--perfect for a single fried egg, or for quickly browning some garlic. Wish I'd thought of that before I bought this product. Even though I'm very careful with it, the teflon scratches easily (and now, we're hearing more and more from the government about the dangers of non-stick coatings). But this pan is so poorly designed and manufactured that I'm sorry I bought it. Furthermore, the pan is actually too thin to make a good egg, and the handle, which is clumsy in its size, gets VERY hot.
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