egg slicer
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An egg slicer is a food preparation utensil used to slice peeled, hard-boiled eggs quickly and evenly. An egg slicer consists of a slotted dish for holding the egg and a hinged plate of wires or blades that can be closed to slice.{{cite book |chapter=Egg slicer |editor-first=Charles G. |editor-last=Sinclair |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnveo8cyxKkC&dq=egg+slicer&pg=PA184 |title=The International Dictionary of Food and Cooking |page=184 |publisher=Peter Collin |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-57958-057-5 |access-date=December 11, 2009 }}{{cite book |first=David |last=Joachim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6969CFdoybcC&dq=egg+slicer&pg=PA161 |title=The Clever Cook's Kitchen Handbook: 5037 Ingenious Hints, Secrets, Shortcuts and Solutions |page=161 |publisher=Rodale Inc. |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-57954-549-9 |access-date=December 11, 2009 }}
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It was invented at the beginning of the 20th century by the German Willy Abel (1875–1951) who also invented the bread cutter. The first egg slicers were produced in Berlin-Lichtenberg.{{Cite web |url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/heimatmuseum-zeigt-mehr-als-hundert-jahre-lichtenberger-industriegeschichte-der-eierschneider-war-ein-welterfolg,10810590,9266810.html |title=Der Eierschneider war ein Welterfolg |trans-title=The Egg Slicer was a World-Wide Success |work=Berliner Zeitung |lang=de |date=April 23, 1997 |accessdate=December 1, 2015 |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627130840/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/heimatmuseum-zeigt-mehr-als-hundert-jahre-lichtenberger-industriegeschichte-der-eierschneider-war-ein-welterfolg,10810590,9266810.html |url-status=dead }}
Dutch comedic duo Van Kooten en De Bie created a mock documentary about a Dutch egg slicer factory in 1983.{{Citation|last=Het officiële Koot&Bie-kanaal|title=De Eiersnijder - Van Kooten en De Bie|date=November 8, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ybHWcdmW4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/d6ybHWcdmW4 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|accessdate=November 15, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
As a musical instrument
Some egg slicers that have thin wires can be played as string instruments. A recorded example is English experimental music group Coil's 'The Gimp (Sometimes)', where primary group member John Balance played an egg slicer solo, dubbing it a 'mini-harp', on both the studio version and later live performances. {{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
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