“It is curvaceous, like a screen goddess with a nipped-in waist”
How many you give your boiled eggs? Are you a three-minute, slightly-runny sort of person? Or a good-five-minutes-to-ensure-it’s cooked type? Perhaps you are like Heston Blumenthal who simply brings a pan of water to the boil, adds an egg or two, then turns off the heat and leaves for six minutes.
Whichever type you are, timing is key, and what better device to measure it than an egg-timer?
Unlike its modern digital counterparts, the egg-timer is pure analog, needing only the hand of a human to upend it and get it started. No insistent beeping or flashing lights with this fellow – just a gentle trickle of sand until it comes to a stop. You could even label it ‘mindful’: you have…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017 - Issue 58