An egg slicer is a food preparation utensil used to slice peeled,

hard-boiled eggs Boiled eggs are eggs, typically from a chicken, cooked with their shells unbroken, usually by immersion in boiling water. Hard-boiled eggs are cooked so that the egg white and egg yolk both solidify, while soft-boiled eggs may leave the yolk, a ...

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. Cooked Boiled Egg Slice Cutter (14811024733)

Cooked Boiled Egg Slice Cutter (14811024733)

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

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. Dutch comedic duo Van Kooten en de Bie created a mock documentary about a Dutch egg slicer factory in 1983.

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

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played an egg slicer solo, dubbing it a 'mini-harp', on both the studio version and later live performances.

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{{Kitchenware-stub Food preparation utensils German inventions Eggs (food) 20th-century inventions

As a musical instrument

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