Recently, I stopped in to
Absolutely Fabulous Bed, Bath and Home in New Minas where the owner, Cathy Reid, gave me a few family-friendly products to try! We love cooking and baking, so we were up for the challenge!
Teddy Bear Egg/Pancake Rings by Norpro
With Shrove Tuesday right around the corner we wanted to try some cute teddy-bear shaped pancakes for the kids.
The package says: Cooks perfect bear shaped eggs and pancakes. What could go wrong? Plenty – you’ll see!
Using the recipe on the back of the package, I mixed the batter. It was much thicker with more bubbles than I was used to using.
I followed the directions and sprayed the rings before use, added the batter and waited for the pancakes to cook. That was the problem. They were so thick that they didn’t cook all the way through.
I had to use two spatulas to try to flip them – decapitating one bear in the interim!
I felt that my finished product should have been featured on Pinterest with a “NAILED IT” post next to it! I didn’t give up, but tried the next time with pancake mix.
Because the batter wasn’t as stiff as before, when the ring was removed, the batter ran over.
Take 2: Using Eggs My husband made the omelet using the recipe on the back of the package. His turned out much better than my pancakes, with only some egg running off – which he was able to trim off.
Overall: Give this product a miss.
For the amount of effort and the final result, it wasn’t worth it. Instead, stop in to Absolutely Fabulous Bed Bath and Home in New Minas and check out their wide array of cookie cutters. Cook a regular pancake and cut it out with a cookie cutter to have a shaped breakfast! As they used to say on Street Cents: Norpro’s Teddy Bear Egg/Pancake Rings are “For the Pit!”
Heart-shaped Egg Mould by Kitchen Craft
When Cathy from Absolutely Fabulous handed me a mould that would shape my hardboiled eggs, I couldn’t believe that it would work!
I had to try it out. Boil an egg. Peel off the shell. Place the egg in the mould and snap on the lid.
Place the mould in a bowl of cold water for about 15 minutes.
Open and voila! It’s a shaped egg. It’s that easy!
When I served the boys each a heart-shaped egg for lunch they were so excited! “Mommy, this is the coolest thing ever!” “Can we have this lots more?”
Since then, I’ve included heart-shaped eggs in their school lunch (instead of a sandwich along with some cheese and crackers) and use them as a topper for a spinach salad.
OVERALL: This is a fun product that I will definitely use a lot. It would also be worthwhile to buy two moulds so that it is faster to make more eggs, as each one takes 15 minutes.
This product retails for $8.99 at Absolutely Fabulous in New Minas. Absolutely Fabulous Bed Bath and Home is located at 8927 Commercial Street across from the movie theatre.
Stop in! They have everything to meet your bed, bath and home needs! Live! Love! Local!
What fun-shaped food experiences do you have?
