I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement. All
it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in sandwiches.
I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should have been
searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula
Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen
Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
Oh well, I'll know next time.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
How does a gender neutral bog differ from a unisex bog ?
It has a non-binary number on the door.

On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant
> Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
> Oh well, I'll know next time.

That's because everyone calls it a fish slice or turner.

--
Max Demian

Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
> sandwiches.

That's what I'd expect ...

On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
wrote:

>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>>I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>sandwiches.
>
>That's what I'd expect ...

Really?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
How does a gender neutral bog differ from a unisex bog ?
It has a non-binary number on the door.

Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
> On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
> wrote:
>
>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>> sandwiches.
>>
>> That's what I'd expect ...
>
> Really?
>
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>

I recall it being called an egg slice ( many) years ago.

I have a favourite style, an American friend introduced me to it and (even
though they are made in France) the only place I’ve ever seen them
available is CostCo in the US.

On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant
> Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>
you should have known the first time

On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
> wrote:
>
>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>> eggs to go in sandwiches.
>>
>> That's what I'd expect ...
>
> Really?
>
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>
bollox

On 22/02/2023 20:13, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
> On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>>> eggs to go in sandwiches.
>>>
>>> That's what I'd expect ...
>>
>> Really?
>>
>> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>>
> bollox

Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are usually
removed from the pan using what is always termed a fish-slice. That's
the term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham use, friends from
London use, friends and colleagues from Wales use, my son's friends from
Yorkshire use and friends and family from Ireland use.

A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:54:58 +1100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

> On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
>> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
>> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat
>> Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>
> That's because everyone calls it a fish slice or turner.

I don't.

On 22/02/2023 in message <tt5t0f$1jquq$2@dont-email.me> jim.gm4dhj wrote:

>On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>>>All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>>>sandwiches.
>>>
>>>That's what I'd expect ...
>>
>>Really?
>>
>>https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>>
>bollox

I think that could be painful with hot fat :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
640k ought to be enough for anyone.
(Bill Gates, 1981)

On 22/02/2023 in message <tt5tq8$1jrl6$2@dont-email.me> SteveW wrote:

>On 22/02/2023 20:13, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>>On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>>>>All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>>>>sandwiches.
>>>>
>>>>That's what I'd expect ...
>>>
>>>Really?
>>>
>>>https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>>>
>>bollox
>
>Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are usually
>removed from the pan using what is always termed a fish-slice. That's the
>term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham use, friends from London use,
>friends and colleagues from Wales use, my son's friends from Yorkshire use
>and friends and family from Ireland use.
>
>A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.

Perhaps a generational thing, was always called an egg slice when I was
growing up.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
This is as bad as it can get, but don't bet on it

In message <xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
<jgnewsid@outlook.com> writes
>
>I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
>have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
>Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat
>Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>Oh well, I'll know next time.
>

I use the one my son made in metal work at school , he's coming up to
46.

You could have made your own, then you wouldn't need to know what it was
called. ;-) This is uk.d-i-y after all.

Https://www.instructables.com/Simple-Metal-Spatula-Entry-Level-Project/

You could make a wooden one or one from ptfe sheet if you're worried
about scratching the frying pan.

Brian
--
Brian Howie

brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
> <jgnewsid@outlook.com> writes
>>
>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
>> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
>> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat
>> Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>
>
> I use the one my son made in metal work at school , he's coming up to
> 46.

Does metalwork still exist as a subject anywhere anymore?

I remember making a fish slice and a single candle holder. Must have been
other stuff but long forgotten and lost.

Tim

--
Please don't feed the trolls

On 23/02/2023 in message <G9VuUmcGiv9jFwtZ@b-howie.co.uk> brian wrote:

>In message <xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
><jgnewsid@outlook.com> writes
>>
>>I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement. All
>>it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in sandwiches.
>>I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should have been
>>searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula
>>Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen
>>Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>>Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>
>
>I use the one my son made in metal work at school , he's coming up to 46.
>
>You could have made your own, then you wouldn't need to know what it was
>called. ;-) This is uk.d-i-y after all.
>
>Https://www.instructables.com/Simple-Metal-Spatula-Entry-Level-Project/
>
>You could make a wooden one or one from ptfe sheet if you're worried about
>scratching the frying pan.
>
>Brian

The only thing my daughter gives me (she's about the same age as your son)
is bills she can't afford to pay.

I watched the video but they're a fiver in Amazon (now I've found them)
and the kit used in the video must have cost hundred is not thousands.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Indecision is the key to flexibility

Just runs off the tongue, that one.

Brian
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"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote in message
news:xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net...
>
> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement. All
> it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in sandwiches.
> I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should have been
> searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula
> Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen
> Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>
> --
> Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
> How does a gender neutral bog differ from a unisex bog ?
> It has a non-binary number on the door.

On 22/02/2023 21:23, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 22/02/2023 in message <tt5tq8$1jrl6$2@dont-email.me> SteveW wrote:
>
>> On 22/02/2023 20:13, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>>> On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>> On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy
>>>> Burns wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>>>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>>>>> eggs to go in sandwiches.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what I'd expect ...
>>>>
>>>> Really?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>>>>
>>> bollox
>>
>> Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are
>> usually removed from the pan using what is always termed a fish-slice.
>> That's the term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham use, friends
>> from London use, friends and colleagues from Wales use, my son's
>> friends from Yorkshire use and friends and family from Ireland use.
>>
>> A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.
>
> Perhaps a generational thing, was always called an egg slice when I was
> growing up.
>
why would you want to slice an egg ?

On 23/02/2023 in message <tt7adk$1r1rv$3@dont-email.me> jim.gm4dhj wrote:

>>>Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are usually
>>>removed from the pan using what is always termed a fish-slice. That's the
>>>term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham use, friends from London
>>>use, friends and colleagues from Wales use, my son's friends from
>>>Yorkshire use and friends and family from Ireland use.
>>>
>>>A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.
>>
>>Perhaps a generational thing, was always called an egg slice when I was
>>growing up.
>>
>why would you want to slice an egg ?

Or a fish?

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

On 23/02/2023 07:37, Tim+ wrote:
> brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
>> In message <xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
>> <jgnewsid@outlook.com> writes
>>>
>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
>>> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
>>> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat
>>> Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>>
>>
>> I use the one my son made in metal work at school , he's coming up to
>> 46.
>
> Does metalwork still exist as a subject anywhere anymore?
>
> I remember making a fish slice and a single candle holder. Must have been
> other stuff but long forgotten and lost.
>
>
> Tim
>

Matchbox holder, toasting fork and flour scoop.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 23/02/2023 09:18, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 23/02/2023 in message <tt7adk$1r1rv$3@dont-email.me> jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>
>>>> Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are
>>>> usually removed from the pan using what is always termed a
>>>> fish-slice.  That's the term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham
>>>> use, friends  from London use, friends and colleagues from Wales
>>>> use, my son's  friends from Yorkshire use and friends and family
>>>> from Ireland use.
>>>>
>>>> A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a generational thing, was always called an egg slice when I
>>> was growing up.
>>>
>> why would you want to slice an egg ?
>
> Or a fish?
>
good point well made ...

On 22/02/2023 21:18, Rod Speed wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:54:58 +1100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>> eggs to go in sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it
>>> seems what I should have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted
>>> Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg
>>> Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining
>>> & Frying"
>>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>
>> That's because everyone calls it a fish slice or turner.
>
> I don't.

What do you call it: a turno?

--
Max Demian

On 23/02/2023 09:48, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 23/02/2023 07:37, Tim+ wrote:
>> brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
>>> In message <xn0nyencga3tivh00i@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines
>>> <jgnewsid@outlook.com> writes
>>>>
>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a replacement.
>>>> All it turned up was those small devices for slicing eggs to go in
>>>> sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it seems what I should
>>>> have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon
>>>> Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg Turner Heat
>>>> Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>>>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I use the one my son made in metal work at school , he's coming up to
>>> 46.
>>
>> Does metalwork still exist as a subject anywhere anymore?
>>
>> I remember making a fish slice and a single candle holder. Must have been
>> other stuff but long forgotten and lost.
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
> Matchbox holder, toasting fork and flour scoop.

Metalwork was always a fairly minor thing at my school, but we did have
Engineering Workshop Theory and Practice - in which we made Engineers
Clamps and for my O-level I designed, cast the base of and machined the
parts of a stand for a Dial Test Indicator. The stand was designed to
sit on a surface table or to bolt to another piece, allowing it to sit
on my dad's lathe bed.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:08:05 +1100, jim.gm4dhj <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> On 22/02/2023 21:23, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 22/02/2023 in message <tt5tq8$1jrl6$2@dont-email.me> SteveW wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/02/2023 20:13, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>>>> On 22/02/2023 19:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>> On 22/02/2023 in message <k5n3fnFes7mU1@mid.individual.net> Andy
>>>>> Burns wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>>>>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>>>>>> eggs to go in sandwiches.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's what I'd expect ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Really?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egg-slice
>>>>>
>>>> bollox
>>>
>>> Agreed. I have never, ever heard of an egg-slice. Fried eggs are
>>> usually removed from the pan using what is always termed a fish-slice.
>>> That's the term I grew up with, friends from Nottingham use, friends
>>> from London use, friends and colleagues from Wales use, my son's
>>> friends from Yorkshire use and friends and family from Ireland use.
>>>
>>> A spatula could be used, but it'd just be known as a spatula.
>> Perhaps a generational thing, was always called an egg slice when I
>> was growing up.
>>
> why would you want to slice an egg ?

When its hard boiled and you want an egg and something sandwich, stupid.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:18:38 +1100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

> On 22/02/2023 21:18, Rod Speed wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:54:58 +1100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>>> eggs to go in sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it
>>>> seems what I should have been searching for is a "Fish Slice Slotted
>>>> Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper Fried Egg
>>>> Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for Cooking, Draining
>>>> & Frying"
>>>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>>
>>> That's because everyone calls it a fish slice or turner.
>> I don't.
>
> What do you call it: a turno?

Don't have a specific name for it.

On 23/02/2023 20:06, Rod Speed wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:18:38 +1100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 22/02/2023 21:18, Rod Speed wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:54:58 +1100, Max Demian
>>> <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 22/02/2023 17:29, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have broken my egg slice so went on to Amazon to find a
>>>>> replacement. All it turned up was those small devices for slicing
>>>>> eggs to go in sandwiches. I got on the their chat service and it
>>>>> seems what I should have been searching for is a "Fish Slice
>>>>> Slotted Turner Spoon Nylon Cooking Spatula Non-Stick Burger Flipper
>>>>> Fried Egg Turner Heat Resistant Bpa Free Kitchen Utensils for
>>>>> Cooking, Draining & Frying"
>>>>> Oh well, I'll know next time.
>>>>
>>>> That's because everyone calls it a fish slice or turner.
>>>  I don't.
>>
>> What do you call it: a turno?
>
> Don't have a specific name for it.

When I read the original posting and the thread title, I immediately
assumed that it related to a device with a row of parallel "cheese
wires" in a frame for cutting a boiled egg into thin slices.

I've never heard of a "fish slice" or "spatula" being referred to as an
"egg slice" but I can see the logic in it: a device for turning over
fish when shallow-frying it or grilling it would be equally useful for
turning over a fried egg or for scooping it up and serving it after cooking.

Just goes to show: the English language is great for devising multiple,
mutually incomprehensible terms (used in different locations) for the
same object.

On 23 Feb 2023 at 20:45:42 GMT, "NY" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> I've never heard of a "fish slice" or "spatula" being referred to as an
> "egg slice" but I can see the logic in it: a device for turning over
> fish when shallow-frying it or grilling it would be equally useful for
> turning over a fried egg or for scooping it up and serving it after cooking.

That's a spatula. The egg slice does for eggs what a cheese slice does for
cheese: turns a solid lump into a bunch of slices. The clue is in the name.

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