{"id":674,"date":"2021-10-27T19:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T03:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=674"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:59:39","slug":"breakfast-sandwiches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast Sandwiches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Upon unwrapping one of my presents last Christmas I found myself still unenlightened as to its purpose. It required further investigation (and reading) to learn that I was now the proud owner of a breakfast sandwich maker. It seemed a novelty of sorts and my initial assessment was that it probably wouldn’t work very well. But in the 10 months since then I think I have used this dumb device<\/a> to make about half my breakfasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My sandwich maker doesn’t have any buttons or switches. I plug it in to turn it on and unplug it to turn it off. When it is on (plugged in) an orange light illuminates . A second light (this one green) lights up when it is preheated. There is no screen, Bluetooth connectivity, no settings, no app. It’s the right level of complexity for me when I may not yet be fully awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actual usage of it is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Plug in sandwich maker<\/li>
  2. Wait for green “Preheat” light<\/li>
  3. Put half and English muffin, a slice of cheese, and some ham or sausage in the bottom ring<\/li>
  4. Crack an egg in the top ring and top with the other half of the English muffin<\/li>
  5. Wait for five minutes (I have Alexa keep track for me)<\/li>
  6. Unplug sandwich maker<\/li>
  7. Slide out disc that separates top and bottom rings<\/li>
  8. Flip up rings<\/li>
  9. Slide breakfast sandwich onto plate<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So why do I like this dumb device? It makes breakfast easy for me. I could make something similar without the minor appliance, but it would take longer. Cleanup is easy–about once a week the rings section goes in the dishwasher and the other part gets wiped down. A quick spray of avocado oil after cleaning keeps the eggs from sticking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are so many high-tech kitchen appliances out there now that do all the things: digital air fryers, sous vide gadgets, Instapots, etc. My breakfast sandwich maker only really does one thing, but that thing happens to be what I often want for breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Upon unwrapping one of my presents last Christmas I found myself still unenlightened as to its purpose. It required further investigation (and reading) to learn that I was now the proud owner of a breakfast sandwich maker. It seemed a novelty of sorts and my initial assessment was that it probably wouldn’t work very well. … Continue reading “Breakfast Sandwiches”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dumb-device"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}