Simply place an egg in the Ovoclave, close the clear safety shell, and with the press of a button and burst of flame your egg is sanitary and ready to eat*. [bristolz] has informed us that bacteria exist outside the egg, not inside. Using this convenient flaming device, raw eggs are ready to be swallowed whole, added to shakes, meringues, truffles, and anything else you can think to do with raw eggs.
* Please wash hands before handling egg.-- Worldgineer, Jan 06 2005 Egg Dating Inspired by [bristolz]'s comments [Worldgineer, Jan 06 2005] Egghead Dating http://www.rikky.ne.../images/egghead.jpg [FarmerJohn, Jan 06 2005] BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF HENS' EGGS http://www1.sac.ac....TechNotes/note1.htmA quite good article on the processes of pathogenic contamination and the various defense mechanisms of the egg. I am wrong about gas permeability of the cuticle. [bristolz, Jan 06 2005] mfd - magic-- po, Jan 06 2005 ovoclave?-- tiromancer, Jan 06 2005 Easy with that, [po]. I assume you want more details. Small butane container is installed in the base. Above the base is a place to set your egg, and a clear plastic shield that goes over your egg. The shield has holes in the top to vent hot gasses. Button is pressed, which releases some butane into the shield and ignites it, engulfing your egg in flame. The surface of the egg will reach a high temperature to kill bacteria, but it's for a very short period of time and therefore will not cook your egg.
[tiro] Thanks. (was Flameggerator)-- Worldgineer, Jan 06 2005 bristolz was referring to the fact that most eggs are contaminated by contact with dirty or bacterially infected surfaces. If the outside covering of the egg, the cuticle, is left intact then the interior of the egg should be sterile. If the eggs are washed in production using hot water or an egg surface decontaminant or sanitizer, then it is likely that the cuticle is completely gone or voided and the eggshell becomes gas and small bacteria permeable.
Ovan?-- bristolz, Jan 06 2005 [Wasted] Salmonella is a living organism like any other bacteria. Flame temperatures will kill any living organism given time. The time required is roughly proportional to the organism's mass. Considering the size difference between an egg and a salmonella cell, salmonella will be cooked long before the egg.
[bris] You mentioned that inside the memberane is usually sterile (I assume this means even after the cuticle has been damaged). Perhaps I'l just increase the flame duration to cook the egg down to the membrane.-- Worldgineer, Jan 06 2005 My read of [bz]'s link is that salmonella could be all the way through the egg, making this invention useless except as a visual display.-- Worldgineer, Jan 06 2005 I thought this was going to be an upgrade to the Space Ship One engine, which burns nitrous oxide and rubber for fuel-- normzone, Jan 06 2005 random, halfbakery