Experts share warning over cooking popular breakfast item in air fryer
Since its inception, the air fryer has become the king of kitchen gadgets, the go-to for convenience - even if its capabilities are perhaps sometimes a little overstated.
Whether it's oven chips, or even attempting a roast dinner, it seems there's nothing anyone is not willing to cram into that drawer.
The gadget is lauded for its convenience as well as being a healthier, safer, and cheaper option than using a main oven or deep frying.
Popping in a few fish fingers for a quick lunch for example is an excellent use of an air fryer, but there are still limitations to the popular kitchen gadget.
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And these are manifested in a popular English breakfast, which I guarantee will surprise you.
You might be thinking that an air fryer would be used in cooking a fry-up, or an air-fry-up, and yes this is something which you could use it for, especially hash browns.
But it's not for anything remotely connected to that, instead it's for something far more unexpected, and heinous.
When you think of a boiled egg, you would probably imagine water being involved in some way.
Well, think again, because it turns out that some people have crossed into hitherto unexplored realms, and attempted to create a 'boiled' egg by putting a whole egg in an air fryer.
Of course, just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should do something, but it's too late for that now - we're through the looking glass, the cat's out of the bag.
Food safety specialists at CPD Online College say that although it's safe to do so, you might not like the results.
It turns out 'safe to eat' and 'good to eat' aren't necessarily the same thing.
They said: "Although it is safe to cook eggs in an air fryer, the taste and texture may not be desirable.
"For example, boiled eggs may become chewy and rubbery when cooked in an air fryer."
Nothing screams a delicious runny egg with soldiers quite like 'chewy' and 'rubbery'. Yummy.
And it's not just that the results are less than palatable, but you may find that you get a lingering eggy smell in your air fryer as a result.
Nonetheless, if despite all that you still want to try cooking eggs in your air fryer, BBC Good Food recommends cooking a medium-sized egg from the fridge for 10 minutes.
If you want to try that all I can do is commend your soul to whatever God you hold dear - you're going to need all the blessings you can get when dry, sulphurous, eggy odours straight from Satan's bottom pollute your kitchen.
Perhaps, in this case, the traditional method is best.
Kit Roberts