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Amazing Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2025
I'm one of those people who insists on fishing out the stringy white things attached to the egg yolk every time I need to use an egg. I only recently learned that those stringy white things are called "chalaza". And only even more recently did I learn that I'm not alone in fishing them out and that some smart person created the chalaza removal tool (basically just small tongs) for removing them. I'd been using a small fork, which often leads to untold frustration because a fork just isn't a great tool for that purpose.When I saw these, I knew I had to give them a try! These chalaza tongs are made from stainless steel (though they do exhibit a little bit of magnetic attraction to a magnet, so I don't know exactly what grade of stainless) with a nice polish on them and no sharp edges or burrs; I like that they are dishwasher safe. The metal is of a thick enough gauge that these feel substantial and require a little bit of force to close--it's not a workout requiring superhuman grip hand strength, they just aren't flimsy.In addition to removing the chalaza from raw eggs, I can see these being handy for tasks like fishing an olive out of a jar (or a maraschino cherry, or caper berry, or you name the small round object submerged in liquid that is resistant to other more conventional utensils) or any myriad of kitchen tasks requiring a small set of relatively nimble tongs that have teeth to give you a good grip on the object.My only knocks against this tool are 1) price and 2) the teeth. On the issue of price, while these don't cost a lot of money, there are other similar tools out there selling for the same price but you get two instead of one (or single tools selling for less than this one--in some cases less than a third of the cost of this one). So, shop around before you fall in love with a chalaza removal tool. On the issue of the teeth, I wasn't expecting a fine precision tool, but on my pair, the upper and lower teeth come together in an under bite (or over bite, depending on how you look at them). And I think it would have been better design to have the teeth interlock when pushed together, rather than having the tips of the upper teeth meet the tips of the lower teeth. It may not make a big difference for removing the chalaza (and certainly wouldn't for taking olives out of a jar), but if you're chasing a small shell fragment in your raw egg, it might.
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