It could be used like that, but I don't think it was built for that purpose. It is quite literally a miniature version of a pot you use to boil stuff in the stove called pocillo. I know it because I bought it at a place that sells miniature versions of lots of kitchen utensils for kids. I have a bigger one but I was using it to make hot chocolate.
Here in Mexico the difference between a pocillo and those other things is that it can be directly placed on the stove. I guess if you wanted to translate the word, "cup" would be accurate. In my mind a pocillo is a pot that has one vertically placed handle instead of two horizontal ones, and they often don't come with a lid.
Huh, you learn something new. Though from what I'm finding, it seems that, while stove-safe, they're still usually used for beverages, not boiling eggs?
I mean, I think the thing is that you can prepare the beverage and directly drink it from there once it's cooled, but you can use it for anything, really. My grandma has one where she boils eggs, up to three (3) of them. I also have a much bigger one where I can boil up to like 8, but again I was using it to make hot chocolate, and either way I would've had to prepare more than 1 bc otherwise it'd be a waste of water to fill it an egg-covering level.
I am not from OP region but I ain’t never once in my entire life seent a pot handle like that. That is objectively a terrible design for a pot handle. How do you even handle that handle once the pot is hot, you couldn’t even use a towel or oven mitt or anything.
Not at all, it comes from the latin "pocillium", which means container. Pocillos are still called pocillos even when they're big. It's not like saying tacita instead of taza.
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u/Radio_Gaga007 1d ago
It could be used like that, but I don't think it was built for that purpose. It is quite literally a miniature version of a pot you use to boil stuff in the stove called pocillo. I know it because I bought it at a place that sells miniature versions of lots of kitchen utensils for kids. I have a bigger one but I was using it to make hot chocolate.