Poaching...

[theclaud]

There are no short cuts - just shell out for the proper kit

A pan and some water?

shell out

Eggsplainin'.

 

[srw]

The fresh white doesn't drain off.

You assume that any of the white is fresh. The egg I took out of my fridge yesterday was stamped with a best before date in early August, so had been laid in early July.

I suspect I'm typical of egg users.

 

[MontyVeda]

do people actually put eggs in the fridge?

 

[User482]

You assume that any of the white is fresh. The egg I took out of my fridge yesterday was stamped with a best before date in early August, so had been laid in early July.

I suspect I'm typical of egg users.

I refer you to Patrick Stevens.

 

[Banjo]

put your poacher gizmo on ebay Rich.

Maybe eggsactly what someone is looking for.

 

[stephec]

Ah, but is it? Were you out at midnight with a lamp and a Lurcher to get the egg in the first place?

Is that what you told the cops you were up to?

 

[Saluki]

Is that what you told the cops you were up to?

Of course.

 

[rich p]

I actually had 2 boiled eggs this morning (with Marmited toast).
For those who don't know, they're like poached eggs that come in their own, handy hard casing.

 

[jefmcg]

Earlier this evening I, er, poached a couple of eggs apiece for me and Mrs Poacher to enjoy on toasted home made bread.
Individual plastic bowls were wiped with butter, an egg cracked into each, loaded into their tray and lowered into a pan of boiling water almost up to the level of the top of the bowls. Lid on the pan, simmer for five minutes or so, job's a good 'un. Maybe not classically poached, but damn tasty and no faffing around - well, not much, anyway. I haven't washed up yet, so here's a pic of the dirty apparatus
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in a container in a water bath aka a bain-marie. You are coddling* those eggs! They need to learn to stand on their own two feet!

*ironically, considering your username

 

[rich p]

put your poacher gizmo on ebay Rich.

Maybe eggsactly what someone is looking for.

PM me your address Banj, and it's yours

 

[jefmcg]

I'd think a coddled egg would be one made in an egg coddler , but Wikipedia assures me it means lightly cooked, and poached eggs can qualify.

Who knew when I posted this, I was the joint inheritor of a Victoria egg coddler!

Edit: turns out my brother had never seen this before either. We both want to keep it!