best way to cook a poached egg
best way to cook a poached egg
on a hot bit of toast.
Whats the secret ?
Whats the secret ?
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Re: best way to cook a poached egg
some vinegar in the simmering water. It helps keep the white together.
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Re: best way to cook a poached egg
Brian, you had me wondering why you'd want to cook a poached egg on a slice of toast. Now I'm more awake I can see you didnae mean that.
I crack an egg into a wee bowl with a little water and vinegar. Break the yoke, cover the bowl with a paper towel and place a pasta bowl upside down over it giving it 45 seconds in the microwave - works for me.
I crack an egg into a wee bowl with a little water and vinegar. Break the yoke, cover the bowl with a paper towel and place a pasta bowl upside down over it giving it 45 seconds in the microwave - works for me.
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Well, if you nuke it I can see why you break the yolk! But the poifect poached egg has yolk intact, just waiting to ooze oot when you cut into it:)
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Re: best way to cook a poached egg
You got it Morag . Whats Hughie oan about , To break an egg poached or fried is a crinimal offence in my household
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That's right Morag, a wee dash of vinegar to help keep the white together. Another wee trick for this is to stir the water creating a vortex and crack your egg into it.morag wrote:some vinegar in the simmering water. It helps keep the white together.
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I've tried that Neil but have more luck with gently simmering water. Maybe I got the vortex going too strong..a Stinstin vortex!little plum wrote:That's right Morag, a wee dash of vinegar to help keep the white together. Another wee trick for this is to stir the water creating a vortex and crack your egg into it.morag wrote:some vinegar in the simmering water. It helps keep the white together.
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Re: best way to cook a poached egg
If you are using a microwave the white cooks before the yolk and if you dont pierce the yolk, it explodes!brian f wrote: Whats Hughie oan about ,
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Meg, I think Brian meant what's. Hughie. Thinking about nuking an egg! I've tried all the wee devices and they don't. Really workMeg wrote:If you are using a microwave the white cooks before the yolk and if you dont pierce the yolk, it explodes!brian f wrote: Whats Hughie oan about ,
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Och Morag, it miby prefers eggs scrambled.morag wrote:Btw, my Pc has its. Own mind tonight...
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Neil, I don't know what's going on with the random full stops and capitalisations..it's happening on my Kindle too..can only think predictive text? Though I thought I'd stopped that..little plum wrote:Och Morag, it miby prefers eggs scrambled.morag wrote:Btw, my Pc has its. Own mind tonight...
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Re: best way to cook a poached egg
re: poaching a perfect egg. You all missed the most important step:
1. walk down to the bottom of the garden, open the henhouse, collect eggs...
1. walk down to the bottom of the garden, open the henhouse, collect eggs...