egg poacher question

gabadab said:

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

You might try using different flavored butters to oil the cups. The best use of a poached egg is
eggs benedict. You can go crazy with this dish.

nb

gabadab said:

I have one of those itens that have little cups that you crack the egg into and the steam from the
surrounding boiling water cooks it.

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

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I have one of those itens that have little cups that you crack the egg into and the steam from the
surrounding boiling water cooks it.

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

The addition of lipstick and garter belts always works for me... Saving that, condiments or sauces
might spiff things up...

Note: The lipstick and garter belts are for the eggs...

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Dave Smith writes:

gabadab said:

I have one of those items that have little cups that you crack the egg into and the steam from
the surrounding boiling water cooks it.

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water

That doesn't answer/address the question, how does your method produce poached eggs as visually
appetizing or tastey as those attractively formed ones do cooked in butter... only improvement is to
be sure to get one with D cups.

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gabadab said:

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

You might try using different flavored butters to oil the cups. The best use of a poached egg is
eggs benedict. You can go crazy with this dish.

nb

Oh yeah!!! ;-)

K.

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Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

Yes, the whites of your steamed eggs have a rubbery consistency unlike those of properly poached
ones. Eggs Benedict made with smoked salmon instead of Canadian bacon is my favorite way to eat
poached eggs.

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Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

Yes, the whites of your steamed eggs have a rubbery consistency unlike those of properly poached
ones. Eggs Benedict made with smoked salmon instead of Canadian bacon is my favorite way to eat
poached eggs.

Oooh, damn that sounds good! :-) We usually just use ham, but now I'm gonna have to try that!

Lox "trimmings" are usually pretty cheap.

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gabadab said:

I have one of those itens that have little cups that you crack the egg into and the steam from the
surrounding boiling water cooks it.

What can I do to make this item serve a more exciting egg?

Exciting egg??? Jeezum. I would never have though of the necessity to make an egg exciting.

Serve the egg with hollandaise or bearnaise sauce or salsa or chutney or....whatever.

gloria p

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Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

Yes, the whites of your steamed eggs have a rubbery consistency unlike those of properly poached
ones. Eggs Benedict made with smoked salmon instead of Canadian bacon is my favorite way to eat
poached eggs.

I actually did 1 poached egg this morning in a little "cup" thingy. Turned out *perfect*

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Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

Yes, the whites of your steamed eggs have a rubbery consistency unlike those of properly poached
ones. Eggs Benedict made with smoked salmon instead of Canadian bacon is my favorite way to eat
poached eggs.

I actually did 1 poached egg this morning in a little "cup" thingy. Turned out *perfect*

I came across the perfect thingamajig for poaching eggs last year. It is a cup like affair with
short legs, holes in the bottom for drainage and a vertical handle. You butter it, stick it in the
simmering water (with vinegar) and crack an egg into it. It keeps the egg together, allows for easy
removal and the eggs do not hold those little ponds of water that make your toast soggy.

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Denise~* said:

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> Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).
>
Yes, the whites of your steamed eggs have a rubbery consistency unlike those of properly
poached ones. Eggs Benedict made with smoked salmon instead of Canadian bacon is my favorite
way to eat poached eggs.

I actually did 1 poached egg this morning in a little "cup" thingy. Turned out *perfect*

I came across the perfect thingamajig for poaching eggs last year. It is a cup like affair with
short legs, holes in the bottom for drainage and a vertical handle. You butter it, stick it in the
simmering water (with vinegar) and crack an egg into it. It keeps the egg together, allows for
easy removal and the eggs do not hold those little ponds of water that make your toast soggy.

A steamer insert??? Man, I never even considered using one of those for water poaching eggs. What a
great idea! :-)

Thanks! K

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Throw out the little cups and do the eggs right in the water (with a little vinegar added).

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Yes ..and whirlpool the water with a spoon and that will also keep the eggs together. BG

Katra said:

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keeps the egg together, allows for easy removal and the eggs do not hold those little ponds of
water that make your toast soggy.

A steamer insert??? Man, I never even considered using one of those for water poaching eggs. What
a great idea! :-)

Not a steamer insert. It is immersed into the simmering water. It is more like a large draining
spoon on short legs and a rod like handle that sticks straight up. It just helps to hold the egg
together while it is poaching. It also keeps the egg from settling on the bottom of the pan, which
sometimes causes the yolks to break , causing you to lose the best part of the poached egg. FWIW, it
came from a local Home Hardware store, but I have never seen them at any of their other stores.

I have tried poaching eggs in these trays that sit over the water, in rings directing in the water,
and loose in the water (with a bit of vinegar of course), but these poaching "spoons" have been the
best by far because they provide direct contact to the water, keep the eggs together, and they are
easily drained. I like poached eggs on toast and I really had it when the eggs hold little pockets
of water that break open and make the toast soggy.

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Katra said:

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keeps the egg together, allows for easy removal and the eggs do not hold those little ponds of
water that make your toast soggy.

A steamer insert??? Man, I never even considered using one of those for water poaching eggs.
What a great idea! :-)

Not a steamer insert. It is immersed into the simmering water. It is more like a large draining
spoon on short legs and a rod like handle that sticks straight up. It just helps to hold the egg
together while it is poaching. It also keeps the egg from settling on the bottom of the pan, which
sometimes causes the yolks to break , causing you to lose the best part of the poached egg. FWIW,
it came from a local Home Hardware store, but I have never seen them at any of their other stores.

I have tried poaching eggs in these trays that sit over the water, in rings directing in the
water, and loose in the water (with a bit of vinegar of course), but these poaching "spoons" have
been the best by far because they provide direct contact to the water, keep the eggs together, and
they are easily drained. I like poached eggs on toast and I really had it when the eggs hold
little pockets of water that break open and make the toast soggy.

Ok, but since I've never seen one, you've given me an idea... <G> Those steamer things are also on
short legs with a rod handle in the center, but they have iris type "wings" around the sides making
them adjustable to various pan sizes.

Normally I just boil my water with a touch of salt, then swirl it so it makes a vortex before
dropping the eggs in, wait until the white sets up and remove with a slotted pasta spoon, one of
those big round ones.

This idea sounds much easier. :-)

I do own a poacher tho, the one with the little metal dishes and have not used it in years. I may
have to ressurect that tool as I like them that way also.

Normally I'm lazy and just pan steam them in the cast iron skillet with a lid. <G>

Heat a cast iron skillet and drop in a bit of EVOO, and break the eggs into a bowl. Drop them into
the hot oil and cover with a SOLID cast iron lid, wait about 30 seconds and carefully and quickly
add about 1/4 cup of cold water to the hot pan and re-cover immediately! This causes some very,
very hot steam to form that rapidly cooks the egg. Usually 2 to 3 minutes depending on how well
done you like it.

Not really poaching, but close. :-)

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Katra said:

Normally I just boil my water with a touch of salt, then swirl it so it makes a vortex before
dropping the eggs in, wait until the white sets up and remove with a slotted pasta spoon, one of
those big round ones.

That's a great way to do a single poached egg, but I have never mastered getting a second or third
egg in the same pot.

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I do own a poacher tho, the one with the little metal dishes and have not used it in years. I may
have to ressurect that tool as I like them that way also.

I have two poachers. One of them has a tray with 4 "cups" for eggs. It is a non-stick material that
always sticks unless well buttered. The other is one with four removable egg cups that my wife had
bought for her father, but he didn't like it and gave it back to her. I don't like it either. We
have found other used for the pan minus the poacher parts.

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Normally I'm lazy and just pan steam them in the cast iron skillet with a lid. <G>

Heat a cast iron skillet and drop in a bit of EVOO, and break the eggs into a bowl. Drop them into
the hot oil and cover with a SOLID cast iron lid, wait about 30 seconds and carefully and quickly
add about 1/4 cup of cold water to the hot pan and re-cover immediately! This causes some very,
very hot steam to form that rapidly cooks the egg. Usually 2 to 3 minutes depending on how well
done you like it.

I like them like that too. I use s a small cast iron pan and any available lit. I only use about a
Tbsp. of water. Sure, it escapes through the pouring lip on the pan, but it works fast enough that
it does the job before all the steam escapes. This method allows me to do an egg sunny side up
without charring the bottom.

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Not really poaching, but close. :-)

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TYPE=CITE> <br>Normally I just boil my water with a touch of salt, then swirl it so it
<br>makes a vortex before dropping the eggs in, wait until the white sets up <br>and remove with a
slotted pasta spoon, one of those big round ones.</blockquote> That's a great way to do a single
poached egg, but I have never mastered getting a second or third egg in the same pot. <blockquote
TYPE=CITE>I do own a poacher tho, the one with the little metal dishes and have <br>not used it in
years. I may have to ressurect that tool as I like them <br>that way also.</blockquote> I have two
poachers. One of them has a tray with 4 "cups" for eggs. It is a non-stick material that always
sticks unless well buttered. The other is one with four removable egg cups that my wife had bought
for her father, but he didn't like it and gave it back to her. I don't like it either.
We have found other used for the pan minus the poacher parts. <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Normally I'm
lazy and just pan steam them in the cast iron skillet with <br>a lid. <G>
<p>Heat a cast iron skillet and drop in a bit of EVOO, and break the eggs <br>into a bowl. Drop them
into the hot oil and cover with a SOLID cast iron <br>lid, wait about 30 seconds and carefully
and quickly add about 1/4 cup <br>of cold water to the hot pan and re-cover immediately! This
causes some <br>very, very hot steam to form that rapidly cooks the egg. Usually 2 to 3
<br>minutes depending on how well done you like it.</blockquote> I like them like that too. I use
s a small cast iron pan and any available
lit. I only use about a Tbsp. of water. Sure, it escapes through the pouring lip on the pan,
but it works fast enough that it does the job before all the steam escapes. This method
allows me to do an egg sunny side up without charring the bottom. <br> <blockquote
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<p>Not really poaching, but close. :-)
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Dave Smith said:

Katra said:

Normally I just boil my water with a touch of salt, then swirl it so it makes a vortex before
dropping the eggs in, wait until the white sets up and remove with a slotted pasta spoon, one of
those big round ones.

That's a great way to do a single poached egg, but I have never mastered getting a second or third
egg in the same pot.

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I do own a poacher tho, the one with the little metal dishes and have not used it in years. I
may have to ressurect that tool as I like them that way also.

I have two poachers. One of them has a tray with 4 "cups" for eggs. It is a non-stick material
that always sticks unless well buttered. The other is one with four removable egg cups that my
wife had bought for her father, but he didn't like it and gave it back to her. I don't like it
either. We have found other used for the pan minus the poacher parts.

One can never have too many pans. <G> My poacher is just plain SS and I buttered the cups well by
hand back when I did use it. Turned out pretty good, but I still had to scrub them.

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Normally I'm lazy and just pan steam them in the cast iron skillet with a lid. <G>

Heat a cast iron skillet and drop in a bit of EVOO, and break the eggs into a bowl. Drop them
into the hot oil and cover with a SOLID cast iron lid, wait about 30 seconds and carefully and
quickly add about 1/4 cup of cold water to the hot pan and re-cover immediately! This causes
some very, very hot steam to form that rapidly cooks the egg. Usually 2 to 3 minutes depending
on how well done you like it.

I like them like that too. I use s a small cast iron pan and any available
lit. I only use about a Tbsp. of water. Sure, it escapes through the pouring lip on the pan, but
it works fast enough that it does the job before all the steam escapes. This method allows
me to do an egg sunny side up without charring the bottom.

Sunny side up, but with a slight film and I don't mind that. :-) No charring on the bottom unless I
got the oil too hot. <G>

Bacon grease can be phun too...

K.

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