Re: Breakfast-Poached eggs??

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I was up earlier. My sleeping is off. I'm ready for breakfast. I'm

thinking

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poached eggs, bacon and some type of potato. I am ready for an egg or 2.
I
think poached is good. Missy and Shelly snacked out for breakfast and
Hoot
and Margaret fought over their bowls for breakfast. Gawd, the 2 cats are
going to kill me. They both bite. I know it is a territority(sp) thing
but
still. Mean little brats.

Okay, How do I poach eggs, I have never done it before? Do you just stick
'em in water??

Michael

As per others but please, use MALT vinegar... much better taste. Plus,
most
important, ultimate importance, above all else, even if you forget the
vinegar... the eggs must, absolutely, above all else, must be extermely
FRESH!!! I am really lucky that I can get eggs a few hours old from a farm
near by but newly delivered supermarket, free range, corn fed, gold plated
are fine.

I poach eggs a lot as I think that it preserves their flavour better than
frying, scrambling etc Nothing better than a couple of (well drained)
poached eggs on toast with butter, white pepper and a pinch of salt.

The vinegar is to acidify the water to help the eggs to stay together. It
should be washed off at the end so the type does not matter. Better to put
the egg, in the shell, in boiling water for 10 seconds first. This just
starts to set the outer layer of white so they hang together better when you
poach them. Not just fresh eggs but free-range eggs make all the difference.
WHen the chicken eats more than just chicken chow, but also a few bugs and
worms, it seems to add to the flavor.

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The vinegar is to acidify the water to help the eggs to stay together.
It should be washed off at the end so the type does not matter.
Better to put the egg, in the shell, in boiling water for 10 seconds
first. This just starts to set the outer layer of white so they hang
together better when you poach them. Not just fresh eggs but free-
range eggs make all the difference. WHen the chicken eats more than
just chicken chow, but also a few bugs and worms, it seems to add to
the flavor.

Dropping the eggs in the boiling water for a few seconds before breaking
the shell sounds like a good idea. I'll try that next time...like
tomorrow.

Free range eggs are almost impossible to get here but I have had them
and agree they are better.

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Dennis

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All of these ideas are great. I like the malt vinegar method and a
couple of others. I did mine with white vinegar. Did a boil and
lowered to simmer. I slipped the eggs in, it was fine. I put 'em on
toast with cheddar. It was pretty good. I have saved several of the
posts for future reference. What is the weather like everywhere? It
is crazy here, We get Thunder storms, then it gets cold and we get
snow. I am freezing. My Jeep is basically frozen, which is okay. Aint
much I can do. Brrrrrr... I hate this weather. Poached eggs were good
though I think the corned beef would have been wonderful.

The weather here is crazy cold! Not supposed to clear 'till Monday/
Tuesday. It was -52C windchill yesterday and -50C windchill this
morning...

Comfort food weather

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Dog3 said:

Poached eggs were good though I think the corned beef would
have been wonderful.

Now get crazy with the eggs. Put eggs on the eggs. A Hollandaise sauce
on a poached egg is astonishing. Sure it's part of Eggs Benedict, but
it will work with virtually anything else under that egg. I've done it
with a poached egg on top of: rice, pasta, steamed broccoli (You'll
want to be alone with this. After the second forkful, you'll start
sounding like Meg Ryan in that movie.), a grilled cheese sandwich, a
slab of meatloaf, artichoke bottoms, and (I don't want to hear it)
asparagus tips on a sunny side up egg.

Pastorio

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Dog3 said:

Poached eggs were good though I think the corned beef would
have been wonderful.

Now get crazy with the eggs. Put eggs on the eggs. A Hollandaise sauce
on a poached egg is astonishing. Sure it's part of Eggs Benedict, but
it will work with virtually anything else under that egg.

I've been to a couple of places that do an English muffin topped with some
spinach, smoked salmon, the poached egg, and then the sauce. Good.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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What is the weather like everywhere? It is

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crazy here, We get Thunder storms, then it gets cold and we get snow.
I am freezing. My Jeep is basically frozen, which is okay. Aint much I
can do. Brrrrrr... I hate this weather. Poached eggs were good though
I think the corned beef would have been wonderful.

Hot here - but then it is summer<g>. We'd actually had a very mild summer
until this past week - warm (not stinking hot) days, and coolish nights (no
trouble sleeping). I live west of Sydney (not near the coast), and it gets
pretty warm here - no sea breezes to cool things down. Thursday it was 41C
(105F), Friday it was 44C (111F), yesterday 34 or so (93F).Thank heavens
for the air conditioning!

I don't think I'd like to live with freezing temps, but it sure sounds nice
and cool when you're hot!

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia