Poaching Eggs

[bambino]

Well today I felt like poached eggs on toast for my lunch. Mind you I have never poached an egg in my life, but found a "how to" in a magazine.

So off I went to the kitchen and boiled the pot of water, stirred it around and cracked the egg into the middle. Easy right ??? WRONG !!

My egg was everywhere in the saucepan !! It didn't stay together like the picture in the magazine.

Do you have a tip for me on how to poach the perfect egg ?

:chef:

[bel_aiden]

did you put a splash of vinegar in the water?

[bambino]

Yup sure did.

[our little treasures]

I poach mine to the sides of the pot. So I put 5 around the outside and don't let it boil too much as that messes it up..

Are you talking about normal poached eggs or the new GOLF BALL way they do it!! I prefer the oldway as looking at the golf ball ones make me ill..

[bambino]

Ahhh maybe I had the water boiling too high.

Yes the old fashioned way too. I'm struggling with that let alone trying the other way :laughing:

[Snuffys Mum]

I gave up on the old fashioned way years ago- far too painful lol! I just put mine in a tea cup with some water, pierce the membrane on the yolk and zap it in the microwave. Comes out perfectly round every time! :yes: (But just zap for short bursts at a time until you figure out how long it takes in your microwave- it can be pretty messy to clean up if they explode lol).

[camsma]

Ive found the trick to getting the egg not to go everywhere in the water is, before you crack the egg, gently place it into the boiling water for 10 seconds (using a slotted spoon), take it straight out, stir the water around, and then crack it in. make sure the water is just simmering not boiling really fast.

[porridge]

I wait for the water to be boiling and then add a fair bit of vinegar - sorry no measurements!! more than a splash, maybe 3 or 4.... wait a bit for the water to heat up again.

crack an egg in, watch to see if it stays together... maybe add a bit more vinegar and then add the other eggs.

Leave to boil for a few minutes

drain on paper towel and blott (so you don't get the vinegar taste...

voila!! I love poached eggs!!

[jamb]

I have a stove top egg poacher, an old fashioned one (break eggs into little cups that sit above boiling water) that was my grandma's....SO musch easier.

My mum, god bless her, gave me one that does 4, i lurve poached eggs.

[bambino]

Pure genious these cooking shows.

I was watching Ready Steady Cook and he poached an egg and it came out perfect so I gave it a try and :yelclap:

Line a coffee cup generously with glad wrap, crack the egg into it, twist up the top of the glad wrap to make a pouch, drop it into the simmering water, hang the top of the glad wrap over the edge so you can pick it up later once cooked, then when ready just turn it out !

Yummo......poached egg on toast with worshtirshire (sp?) sauce :chef:

[Zada]

swirl the water around then crack it into the swirling simmering water:thumbsup:

[razzle]

Pure genious these cooking shows.

I was watching Ready Steady Cook and he poached an egg and it came out perfect so I gave it a try and :yelclap:

Line a coffee cup generously with glad wrap, crack the egg into it, twist up the top of the glad wrap to make a pouch, drop it into the simmering water, hang the top of the glad wrap over the edge so you can pick it up later once cooked, then when ready just turn it out !

Yummo......poached egg on toast with worshtirshire (sp?) sauce :chef:
That's a bloody brilliant idea! I always stuff up my poached eggs... either too much vinegar or not enough, water too hot too cold, eggs too cold... too bloody hard! But Glad wrap?! Brilliant!

[Leeny]

That glad wrap thing is a stroke of genuis...I would have never thought of it:detective:

[Ekoorb]

Think Im gonna have the give the glad wrap trick a go first thing in the morning for breakie. I love poached eggs but had given up on ever being able to cook them. :fingerscrossed: I dont stuff them up tomorrow morning

[cheezelkat]

Whats the golf ball way?

I do it traditionally, never had a problem - haven't done it in years though!

I bring the water to the boil, ladle in the eggs, turn off the heat and take it off the hot stove ring and put the lid on for a few minutes. The key is very gentle heat.

[themumbug]

I have a stove top egg poacher, an old fashioned one (break eggs into little cups that sit above boiling water) that was my grandma's....SO musch easier.

My mum, god bless her, gave me one that does 4, i lurve poached eggs.

yep i have one of these to, they are fail proof but i'm not an egg fan.:chef:

[m0nal1sa]

Just saw this on Kitchen Contraptions blog and thought of this thread:

http://www.kitchencontraptions.com/archives/010303.php

m0na

[MrsDribbleDrawers]

Well today I felt like poached eggs on toast for my lunch. Mind you I have never poached an egg in my life, but found a "how to" in a magazine.

So off I went to the kitchen and boiled the pot of water, stirred it around and cracked the egg into the middle. Easy right ??? WRONG !!

My egg was everywhere in the saucepan !! It didn't stay together like the picture in the magazine.

Do you have a tip for me on how to poach the perfect egg ?

:chef:

The trick is the egg needs to be at room temperature, not fresh out of the fridge... it's too cold when it hits the hot water, hence the separation and "floaties" in the water! Good luck next time!