Hatrack River Forum: How to Conduct an Unlawful Egg Hunt

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Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

This is for Bernard....

First, carefully break an egg or 2 into a bowl.

Put an inch or two of water into a pan. Bring the water to a simmer...not quite a full boil.

Slide the eggs into the water. Wait until you think they're done. Lift them out with a holey spoon.

Voila! Poached eggs.

Any more cooking questions?

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

As an alternative Easter egg hunt, we're having a WMD egg hunt this year -- eggs painted with nuclear and biohazard symbols. (Plus special prizes for finding the eggs painted with Osama Bin Laden and Dick Cheney's faces...) [Smile]

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

Fun! I will make hollow sugar eggs with scenes in them and tie-dyed Easter eggs this year.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Dead Horse, if ya put just a wee bit of white vinegar in the water before poaching, it helps the eggs stay together better. It also helps to use the spoon by whirling the water in a circular up and down, round and round motionm but slowly and steadily.

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

Sopwith,

Do you mean you stir the water gently? [Confused]

I was taught to keep it as still as possible.
Rain

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Salt in the water works similarly to vinegar.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Yes, stir very gently. The idea behind it is that you create a light vortex around the egg that keep the white folding around the yolk as it forms up. It helps if there is a slight vortex when you pour the egg in.

[ March 21, 2004, 07:49 AM: Message edited by: Sopwith ]

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

I'll give it a try.

Ok, now for some egg jokes....er, yolks.

(edited because I have no sense of humor sometimes)

[ March 21, 2004, 08:07 AM: Message edited by: Dead_Horse ]

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

Knock, Knock!

Who's there?

Omelette.

Omelette who?

Omelette smarter than I look!

Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :

:: GLOMP ::
T'ANK 'OU!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

I put my eggs (unbroken) into the water for about 10 seconds before I break them and put then into the water without shells. This thickens the yolk enough to help hold it together, but you lose a small amount that clings to the inside of the shell.

I've tried the vortex thing, but I always got the opposite of the intended result.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

That's why you've got to use a wee bit of vinegar... it keeps the egg together.