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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...) Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I was taught to keep it as still as possible.
