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Katra wrote:
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> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
>
>
> Not really poaching, but close.
>
> K.
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Katra wrote: <blockquote
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
TYPE=CITE>
<p>Not really poaching, but close.
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