I have conquered the egg! Mostly!

[horridporrid]

I have successfully poached an egg! \o/ This is so, so huge because poached egg is my most favorite form of egg-y goodness in all the land. And for so long it struck me as an impossibly hard task best undertaken by professionals. But last night I girded my loins (has anyone tried to picture this action? does it strike you as pretty darn giggle-

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[duemidnight]

Wow, those directions worked for you? Awesome! My eggs get poached slightly differently

[horridporrid]

Please tell me why I'm so chatty today about poached eggs??? LOL!

Because poached eggs are awesome! :D

It probably helped that I used a small pot, rather than a skillet, and filled it really full as well. My dad's skillet seemed too big for one, lone egg. I'm not sure what I'll do if I want to poach more than one egg at a time, though. I guess use the skillet, but now I'm worried about water depth...

Oh! And I also spent my two minutes obsessively (and probably uselessly) adjusting the heat to keep it just under a boil.

because I like the whites quite firm I add a tablespoon or so of white vinegar to the water before I put the egg in. Also helps to keep it 'together' and not swirling all about the water.

So that's what the vinegar is for! I've seen it in recipes, but I couldn't figure out what it did. (I wondered if the salt was a substitute for whatever the vinegar was doing. I don't know if it was, but the whites were nicely firm.)

[ms_arithmancer]

Thanks for posting this, it inspired me to have two poached eggs over hash browns for brunch today. *drools* I followed the instructions at your link and the eggs were awesome. I used a small (7") skillet and filled it with probably 1 1/4" water, and it worked like a charm to poach 2 (large) eggs. No sticking, breaking, or other issues!

[horridporrid]

Yay! :D I feel like I'm spreading poaching-blessings across the land. ;)

I'm also pleased to hear a skillet worked, because sometimes one lone egg just doesn't cut it.