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Author: BearBear Date: Feb 1, 2008 07:15
I can cook just about anything, but I'm struggling with something as
simple as poaching eggs ... I'm talking here about the "classic" method,
in water, rather than using a cheaty poaching dish.
So I've got my water "barely simmering", my eggs are eggstra fresh, no
vinegar or anything else in the water, all as Delia says to do (and
she's usually pretty good at this sort of thing).
And yet my poached eggs are thin and fried egg shaped, not the rounded,
deeper things I've seen in restaurants before.
Anyone got any ideas what's going wrong? I fancy doing Eggs Benedict
with proper hollandaise and poached properly, but it's not happening for
me. I might as well be frying them.
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Bear
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Author: JennyCJennyC Date: Feb 1, 2008 08:43
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.220d47e5b31dbd69989c79@news.individual.de...>I can cook just about anything, but I'm struggling with something as
> simple as poaching eggs ... I'm talking here about the "classic" method,
> in water, rather than using a cheaty poaching dish.
>
> So I've got my water "barely simmering", my eggs are eggstra fresh, no
> vinegar or anything else in the water, all as Delia says to do (and
> she's usually pretty good at this sort of thing).
>
> And yet my poached eggs are thin and fried egg shaped, not the rounded,
> deeper things I've seen in restaurants before.
>
> Anyone got any ideas what's going wrong? I fancy doing Eggs Benedict
> with proper hollandaise and poached properly, but it's not happening for
> me. I might as well be...
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Author: BearBear Date: Feb 1, 2008 09:03
In article JennyC said ...
I've done 2 of those, on 2 sets of eggs, and they were fresh as a daisy
[1]
But thanks anyway :) I'm perplexed.
[1] why do people say that? It's not like daisies are especially fresh
... I mean a 3 day old daisy is just 3 days old
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Bear
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Author: purplehazepurplehaze Date: Feb 1, 2008 10:24
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.220d614d40ae07cd989c7a@news.individual.de...> In article JennyC said ...
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> I've done 2 of those, on 2 sets of eggs, and they were fresh as a daisy
> [1]
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> But thanks anyway :) I'm perplexed.
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> [1] why do people say that? It's not like daisies are especially fresh
> ... I mean a 3 day old daisy is just 3 days old
Do you not have to stir the water around to make it swirl so when you drop
the egg into the middle
the white sort of wraps around the yolk?
Mind you, as I've previously admitted, I can't cook eggs properly in any
shape or form so my suggestion
should probably be discarded.
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Author: UncleBobUncleBob Date: Feb 1, 2008 10:31
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I can cook just about anything, ...
Good grief, you're egotistical.
>...I fancy doing Eggs Benedict
> with proper hollandaise and poached properly ...
You live in a miniscule London flat, but you have manor house pretensions.
You're a piss-elegant buffoon.
Bob's Your Uncle
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Author: JennyCJennyC Date: Feb 1, 2008 11:51
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.220d614d40ae07cd989c7a@news.individual.de...> In article JennyC said ...
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> I've done 2 of those, on 2 sets of eggs, and they were fresh as a daisy
> [1]
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> But thanks anyway :) I'm perplexed.
> [1] why do people say that? It's not like daisies are especially fresh
> ... I mean a 3 day old daisy is just 3 days old
> Bear
"It was said that spring had truly arrived if one could set one's foot on
seven (or nine, or twelve) daisies at once"
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Author: BearBear Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:17
In article Snowleopard said ...
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:24:35 -0000, "purplehaze"
> btinternet.com> said
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>>"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:MPG.220d614d40ae07cd989c7a@news.individual.de...>
>>> [1] why do people say that? It's not like daisies are especially fresh
>>> ... I mean a 3 day old daisy is just 3 days old
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>>Do you not have to stir the water around to make it swirl so when you drop
>>the egg into the middle
>>the white sort of wraps around the yolk?
St Delia says not to. So I haven't :)
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Author: BearBear Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:18
In article JennyC said ...
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> "Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.220d614d40ae07cd989c7a@news.individual.de...>> In article JennyC said ...
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>> I've done 2 of those, on 2 sets of eggs, and they were fresh as a daisy
>> [1]
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>> But thanks anyway :) I'm perplexed.
Eggscellent! I'll have a thorough read later, many thanks :)
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Author: BearBear Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:20
In article UncleBob said ...
Wow.
A sock-puppet.
We've never seen one of those. How amazing.
*plonk*
You clueless twat.
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Bear
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Author: Mack A. DamiaMack A. Damia Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:37
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:20:20 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>In article UncleBob said ...
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>Wow.
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>A sock-puppet.
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>We've never seen one of those. How amazing.
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>*plonk*
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>You clueless twat.
No, you're the clueless twat - and a big one, to boot.
Get help before you go over the edge.
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