Poached eggs help please

I have an old fashioned egg poaching pan with four cups held over simmering water. I butter the cups well and cook the eggs until the yolks are well and truly hard. Then pop them on well buttered toast to eat...

I am a poached egg barbarian... Not fit to comment on this thread, really 😂

Maizie if we eat eggs at all I'm sure we all like them cooked differently.
Even those of us who like eggs poached in water may fancy one like yours now and again! It won't make you a barbarian

MaizieD

I have an old fashioned egg poaching pan with four cups held over simmering water. I butter the cups well and cook the eggs until the yolks are well and truly hard. Then pop them on well buttered toast to eat...

I am a poached egg barbarian... Not fit to comment on this thread, really 😂

My Mum had one of those, I should have kept it.

and cook the eggs until the yolks are well and truly hard
😲 no comment 😀

I have still got a four dish poaching pan, but use it rarely now as DH is not fond of poached eggs.
Now, for myself, I use a tiny pyrex type dish, fill 3/4 full with cold water, slide in the egg and microwave for approx 1 min 20 secs.
Lovely and never fails.
Oh, yes it did once. The yolk burst and made a mess. So when I remember, I pierce the yolk with a cocktail stick nut not always.

'but'. not nut

I still use a poaching pan with four cups

Is YouTube’s Poach many Eggs at Once - Easy and Perfect Every Time very similar to the technique used by your DiL, Rosie51?

Nannagarra

Is YouTube’s Poach many Eggs at Once - Easy and Perfect Every Time very similar to the technique used by your DiL, Rosie51?

Similar-ish. I'm trying to remember back now, my DiL is Canadian and they live in Canada so I don't see them that often. She uses a big saucepan, not a shallow pan, and I've only ever seen her crack the eggs straight into a bowl, never seen her sieve them. I know she will only use very fresh eggs, never older ones, for poaching. Nothing in the boiling water, she tips the bowl out fairly gently, then turns the heat down a bit. She knows I love poached eggs so usually cooks them for me while we're there

We fill a small frying pan with boiling water, crack four eggs into a bowl then slide them all into the water together. Cook till the whites are white and the yoke is still runny. Delicious. 😋

Callistemon21

MaizieD

I have an old fashioned egg poaching pan with four cups held over simmering water. I butter the cups well and cook the eggs until the yolks are well and truly hard. Then pop them on well buttered toast to eat...

I am a poached egg barbarian... Not fit to comment on this thread, really 😂

My Mum had one of those, I should have kept it.

and cook the eggs until the yolks are well and truly hard
😲 no comment 😀

I cannot bear runny egg yolk, Callistemon. It makes me feel sick.

On the rare occasions that we have a 'full English' breakfast I can make perfect fried eggs. I very carefully cut the yoke out of mine and give it to Mr Maizie, then I nick his egg white...

I posted my own version early on, but it got lost. Now I'm back, I have a feeling that this may fall into the same category as Yorkshire pud'ns and mayonnaise / hollandaise. Everyone's 'fail safe' works for them - but when you 'don't get it' nothing works!
However, I will say that the freshness of the eggs makes a huge difference. I have heard that eggs can be up to 2 weeks old by the time they arrive on supermarket shelves. I don't know how true that is BUT I poach eggs from our local farm very easily up to them being about 10-12 days old, then they fall apart. I have little success with supermarket eggs - and indeed when I have to use them, I just don't poach them.

At least my poached eggs never fall apart 🤣🤣🤣

On the rare occasions that we have a 'full English' breakfast I can make perfect fried eggs. I very carefully cut the yoke out of mine and give it to Mr Maizie, then I nick his egg white...

You could share with my DN, she eats the yoke but won't eat the white!

I think we're both suffering from autocorrect

Yolk, yolk, yolk .....

Callistemon21

I think we're both suffering from autocorrect

Yolk, yolk, yolk .....

Nope, my yoke was a genuine booboo... I'm mortified...

To think that I used to teach children how to spell

I saw mine change but too late.

😇

I once poached eggs for dds pratty boyfriend. I draped clingfilm over a ramekin dish and broke an egg into it. Gathered it into a loose “pouch” and boiled in a pot of water. I removed the film and served with the seam on the bottom
He was in raptures! Waxed lyrical about Michlen chefs, best poached eggs ever, I was a genius! My daughter knew I’d cheated, he never did. He was a pretentious twit and did deserve it.
On the other hand my fresh egg custard made in 5 minutes in a saucepan wasn’t a fluk or a cheat.I am a genius.

Is he an ex-boyfriend Mogsmaw?
😁

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Callistemon21

Is he an ex-boyfriend Mogsmaw?
😁

Oh yes!