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How To Poach An Egg!

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Posted by: Eddie2sox Saturday 24th November 2007, 10:13am
Last edited 24/11/2007 10:13am by Eddie2sox

It's time for another 2-Sox challenge, and this time we're going to be investigating a mystery that has held mankind in a shroud of dark confusion for centuries. How do you poach an egg?

For this challenge I’ll be following a variety of methods, from the safe and mundane to the downright bonkers, to try and discover how to cook the perfect poached egg. The recipes will all be followed exactly as they are written (or were dictated!). Unless specified, the egg will be broken direct into the water (if water is to be used of course). Cooking time will either be exactly as directed (if an exact timing is provided), or if a range of times is given, cooked to the mid-point of that range.

My ideal poached egg - and bear in mind that all of my cooking and tasting challenges are 100% subjective - will have a cooked but runny yolk and a firm but not tough white. I was intending to simply place the cooked egg onto a plate to judge, but after incredulous and outraged protests from the Grumpy Old Men Club at The Woolpack, they will all be placed on a slice of buttered toast (the eggs, not the grumpy old men). Sheesh, what a load of old women!

The poached eggs will be judged in 4 different ways:

How simple was the method to follow? Was there a lot of hard or fiddly work involved? Scored out of 5.

How appealing was the finished article once placed on a slice of toast? Also scored out of 5.

Should be runny, evenly cooked, and delicious! Scored up to 2.5.

Not too runny, not too tough, should be very easy to lightly slide the knife through. Scored up to 2.5.

1 - Old Bob

2 - Rick Stein

3 - Mrs Beeton

4 - Ainsley Harriott

5 - James Martin

6 - Vash The Stampede

7 - Mahalo

8 - Poached Egg Machine

9 - Delia Smith

10 - Mr Breakfast

11 - Australian Egg Board

12 - Woolpack Wally

New this time - YOUR chance to participate in the world’s best blog-based cooking/tasting eggy competition. The Welsh Rarebit thread prompted loads of comments and emails, and I wish I’d shared some of them with you. So. Email me at trix68@hotmail.co.uk or leave a comment on the blog. I’ll include them after each recipe. Get journalistic!

The Queen Of Cheese On Toast

Sue Marchant, BBC Radio Norfolk's top totty, and the champion of the Welsh Rarebit challenge has added her title to her Myspace page! The Norfolk Single Dad blog really does reach the places other blogs cannot reach - http://www.myspace.com/voluptuia

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