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SoCalToolGuy


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Hi everybody. It's been a long time since I had a question to ask here. We are now fulltiming and having a ball. But something has come up and we need some help. We love poached eggs but the hassle keeps us from having them very often. We bought a good egg poaching pan with six egg trays from a culinary supply store. The trays are all coated with a non-stick coating that doesn't work. We have tried spraying them with Pam but the eggs still stick in them. The only way to clean them is to literally scrape them out with my finger/thumb nails. HASSLE. What do you folks use to poach eggs in? Is there some magic coating that we don't know about? Over the years we have used pyrex bowls and different brands of poaching pans. Nothing seems to work. There has to be an easier way. Please somebody. Help!!!! Thanks for any advice in advance,
Ray and Barb

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They don't look as nice but all I've ever done is crack the egg into a pan of boiling water.

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That's the way I do it too!

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The boiling water method is effortless, but have you tried the microwave poaching cups? Those might be a less sticky method...

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You will probably be disappointment the hear that you have succumbed to one of Madison Avenue's most vicious frauds. Those pans don't "poach" eggs. They simply "steam" them... and that can be done (much better) in a skillet with a tight fitting lid. Here is a recipe for Poached Eggs that will get you back on track.

http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/PoachEgg.htm

On the other hand, if you insist on using your pan, you need to add more fat. Start by putting a tablespoon of Butter (or your favorite oil) in the cup before putting in the egg. Then cut back on the fat each time until the eggs no longer stick. (Or alternately, use the full pan putting different amounts in each cup and keep notes of which cup was which.)

I can't speak to the Microwave suggestion but it doesn't sound quite right... doesn't "poached" require water?

Happy eating.

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Boiling water for me too!

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I use the microwave cups and I think they work really well. You do add water in the cups with the eggs.
Brenda

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With the boiling method, a drop or 2 of vinegar in the water help the whites coalesce.

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hogans1947 wrote:

I use the microwave cups and I think they work really well. You do add water in the cups with the eggs.
Brenda


So the hot water cooks the eggs and not the microwave energy?  Hmmmm.



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Now I know why I just scramble my eggs..... no fuss, no mess, just wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and wash.

Of course a good poached egg will beat a scrambled egg any day.

What do they call an egg cooked in a hole cut out of a slice of bread. I don't think it qualifies as poached, but I've seen that done.

-- Edited by thebearII at 10:09, 2008-12-22

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Went to Boston on 2006 and had the best Poached eggs ever (runny yokes) for my corned beef hash!

Those who answered with a pan of hot water are absolutely on the right track.....the waitress said that the cook gently stirs the water into a cyclone, then drops the egg in the middle. the water keeps the egg in one spot until it can shape then you don't have a blotchy egg....smile

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Putting butter, oils, or sprays into the cups defeats the purpose of poaching eggs. The boiled water method is the only way to go as fas as I can tell. Snowman's suggestion is what I have used for years - stir the water and break the egg into the votex. I love poached eggs over corn beefed hash as well, but again, that defeats the health reasons for poaching the eggs in the first place - but it is "ohhh sooo gooood".

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Camping out has come a long way...we are poaching eggs now...I am with Bear on this one a good egg scrambled over an open fire with lots of grease in them....OHHHHHH makes me want to build a campfire.

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Speedy you are such a bad boy. LOL Can we add some bacon to that?

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Speedy,


Times and food are a changin............

Last year for our big family gathering we had a BBq Throwdown and an international evening.....10 hr smoked beef brisket and Arroz con Pollo were my entries, used a red pepper sauce from the Mesa Grill cookbook for the beef....now every year at least one breakfast has to be my Corned beef hash with eggs over a griddle that sits on my three burner cook stove.  And THAT goes with me regardless of which type of camping we're doing.....wink.gif    The eggs are to order,  everyone go nuts over the hash which I adopted from a diner out here on the "Left Coast".

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Snowman, you are making my mouth water. Where are you and what time is dinner? Or breakfast for that matter.

Ray

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Snowman,
Can't wait to camp beside you guys!! That's our kind of camping and cooking!
Molly & Bob

-- Edited by TheBobGuy on Tuesday 28th of April 2009 07:00:31 PM

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I can't remember the last time I had a poached egg and I am not sure why it has been so long. I too have used the boiling water method and now I know what is for breakfast tomorrow. <g>

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