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Default Sandra's Money Saving Meals: Cheeper By The Dozen

In article >,
Ubiquitous > wrote:

> wrote:
> > Kalmia > wrote:
> >> On Aug 11, 8:00*pm, Ubiquitous > wrote:

>
> >> > Does one normally bake a fritatta in the oven?
> >>
> >> Well, I sure won't anymore. See my thread about the pizza stone if
> >> you want the whole story.
> >>
> >> > SLop puts the poached eggs on a white cloth towel "to dry". I guess
> >> > that's one way to get more fiber in one's diet...
> >>
> >> Eggs on a cloth towel? Come ON. How does she keep them from cooling
> >> off? Did she explain why the need to dry "em?

> >
> >To get the vinegar off.

>
> I think SLop wanted to dry them off. I forgot the ep, but she made this
> before on SemiHomade (I want to say it was the one with MS sleepingover),
> except she dug holes in the hash and dumped the eggs into them.
>
> >They were poached eggs, cooked in water with white vinegar added. She
> >scooped 'em out and set 'em on the towel to get the water off. I'm sure
> >cooling was an issue, as was fuzz. She also picked up a disgusting cast
> >off in the water that anybody would have tossed out and added it to the
> >egg. Bleah.

>
> I noticed that the eggs were undercooked, but I've never poached eggs
> before, so maybe they're sppsd to be soft-boiled.


Yeah, you want runny yolks in poached eggs. Not that they're gonna stay
that way unless you serve them NOW. Half of her recipes seem to be
intended to serve guests later in the day, which ain't agonna work.

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