On 11/4/13 12:27 PM, Helpful person wrote:

> Boiled and poached eggs are very different, especially in
> texture.

Agreed -- mostly in the texture of the whites, because an egg in the
shell, with more white completely surrounding the yolk, requires a
significantly longer cooking time to get the yolk to the same stage of
cooking, and the yolk is what most people judge their eggs by.

-- Larry