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Peter A

In article >, says...
> I use a slotted spoon to dish out poached eggs and they are
> not watery. It does require waiting a few seconds -- maybe five --
> for all the water to drain away. Perhaps if you are doing many
> poached eggs at once, you would run out of time letting them
> drain, but I do not have this problem.
>

I rest them on a clean towel for a few seconds.

Cooking in the shell for a few minutes is a soft-boiled egg, not a
poached egg. Perfectly good, but not the same thing.

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Peter Aitken