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Default Perfect Poached Egg?

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:23:20 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>I believe it was on one of Julia Child's very early programs that she
>demonstrated poaching an egg. Aside from the vinegar, salt, whatever, she
>made them in a saucepan with several inches of water. Before gently
>dropping the egg in the water, she made a "whirlpool" in the water by
>briskly stirring it in circles. The motion of the water caused the white
>to enrobe the yolk and the result wasn't flat. ou might give this a try.
>

I've tried it and it didn't work for me... but people usually make
more than one poached egg in a pan - so you get the first one right,
what about all the others???




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