On Oct 21, 9:24 pm, wrote:
> I've been to a few restaurantes recently where I've ordered eggs
> benedict and gotten the most perfect poached eggs I've ever seen. I'm
> not sure how they do it, but the eggs come out and are almost perfect
> spheres. Does anybody have an idea of how to make this happen? Every
> poached egg that I've ever cooked (via the basic pan with salt +
> vinegar and cracking the eggs directly into the water) has turned out
> to be quite flat (albeit delicious). Anybody have any insight into
> how to make one more spherical?

The links from this page can give you good tips:

http://goodeatsfanpage.com/Season3/EA1C13.htm

> On Oct 21, 9:24 pm, wrote:
>> I've been to a few restaurantes recently where I've ordered eggs
>> benedict and gotten the most perfect poached eggs I've ever seen. I'm
>> not sure how they do it, but the eggs come out and are almost perfect
>> spheres. Does anybody have an idea of how to make this happen? Every
>> poached egg that I've ever cooked (via the basic pan with salt +
>> vinegar and cracking the eggs directly into the water) has turned out
>> to be quite flat (albeit delicious). Anybody have any insight into
>> how to make one more spherical?


Buy one of these for $15...

The William Bounds Sili Gourmet Triple Egg Poacher

http://www.fantes.com/images/71772egg.jpg

Dave Smith > wrote in news:471F3ADA.DB6E2611
@sympatico.ca:

> Amarantha wrote:
>
>> > I thought that was a "hangover cure"? <G>
>> > You forgot the tobasco!
>>
>> The best time to take a hangover cure is before you get drunk :P
>>
>> *drinks loads of water and berocca before going partying*
>
> Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
Alcohol
> makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
thirstier.
> Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an alcoholic
drink
> fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You end up consuming
less
> alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering from a hangover.
>



Not true.

I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never* drink
water/soda water in between drinks.

I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to clear
the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone *must* have
left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!), go to the
toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!

No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
that!!), good as gold, right as rain.


Which is why my friends love/hate me............. :-)

PeterLucas wrote:
>
>
> > Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
> Alcohol
> > makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
> thirstier.
> > Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an alcoholic
> drink
> > fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You end up consuming
> less
> > alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering from a hangover.
> >
>
> Not true.
>
> I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never* drink
> water/soda water in between drinks.


> I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to clear
> the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone *must* have
> left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!), go to the
> toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!
>
> No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
> that!!), good as gold, right as rain.


Consider yourself lucky. I never used to get hung over either, and I used
to be able to put away a lot of booze. I never got headaches, usually just
a little parched for a while. I still don't get headaches. I do, however,
have digestive problems if I really over do it.

I have never enjoyed being drunk and never in my life consumed alcohol with
the intention of getting drunk. I just like the stuff. I like beer, wine
and liquor, and I usually drink liquor straight, and if I am not careful I
drink a little too much. I try to remember to have a glass of water or a
soft drink between drinks. It fills me up and I don't drink as much liquor.
Cut back on the liquor and you don't get hung over.

Dave Smith said...

> PeterLucas wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
>> Alcohol
>> > makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
>> thirstier.
>> > Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an alcoholic
>> drink
>> > fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You end up consuming
>> less
>> > alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering from a hangover.
>> >
>>
>> Not true.
>>
>> I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never* drink
>> water/soda water in between drinks.
>
>
>> I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to clear
>> the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone *must* have
>> left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!), go to the
>> toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!
>>
>> No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
>> that!!), good as gold, right as rain.
>
>
> Consider yourself lucky. I never used to get hung over either, and I used
> to be able to put away a lot of booze. I never got headaches, usually
just
> a little parched for a while. I still don't get headaches. I do,
however,
> have digestive problems if I really over do it.
>
> I have never enjoyed being drunk and never in my life consumed alcohol
with
> the intention of getting drunk. I just like the stuff. I like beer, wine
> and liquor, and I usually drink liquor straight, and if I am not careful
I
> drink a little too much. I try to remember to have a glass of water or a
> soft drink between drinks. It fills me up and I don't drink as much
liquor.
> Cut back on the liquor and you don't get hung over.


My brother only drank light beer. Said it had the same amount of alcohol as
regular beer but not as "heavy" as regular beer. Made me switch over to bud
light. And boy could he knock 'em back! Had a beermeister in the "lab" and
a freezer full of ice cold mugs inside.

His problem was once he started he wouldn't stop until plastered. At least
he never played with his power tools while drinking! We never hung over
either.

Now I only drink wine since an ice cold beer in the middle of winter
doesn't make a lick o' sense, imho.

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
>
> > Cut back on the liquor and you don't get hung over.
>
> My brother only drank light beer. Said it had the same amount of alcohol as
> regular beer but not as "heavy" as regular beer. Made me switch over to bud
> light. And boy could he knock 'em back! Had a beermeister in the "lab" and
> a freezer full of ice cold mugs inside.
>
> His problem was once he started he wouldn't stop until plastered. At least
> he never played with his power tools while drinking! We never hung over
> either.
>
> Now I only drink wine since an ice cold beer in the middle of winter
> doesn't make a lick o' sense, imho.

Light beer tends to have less alcohol than regular beer, but it depends on
the brand. Beer drinkers are an interesting bunch. Most of them don't have
high standards for their beer. They seem to judge their beer based on how
much of it they can consume without getting bloated or puking.

I keep some of my brothers' favourite beer in the fridge to have on hand
when they come by. They like mass consumables. I tend to drink imported
beers, the sort that satisfy with one can.

Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
>> Alcohol
>> > makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
>> thirstier.
>> > Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an alcoholic
>> drink
>> > fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You end up
>> > consuming
>> less
>> > alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering from a hangover.
>> >
>>
>> Not true.
>>
>> I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never*
>> drink water/soda water in between drinks.
>
>
>> I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to
>> clear the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone
>> *must* have left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!),
>> go to the toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!
>>
>> No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
>> that!!), good as gold, right as rain.
>
>
> Consider yourself lucky. I never used to get hung over either, and I
> used to be able to put away a lot of booze. I never got headaches,
> usually just a little parched for a while. I still don't get
> headaches.


Welcome to the '100% Club' :-)



> I do, however, have digestive problems if I really over do
> it.


Uh-ohhhhh....... sorry, you're out of the 100% Club.



>
> I have never enjoyed being drunk and never in my life consumed alcohol
> with the intention of getting drunk.



Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.



>I just like the stuff. I like
> beer, wine and liquor, and I usually drink liquor straight, and if I
> am not careful I drink a little too much.


I rarely drink beer (maybe 6 stubbies in 3 months), and I don't drink
liquor......... even though I make it.


I *do* however, drink wine.
It's not boring like beer and spirits.



> I try to remember to have a
> glass of water or a soft drink between drinks.


There's a good excuse to vomit!!!



> It fills me up and I
> don't drink as much liquor. Cut back on the liquor and you don't get
> hung over.



Nope.

Flat chat all night, sleep for 5-6 hours, and go a whole day the next
day.

It's case of will-power/mind over matter.............. Oh, and probably
a liver the size of Africa.......... as a good friend once descibed me!!
:-)

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:23:38 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:21:53 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>>>
>>> It is troublesome to learn that there are people who think
>>> a "spherical" rather than flat poached egg is "perfect".
>>
>>
>>I am sure they are pleasing to the eye. I can get to look nice in a
>>poacher, but I refer the taste of them when cooking in water with a little
>>vinegar. My only concern is that I not lose too much of the white and that
>>they not be full of craters and pockets that trap water.
>>
>>When I serve mine I remove them from the poaching water with a slotted
>>spoon and lay them in a saucer, then hold the slotted spoon over top of
>>them and carefully invert them to get rid of excess water.
>
>I dunno. That's just too much trouble for me. I can soft boil an egg
>with a perfectly runny yolk, and a white set enough I can peel the
>shell off with no problem... so that's my substitute for poached.
>
>Grandma poached eggs, I don't.

irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
anyone.'

your pal,
blake

blake murphy > wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:23:38 -0700, sf wrote:

>>On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:21:53 -0400, Dave Smith

>>>I am sure they are pleasing to the eye. I can get to look nice in a
>>>poacher, but I refer the taste of them when cooking in water with a little
>>>vinegar. My only concern is that I not lose too much of the white and that
>>>they not be full of craters and pockets that trap water.
>>>
>>>When I serve mine I remove them from the poaching water with a slotted
>>>spoon and lay them in a saucer, then hold the slotted spoon over top of
>>>them and carefully invert them to get rid of excess water.

>>I dunno. That's just too much trouble for me. I can soft boil an egg
>>with a perfectly runny yolk, and a white set enough I can peel the
>>shell off with no problem... so that's my substitute for poached.

>>Grandma poached eggs, I don't.

>irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
>restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
>anyone.'

It's not like it's difficult.

Forget the swirling, the vinergar, and the salt in the water.
Those do not help. Just make sure the eggs are not cold (warm them
up in warm tap water), and use a LARGE slotted spoon.

Steve

blake murphy wrote:
>
> irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
> restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
> anyone.'

I can understand why. When I get a breakfast that offers eggs any style I
usually ask for poached. I have never been turned down.

Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 07:18:25a, PeterLucas meant to say...

> Dave Smith > wrote in news:471F3ADA.DB6E2611
> @sympatico.ca:
>
>> Amarantha wrote:
>>
>>> > I thought that was a "hangover cure"? <G>
>>> > You forgot the tobasco!
>>>
>>> The best time to take a hangover cure is before you get drunk :P
>>>
>>> *drinks loads of water and berocca before going partying*
>>
>> Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
>> Alcohol makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
>> thirstier. Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an
>> alcoholic drink fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You
>> end up consuming less alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering
>> from a hangover.
>>
>
>
>
> Not true.
>
> I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never* drink
> water/soda water in between drinks.
>
> I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to clear
> the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone *must* have
> left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!), go to the
> toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!
>
> No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
> that!!), good as gold, right as rain.
>
>
> Which is why my friends love/hate me............. :-)
>
>
>

Just a lush, huh? :-)

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Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 05:32:17a, Dave Smith meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> > Premade isn't a big turn on for me, especially when the subject is
>> > poached eggs.
>> >
>>
>> Then I won't invite you for Eggs Benedict. :-) It's difficult not to
pre-
>> make them if you're serving 8 people. I have yet to see a way to poach
16
>> eggs at one time.
>
>
> That is why they invited scrambled eggs :-)
>

Scrambled eggs were the guests? :-)

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:53:34 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
>restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
>anyone.'

Not familiar with that "Joy of Cooking", but I whole heatedly agree!




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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:11:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
>> restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
>> anyone.'
>
>I can understand why. When I get a breakfast that offers eggs any style I
>usually ask for poached. I have never been turned down.

I ask for "basted" and I usually have to tell them how to do it.

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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:40:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 05:32:17a, Dave Smith meant to say...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>> > Premade isn't a big turn on for me, especially when the subject is
>>> > poached eggs.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Then I won't invite you for Eggs Benedict. :-) It's difficult not to
>pre-
>>> make them if you're serving 8 people. I have yet to see a way to poach
>16
>>> eggs at one time.
>>
>>
>> That is why they invited scrambled eggs :-)
>>
>
>Scrambled eggs were the guests? :-)

No, that would be scrambled brains.

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Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:15:20p, meant to say...

> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:40:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 05:32:17a, Dave Smith meant to say...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Premade isn't a big turn on for me, especially when the subject is
>>>> > poached eggs.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Then I won't invite you for Eggs Benedict. :-) It's difficult not to
>>>> pre- make them if you're serving 8 people. I have yet to see a way to
>>>> poach 16 eggs at one time.
>>>
>>>
>>> That is why they invited scrambled eggs :-)
>>>
>>
>>Scrambled eggs were the guests? :-)
>
> No, that would be scrambled brains.
>
> <running>
>

LOL... Which reminds me, I once had scrambled brains and eggs for brunch,
and they were really very tasty.

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Dave Smith > wrote in news:471F3ADA.DB6E2611
@sympatico.ca:

> Amarantha wrote:
>
>> > I thought that was a "hangover cure"? <G>
>> > You forgot the tobasco!
>>
>> The best time to take a hangover cure is before you get drunk :P
>>
>> *drinks loads of water and berocca before going partying*
>
> Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks. Alcohol
> makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get thirstier.
> Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an alcoholic drink
> fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You end up consuming less
> alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering from a hangover.
>

Ya, I do that too And also try to eat lots.

K

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:24:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>LOL... Which reminds me, I once had scrambled brains and eggs for brunch,
>and they were really very tasty.

Ugh! That's Halloween food to me.

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Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
84:

> Oh pshaw, on Wed 24 Oct 2007 07:18:25a, PeterLucas meant to say...
>
>> Dave Smith > wrote in news:471F3ADA.DB6E2611
>> @sympatico.ca:
>>
>>> Amarantha wrote:
>>>
>>>> > I thought that was a "hangover cure"? <G>
>>>> > You forgot the tobasco!
>>>>
>>>> The best time to take a hangover cure is before you get drunk :P
>>>>
>>>> *drinks loads of water and berocca before going partying*
>>>
>>> Or... you have a drink of water or a soft drink between drinks.
>>> Alcohol makes you thirsty, so you drink more. You drink more and get
>>> thirstier. Having a drink of water, especially soda water, after an
>>> alcoholic drink fills you up and breaks the drink/thirst cycle. You
>>> end up consuming less alcohol, not getting drunk, and not suffering
>>> from a hangover.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Not true.
>>
>> I never suffer from hangovers........... and trust me, I *never*
drink
>> water/soda water in between drinks.
>>
>> I wake up in the morning, have a huge glug of cool fresh water to
clear
>> the bird shit off my tongue (because sure as shit someone *must*
have
>> left my open mouth in the bottom of a cockatoos cage!!), go to the
>> toilet, have a shower, clean my teeth and I'm away again!!
>>
>> No headache, no spewing (can't even *remember* the last time I did
>> that!!), good as gold, right as rain.
>>
>>
>> Which is why my friends love/hate me............. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>
> Just a lush, huh? :-)
>


LOL!!!

I wish!! That would mean I'd have more time to relax.

Now that you've got me thinking about it, I might just have a glass of
red with dinner. It's been raining quite heavily, so I don't think we'll
have any fires tonight.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:07:51 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:53:34 GMT, blake murphy >
>wrote:
>
>>irma rombauer says in 'joy of cooking' that she saw a sign in a
>>restaurant saying 'we reserve the right to refuse to poach eggs for
>>anyone.'
>
>Not familiar with that "Joy of Cooking", but I whole heatedly agree!
>
>

it was an earlier edition, before they squeezed all the juice out of
it. irma was a funny lady.

your pal,
blake

In article >, sf wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:24:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
> >LOL... Which reminds me, I once had scrambled brains and eggs for brunch,
> >and they were really very tasty.
>
> Ugh! That's Halloween food to me.

They do sell brain jello molds for halloween parties. <g>
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