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How should I poach an egg?
What's the best method to poach an egg without it turning into an eggy soupy mess?
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How does a splash of vinegar help when poaching eggs?
What does splashing in a shot of white vinegar to the simmering water do when poaching an egg?
Is it for taste or is it supposed to react in some way with the albumen?
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The best way to poach an egg without vinegar
What is the best way to poach an egg without vinegar? Is there a quick and easy alternative?
Thanks in advance.
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How can I prevent scum forming in the water when I poach eggs?
When I poach eggs, an off-white foam/scum forms on the surface of the water and sometimes attaches itself to the egg. Does anybody know what causes it, and how I can avoid it?
EDIT: I use malt ...
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What is the effect of poaching fish in milk?
I recently came across a recipe for fish poached in milk. I've never heard of this technique, and am skeptical of its effect (vs. water), so it sounds wasteful to cook fish in 4 cups of milk only to ...
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What is the difference between a 63-degree egg and a regular poached egg?
Recently on Master Chef one of the desserts featured a 63-degree egg - what is the difference between that and a regular poached egg?
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How do you get a poached egg to coagulate evenly and professionally? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should I poach an egg?
How do you make a poached egg without it getting all messy when you break the egg into a pot of boiling water? I find that it is hard to get ...
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how does the poaching eggs recipe scale for different sizes of egg?
The recipe for poaching regular chicken eggs states to leave the egg in a pot of simmering water for ~4 minutes (besides of messing with the liquid pH levels).
I was wondering how the temperature, pH ...
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poaching an egg in frying canola oil
Last night I was doing some fried schnitzels with canola oil at 130-140C (they were very good).
After serving them, I felt adventurous and wondered what would happen if I tried to poach an egg in ...
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Would using milk powder better than fresh milk when poaching?
I read this question - What is the effect of poaching fish in milk? and was surprise that one can poach fish using milk.
However, I was wondering if the milk will be spoil if it is continuous being ...
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What are the differences between slow cooking and poaching a chicken soup and how does slow cooking/poaching soup affect salt absorbtion?
1.What is the difference between poaching and slow cooking? I believe in poaching you are meant to remove chicken 20 minutes after boiling so the meat doesn't dry out while In slow cooking I believe ...
