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To Poach Eggs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Poach Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fill a skillet with water and bring it to a boil.

  2. Crack one egg at a time into the boiling water.

  3. Use a spoon to gently pour water over the eggs until they are cooked to your liking.

  4. For a nicer presentation, use an egg poacher with rings to hold the eggs in shape.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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