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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 shallow saucepan or frying pan half full with clean water.

  2. Add salt to the water.

  3. Bring the water to a gentle simmer before adding the eggs.

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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