To Poach Eggs

Ingredients

• eggs
• boiling water
• thin slices of buttered toast

Directions

1. Pour boiling water through a clean cloth into a broad stew-pan.

2. Set the pan on hot coals until the water boils.

3. Break each egg into a saucer, then slip them into the boiling water one by one.

4. Let the eggs cook until the whites are set, then return the pan to the heat until the water boils again.

5. Carefully remove the eggs with an egg-slice, trimming any ragged edges from the whites.

6. Place the poached eggs on slices of buttered toast and serve.