To Poach Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil.
Quickly drop an egg into the boiling water.
Once the egg is firm enough to hold its shape, remove it with a skimmer.
Add a little vinegar to the water to help the egg set quickly.
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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