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Tried some eggs this morning @ 146 for a little over 2 hours and the unattached whites were still pretty slippery and delicious. I guess you will need a higher temperature or perhaps a quick-boil like in that link to really dial in the perfect eggs.
 
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The more I get into cooking, the more I wish I lived on(or at least near) a farm.
 
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The wife's Mother lives a few blocks away and has three chickens, so we've been getting very fresh eggs (about a dozen a week) for about a year. The difference for stuff like poached eggs really is incredible. Seriously considering getting our own chickens. Coops honestly aren't that big and you can feed them on scraps.
 
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We have 7 chickens. One fresh egg per day for each person in the house. We don't eat them every day, so we end up giving a bunch away pretty often. However, fresh eggs are the bomb.

We're contemplating getting a couple of goats for milk and meat.
 
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lurkingdirk_sl said:
We have 7 chickens. One fresh egg per day for each person in the house. We don't eat them every day, so we end up giving a bunch away pretty often. However, fresh eggs are the bomb.

We're contemplating getting a couple of goats for milk and meat.
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oh, can you confirm this guide then?
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My Mom has like 21 chickens which is too damn many. We get like 18 eggs a day. I honestly don't know what she does with them all but she has people that take them. I always take the freshest ones though, because I have to feed the damn things half the time and I'm not doing that to eat old eggs.
 
Borzak

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So I had poached eggs for breakfast. Anyone else enjoy poached eggs? The few times I've mentioned it to people they act like it's super exotic way to fix an egg. It's easier than scrambling an egg to me. Put water in bottom of pan, put the cups in, break eggs in cup. Wait a few minutes and then eat.
 
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Poached eggs are fantastic. I don't know why people don't eat them more often and they are easy to make. Alton Brown has a video on them that is foolproof and you can pretty much make them perfect every time. Just about my favorite breakfast is a piece of toast with a sausage patty on top of it and two poached eggs on top of that. Then if you want to get fancy you can put hollandaise over it. I've always thought eggs benedict was better with sausage than ham, but even without the sauce just having the sausage and toast soaked in egg yolks is wonderful.
 
Borzak

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I've always just cooked them in a cheap egg poacher. Pretty sure I paid less than $20 for it.

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Lanx

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Borzak_sl said:
So I had poached eggs for breakfast. Anyone else enjoy poached eggs? The few times I've mentioned it to people they act like it's super exotic way to fix an egg. It's easier than scrambling an egg to me. Put water in bottom of pan, put the cups in, break eggs in cup. Wait a few minutes and then eat.
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doesn't a splash of vingar help set the egg quicker?

Julia Child had a way w/o vingar, boil water, put a pin sized hole in egg, drop egg in water for 10s, take it out, wait a few secs then crack into water like normal.

btw i don't like poached, i like mine double fried, w/ the crust dinner style. preferably over some ramen, i'm fucked w/o my cast iron pan.
 
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Borzak_sl said:
So I had poached eggs for breakfast. Anyone else enjoy poached eggs? The few times I've mentioned it to people they act like it's super exotic way to fix an egg. It's easier than scrambling an egg to me. Put water in bottom of pan, put the cups in, break eggs in cup. Wait a few minutes and then eat.
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I'm exclusively poached

Served on toast with franks hot saws
 
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lanx_sl said:
doesn't a splash of vingar help set the egg quicker?

Julia Child had a way w/o vingar, boil water, put a pin sized hole in egg, drop egg in water for 10s, take it out, wait a few secs then crack into water like normal.

btw i don't like poached, i like mine double fried, w/ the crust dinner style. preferably over some ramen, i'm fucked w/o my cast iron pan.
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I use like a tbsp on vinegar when I poach. Only put enough water in the pan to cover the egg. Bring to a boil. Swirl the water before dropping dem eggz.

Reduce heat to a simmer.
 
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