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How not to poach an egg

On January 23, 2010 / By tania / In Cooking, Food, Living / No Comments

I was feeling a bit adventurous one day, so I decided that it would be the day I’d try poached eggs. Not try eating them — I’ve had them a few times at restaurants, and I really liked them — but cooking them. From what I’ve heard and read, they’re a bit trickier than, say, boiled eggs, so as with any enterprise with the potential for disaster, I took photos.

Egg #1:
First I boiled some water, adding a dash of white vinegar.
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Then I cracked an egg into a ramekin which was oven/microwave safe, so I figured it will be ok in boiling water.
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After the water boiled, I let it cool down to simmering, then dropped the ramekin containing the egg into the pan.
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Apparently my eggs weren’t very fresh, the whites dispersed immediately.
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Still, I finished cooking it.
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This was the result. Fail. I ate it anyway. It was still a good egg.
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As you can see from how runny it is, I fear no salmonella.

Egg #2
So next, I thought I’d try another tactic — plastic wrap! I lined a ramekin with plastic cling-wrap.
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Then I cracked an egg into it.
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Then I tied the plastic wrap into a pouch with the egg inside, leaving some room for expansion and whatnot, then dropped it in a pan of simmering water.
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This was the result. Less of a fail, but fail nevertheless. It was also still good, so I ate it.
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Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be going back to boiled egg and oatmeal for breakfast.

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Coffee, black

On February 13, 2009 / By tania / In Cooking, Drink, Food / 2 Comments
First off, I’m not one of those purists who think that coffee should only be drunk black. The ones who say that if you add milk and/or sugar, it’s no longer coffee. That’s silly. It’s like saying that if you butter your toast, you’re not actually eating bread. Anyway. I’ve decided to start weaning myself
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Lunch, and other things I ate today

On February 2, 2009 / By tania / In Cooking, Food / No Comments
In lieu of posting anything deeply philosophical, I give you the things I ate today. Lunch was penne with chicken and tomatoes, one of the few edible entrées I can make on my own. Leche flan for dessert. I used ramekins this time, instead of the usual tin molds. We had dinner at Tiendesitas tonight,
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Tweets for Today – Prep for party

On January 10, 2009 / By tania / In Cooking / No Comments
22:54 Argh. I stepped on another plastic hairband again. And it was my purple one too. #%$#!!! # 23:04 Been to four polls, and the only one with blogs I read is the science category. Apparently, I am not cool bit.ly/2X7HX8 # 23:06 Gaiman minions, go vote for Neil: bit.ly/162OnC . # 01:34 I need
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Party in your mouth

On January 6, 2009 / By tania / In Cooking / No Comments
While baking apples still abound in the shelves of TinyMall (TM), I hereby declare that everything I bake will have apples in them: Apple cookies. Apple muffins. Of course you can’t taste them from where you are. Just so you know, they’re like a party in your mouth.
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Tweets for Today – Baking things

On December 21, 2008 / By tania / In Cooking / No Comments
00:41 Baking. Doing meringue now. What the *bleep* am i supposed to do with this dozen leftover egg yolks now? # 01:09 Stuff wasted so far: 1 package pudding mix, 6 eggs, 2 cups milk. (That’s nearly a whole pie! Grrr. I hate waste.) # 04:22 If these cookies don’t turn out right, I will
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Tweets for Today – No eggs

On December 20, 2008 / By tania / In Cooking / No Comments
03:07 Damnit, I’m out of eggs. I guess no cookies are gonna be made tonight. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
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Tweets for Today – Still about food

On December 19, 2008 / By tania / In Cooking / No Comments
15:21 Fixing lunch. # 23:42 I have this overwhelming desire to make cookies. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
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