Do You Need a Dedicated Egg Poaching Pan? You Can Do This!
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Kino
Hey Mr. Host if you are listening, I thought you were pretty objective. If I understood you correctly, you were marginally leaning towards the traditional poach. I think people would understand you more if you used phrasing such as I think, in my opinion or you can be more direct with something like Hey I really like this kitchen tool, but it didn't really poach it. While I won't use it myself, I see myself recommending this to someone else easily but it didn't really poach the egg. Seems unfair if I choose it for poach eggs. Then maybe recommend it to someone who can really make use of it. This one, you can easily recommend it for a lot of people. I can cook a lot of things but I still can't get poaching right, this is a decent enough alternative. Maybe it's good for people who like having other people over for food. It's convenient to use. It has its niche and I think your varied audience will appreciate you more if you elaborate. Best of luck! :D
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Hey Mr. Host if you are listening, I thought you were pretty objective. If I understood you correctly, you were marginally leaning towards the traditional poach. I think people would understand you more if you used phrasing such as I think, in my opinion or you can be more direct with something like Hey I really like this kitchen tool, but it didn't really poach it. While I won't use it myself, I see myself recommending this to someone else easily but it didn't really poach the egg. Seems unfair if I choose it for poach eggs. Then maybe recommend it to someone who can really make use of it. This one, you can easily recommend it for a lot of people. I can cook a lot of things but I still can't get poaching right, this is a decent enough alternative. Maybe it's good for people who like having other people over for food. It's convenient to use. It has its niche and I think your varied audience will appreciate you more if you elaborate. Best of luck! :D
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InTheNameOfJustice
You have to understand that what is traditional for you, may be completely the opposite for what is traditional for another. I was born in the 1950s for example and the egg poacher was in every home. So for us, THAT is traditional and the messy, inconsistent, almost hit and miss method of dropping an egg into a pan full of boiling water and hoping it doesn't burst and then fishing it out from under the scummy water would be a huge no no. A poacher gave consistent, well presented and clean results every time and if you got one with aluminium cups instead of nasty plastic, they did not stick either. What is more, they did not taste of vinegar either, just eggs.
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You have to understand that what is traditional for you, may be completely the opposite for what is traditional for another. I was born in the 1950s for example and the egg poacher was in every home. So for us, THAT is traditional and the messy, inconsistent, almost hit and miss method of dropping an egg into a pan full of boiling water and hoping it doesn't burst and then fishing it out from under the scummy water would be a huge no no. A poacher gave consistent, well presented and clean results every time and if you got one with aluminium cups instead of nasty plastic, they did not stick either. What is more, they did not taste of vinegar either, just eggs.
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Fennec
I don't get it. It doesn't poach eggs, it steams them. It's an egg steamer. Which is cool. Steamed eggs are great. Just there's no reason to compare an egg steamer to poaching eggs as if they do the same thing. One couldn't be considered better than the other, they are two completely different ways to prepare eggs. Maybe there are plenty of devices you could use to prepare poached eggs in a less traditional way, but a steamer is not one of them, that's just a different method of preparing eggs: steaming.
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I don't get it. It doesn't poach eggs, it steams them. It's an egg steamer. Which is cool. Steamed eggs are great. Just there's no reason to compare an egg steamer to poaching eggs as if they do the same thing. One couldn't be considered better than the other, they are two completely different ways to prepare eggs. Maybe there are plenty of devices you could use to prepare poached eggs in a less traditional way, but a steamer is not one of them, that's just a different method of preparing eggs: steaming.
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Carlotta
What a great comparison. I purchased a quite expensive poached egg pan and used it for the first time this morning. I agree with the white part of the Egg being a little more rubbery than a traditional poached egg in water using vinegar and salt. But for somebody that doesnt know how to use the method of vinegar and salt and water the poached egg pan works well for me. Thank you for such a great demonstration between the town
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What a great comparison. I purchased a quite expensive poached egg pan and used it for the first time this morning. I agree with the white part of the Egg being a little more rubbery than a traditional poached egg in water using vinegar and salt. But for somebody that doesnt know how to use the method of vinegar and salt and water the poached egg pan works well for me. Thank you for such a great demonstration between the town
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James
he was obviously biased the whole time. I'd probably agree with just the pan but he did it wrong, there was no swirl in the water, which would have kept a lot of the whites from going away. it takes a little more time to do them one at a time, however it would be the ultimate way to poach the egg. Aside from that, the poacher is more efficient and great for mass producing if you're making a family meal.
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he was obviously biased the whole time. I'd probably agree with just the pan but he did it wrong, there was no swirl in the water, which would have kept a lot of the whites from going away. it takes a little more time to do them one at a time, however it would be the ultimate way to poach the egg. Aside from that, the poacher is more efficient and great for mass producing if you're making a family meal.
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Robert
I have one of those pans. It works pretty much as a host says, but one thing that we like to do with it is scramble the egg and add seasoning, cheese and a little bacon, and then poach them in the pan. And that makes a lovely breakfast. Cleaning the cups is a bit of a chore though, so all in all I'd stick with the traditional pan.
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I have one of those pans. It works pretty much as a host says, but one thing that we like to do with it is scramble the egg and add seasoning, cheese and a little bacon, and then poach them in the pan. And that makes a lovely breakfast. Cleaning the cups is a bit of a chore though, so all in all I'd stick with the traditional pan.
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Adam
Ok. Cling film. Tea cup (the rounded kind. Make bowl of film. Crack in egg. Draw sides up and seal with tight rubberband. drop in simmering water. 3 min. place in ice bath. remove cling film. Perfect poached eggs, no fuss. and you can make as many as you can fit in the pan at once. For a lot less than the cost of that steamer.
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Ok. Cling film. Tea cup (the rounded kind. Make bowl of film. Crack in egg. Draw sides up and seal with tight rubberband. drop in simmering water. 3 min. place in ice bath. remove cling film. Perfect poached eggs, no fuss. and you can make as many as you can fit in the pan at once. For a lot less than the cost of that steamer.
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Trace
History of the egg McMuffin, the creator (I cant remember his name) wanted to sell a cheaper sandwich flavor of eggs Benedict so thats what he came up with. He steamed the eggs hard in a cup to simulate poached eggs and added cheese for the bite hollandaise gives and buttered the muffin for the creaminess
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History of the egg McMuffin, the creator (I cant remember his name) wanted to sell a cheaper sandwich flavor of eggs Benedict so thats what he came up with. He steamed the eggs hard in a cup to simulate poached eggs and added cheese for the bite hollandaise gives and buttered the muffin for the creaminess
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Al
You just can't replace poaching an egg properly with any kind of special mould or equipment. It'll never be the same. It's bound to be useful to those who struggle with poaching but robs you of the satisfaction or a perfectly poached egg! You don't need anything else but a pan, an egg, water & vinegar!
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You just can't replace poaching an egg properly with any kind of special mould or equipment. It'll never be the same. It's bound to be useful to those who struggle with poaching but robs you of the satisfaction or a perfectly poached egg! You don't need anything else but a pan, an egg, water & vinegar!
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David
I'm not necessarily arguing in favor of this doohickey, but I'm wondering: Is there any reason that you couldn't use the pan and lid from this thing as a normal cooking vessel, without the egg cups and their rack? Is this actually a unitasker, or simply an multipurpose pan with a handy attachment?
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I'm not necessarily arguing in favor of this doohickey, but I'm wondering: Is there any reason that you couldn't use the pan and lid from this thing as a normal cooking vessel, without the egg cups and their rack? Is this actually a unitasker, or simply an multipurpose pan with a handy attachment?
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