Domestic Conversation

[ann_leckie]

Me, sitting on the couch folding laundry. Mr. Leckie, bringing me another basket up from the laundry room.

Me: You know what I did yesterday? I poached eggs. Like, actually poached them without using any of those floating cup things, or a tray.

Mr Leckie (who is not much into cooking): What? How do you poach eggs?

Me: So, you boil water and then you just crack the egg and dump it in the water and if you’re, like, magic, it comes out as a nice round thing with a dippy yolk in the middle.

Mr. Leckie: (with a “don’t give me that crap, I didn’t fall off the turnip truck yesterday” look) That’s impossible.

Me: But I did it! And in theory, I could do it again. Except we’re almost out of eggs.

Mr Leckie: I’ll be right back.

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Bonus “I should have thought of that while he was still here” line,: “It’s not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they’re not much bigger than poached eggs.”

Mirrored from Ann Leckie.

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

There's an Italian restaurant near here that cracks eggs into a bowl, covers them in grated parmesan and then drops the result into a deep fat fryer for [not very long]. The result is deliciously crisp cheese coated poached eggs that they serve with fresh asparagus.

Mmmm.

Now I'm hungry.

[jazzfish]

if you're, like, magic

Near as I can tell, this is the key. I spent a couple of weeks getting really good at making a terrible eggy mess in the pot before I discovered those little floaty cup things.

[nwhyte]

When I was a lad we always poached eggs by just chucking them in the boiling water, and now that's my usual breakfast, lifted from the pan with a slotted spoon, placed on buttered toast - makes the commute to Brussels almost bearable!!!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

You definitely should have used the bullseye-womp-rats line on him.

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

Question for everyone here...?

So, do you still have to wash the pan afterwards, or does the water keep it clean?

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Mine always turned out messy that way, so you must have magic. Now, I just have an egg poaching pan. :)

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

So the takeaway is, you're magic! :D

[coneycat.livejournal.com]

On Masterchef the other week, one of the contestants revealed his secret (aside from fresh eggs) includes a splash of vinegar in the water, and singing the first verse of "Amazing Grace" three times to get the timing. One day I may try this. (I've never had a complete poached-egg disaster, but I like the yolks cooked solid so my timing is all weird anyway.)