Perfect Poached Egg

I am about to head off to Haartbeespoort Dam to look after Carl Weldhagen's Bed and Breakfast - Khayamanzi [bookings@khayamanzi.co.za] - whilst he is taking a break from the hustle and bustle of this busy establishment. It is a beautiful BandB, each room delightfully decorated, super gardens and pool, fab outdoor area, big screens tvs, wireless connections and best of all, Carl serves up a breakfast feast to write home about - and he has 2 very charming huskies.

I also know that it is usually the simple things that trip you up - so I thought I would hone my egg cooking skills and look what I found on my google search: (dont get nervous now Carl)

Search Best Fried Eggs: 344,000 Sites - lots hey?


Search Best Scrambled Eggs: 3,250,000 Sites - can you believe it!!!

Search Best Poached Eggs: 1,600,000 Sites (haven't we got enough to do...)


At least I am not the only one who battles with Poached eggs (The scrambled egg results suprised me though).

With poached eggs I usually end up with eggy soup and it seems that so does everyone else despite claiming to have the perfect method for cooking them. But I did find a method on one of the sites that really, really works. I tested it yesterday afternoon and had my first perfect poached egg (some might argue it was actually coddled - but what the heck). With this method you also dont have to scrub a pan for half an hour getting rid of all the sticky gunky egg stuff - so this is what you do:

Line a tea cup with a largish piece of cling wrap. Break an egg into the cup and twist the cling wrap closed. Drop egg parcel into boiling water - time: depends on how you like your egg. Remove parcel with slotted spoon, open it up and hey presto - one cooked egg and clean pan. You can also use this method to precook eggs - put the parcel in the fridge and then just throw it back into boiling water for a minute or 2 the next day (eggs keep for 2 days like this in the fridge).

Enjoy