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Doc Martin uses one to eat his poached egg. I think they might be more popular in Europe where portions are not super-sized.

I have an egg poacher pan but never use it. I prefer my eggs completely cooked.

My father always used one.

I think they went away with the first Salmonella scare involving eggs that were / are less than cooked through.

 

I don't see the point.

And how do you keep from getting the shell in it.

I'll just keep using my frying pan.

Yeah. I have enough to wash.

I don't get having 20 pieces of silverware at a place setting with 10 plates and glasses either.

I mean, yes, it's pretty. I've tried doing it. But I really don't care if I have to eat my entire meal with the same fork.

Lately I've been buying pre-cooked and shelled hard boiled eggs in the grocery store.

I used to fry eggs once in a while, but then I had to wash the frying pan.

Spouse used to hard boil eggs once in a while, but it took an hour her way, and then we had to get them out of their shells.

It may have been "together time", but it was not pleasant or fun.

 

I remember eating soft boiled eggs and poached eggs when I was younger, but never in a special cup.

put me in the camp of why just cause more dishes to need to be washed!

How often do you guys eat poached eggs?
Me, never.

I don't eat a lot of eggs. I'll grab a hard boiled egg at work just because it's easy.

flan327 wrote:

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I hate eggs.

(Just in case anyone forgot...)

flan

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 I will speak with your SS about that.

Tignanello wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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I hate eggs.

(Just in case anyone forgot...)

flan

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 I will speak with your SS about that.

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 Tease!

flan

eggs are really just a vessel for cheese and salt. . . .

Too late. I told your SS not to send you those. They have eggs in them.

Mellow Momma wrote:

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I like fried eggs, hard boiled eggs and scrambled eggs but poached eggs and soft boiled eggs make me gag.

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   DH likes his over easy.  I like mine over hard.  He always tells me I'm gross.

I love eggs, anyway you make them. I do eat poached eggs, but mostly only when I'm having eggs benedict, otherwise, soft boiled are easier.

I think I do soft boiled most often just because they're easy. Otherwise overeasy or in an egg sandwich.

ladyloonatic wrote:

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I love eggs, anyway you make them. I do eat poached eggs, but mostly only when I'm having eggs benedict, otherwise, soft boiled are easier.

I think I do soft boiled most often just because they're easy. Otherwise overeasy or in an egg sandwich.

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I thought that said: over greasy!  LOL 

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Lexxy wrote:

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I wouldn't eat a poached or soft boiled egg with a gun to my head.

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What if you were in a gun-free zone? 

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 Then I definitely wouldn't be eating nasty eggs.

OMG! Last night I arrive home to some microwave your egg container. I was like WTF? Stop watching the Home Shopping Network!

I tried to eat two boiled eggs today. I managed to eat one with the aid of a ton of salt and pepper. The other went in the trash.

scrambled, puffy omlettes, cheese and other good stuff omlettes

The hen sits on it.

Hello? I've pulled eggs from under chickens more than a few times.

Sometimes, you pick it up and the shell hasn't completely hardened yet.

Now that's fresh.

Believe it or not, the egg laying process for a chicken begins in its eye. Chickens lay eggs only after receiving a light cue, either from natural sunlight entering a coop or artificial light illuminating a commercial egg hatchery. The light stimulates a photo-receptive gland near the chicken's eye, which in turn triggers the release of an egg cell from the chicken's ovary.

Most chickens lay eggs on an almost daily basis, unlike some other egg-laying animals which only release an egg every thirty days or so. The chicken also releases a small disk of material which surrounds the egg cell and provides nutrition. The chicken's uterus also fills up with albumen, the viscous substance we know better as egg white.

Meanwhile, a membrane forms around the inside uterine wall, which seals in the egg cell, yolk and albumen. Eventually a mixture of water, salt and calcium surround this membrane and form a thin but structurally sturdy outer shell. This shell is molded in the shape of the uterine wall, thus giving a chicken's egg its distinctive shape. While in the uterus, the egg's narrower end points downward, but it will later turn and be ejected wider end first.
Once the egg has fully formed, the chicken's uterus begins to contract in an effort to expel it. The egg moves down a vaginal canal towards an external opening known as a vent. The vent is a common opening for both egg laying and waste elimination, but a chicken cannot perform both functions at the same time. An internal flap known as a cloaca keeps the vaginal canal and the intestinal track separate until either an egg or excrement reach the vent. When a chicken is laying an egg, the cloaca descends and blocks the intestinal track.

Once the egg passes the cloaca, it is carefully expelled through a series of muscular contractions which essentially turn the vaginal canal and cloaca inside out at one point. Eventually the egg is pushed out through the vent and ideally lands intact on the ground. Many chickens let out an audible cluck at this point, but designated egg layers rarely display any other maternal concern. These chickens lay eggs every 24 to 36 hours at the height of their productive years, so individual eggs rarely attract their attention.

Once a chicken lays a certain number of eggs, it may stop producing more eggs and go into a "brooding" stage, a maternal stage in which the mother will sit on her eggs until they hatch. In order to prevent egg layers from brooding, freshly laid eggs must be removed on a daily basis. Chickens lay eggs as long as they believe they need more to form a proper brood. The egg laying process continues whether or not a rooster provides enough sperm for fertilization. A chicken cannot tell if an individual egg has been successfully fertilized or not.

www.wisegeek.org/how-exactly-do-chickens-lay-eggs.htm

-- Edited by Lady Gaga Snerd on Saturday 17th of October 2015 08:25:35 AM

I just use a shot glass for soft boiled eggs.