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It will also save you buying a camper van Julia! :-D

Julia, we haven't done scrags in a pan since we inherited a neuker.
What a huge difference with the washing up :-D :-D :-D

At one time, the OH would only eat and 'easy-over', now, as I have him in training, he likes a 'sunny-side-up'

Only been training him for 35 years.

I don't like anyone breaking my yolk.

Julia in Derbyshire.

PS. Island I am going to try that at home, instead of in the camper. It will save getting the scrambled egg of the pan. LOLOL

Prickles, if I'm served an egg with any hint of runnyness I'm off them for weeks. runny eggs make me gag. :-0 :-|

Never had a pickled egg. They sound like a cause of lower hiccups :-0 ;-)

Roy, I've never understood why anyone would want to boil an egg without the shell :-D
You can't make omelets without breaking eggs though :-D

Break the egg into the bag, add a dash of milk and seasoning.
Seal the bag with a clippit, squeeze yolk to break it then a shake to mix.
Lower into boiling water to cook.

The only egg i don't like is a pickled one! :-S

And if someone serves me an egg with a broken yolk....it brings on one of me tantrums! :-|

I love poached eggs and I have never had a wrong one, I use the egg poachers from Lakeland Ann.

Caz

Is a egg cooked in a bag not just a boiled egg?

Roy

i have never ate a poached egg nor a pasty in my life

How do you do that then?

I bought some freeze/boil bags a while back to use in the camper. They are great for making scrambled eggs/omelets.
Oddly, the idea got a very different response to today :-S :-D

AnnCardiff, I have tried those, and cannot get on with them.

Sharron, had to give up eating that years ago. I'd be straight to A&E. The OH likes it though, and would eat it till it came out the top of head. But I won't cook it for him. LOLOL

Julia in Derbyshire

Lakeand sell little poaching cups - brilliant

I am not very good at cooking eggs and just might invest in some of those bags.

You mentioned having breakfast out.We do that sometimes and I realize now that it is the only time I ever eat fried bread. Just wouldn't think to cook it at home but I love it with fried egg when we are out.

I bought them in Dun Elm. They were being promoted near the till area.

You get your pan of water on the boil, and meanwhile stand one of the poaching bags in a jug for support, whilst cracking the egg into it. Then, pinching the top together, you transfer it to the pan. It did say cook for 6 mins., but this is a little too long for me. When taking the pouches out of the pan, use some tongues as they are hot to handle.
I really do treasure a nice runny egg. I think this goes back to the post war days, when many things were still on ration where we lived, and a nice egg for tea was a treat.
I am not very keen on the white, though can manage it in a mashed up hard boiled egg. And of course, when whipped up together for omellete, scrambled eggs etc. My father is the same.


Julia in Derbyshire

oh i love eggs, any way,
an can cook poached ad boiled eggs perfect :-D :-D :-D

Sounds good Julia. I have never mastered the eggs in a saucepan of water way of poaching. Always use a poacher, but can actually achieve a runny yolk using the microwave poachers. Did have a couple of 'accidents' when the microwave was splattered with little bits of egg. However have also done that with boiled eggs and decoarated the ceiling!!!

I too always prefer a runny yolk and 'sulk' if I have a breakfast out and they overcook the egg. Luckily OH doesn't mind so we are to be seen swapping our eggs quite frequently. :-D :-D

my brother thought I'd gone mad when I gave him a kipper boiled in a bag

:-D

Thanks Julia ,i will look out for them,Fred. :-)

Now I just love 'em. Come to that, I like all ways of cooking an egg, so long as it has a runny yolk.
But, I can never get me poached eggs right, and I can't stand the mess. No, I do not need any hints and tips for the perfect poached egg, because I have tried them all.
Then on Saturday I bought a packet of 'Poachies', revolutionary egg poaching bags. They were a packet of 20 for £1.99.
So yesterday tea time I had a go at using them, and wallah, a perfect Poached Egg, without the mess.

Julia in Derbyshire