Went to Target today to find an egg poacher. Actually, I already have one, but it’s somewhere down in the storage place that most people call a garage. While looking for it I found a cocoa maker, a toaster oven, two microwave ovens, a blender, a shushi maker, and an expresso machine. I guess a garage is really meant to store cars, but, I drive my car every day, so why should I store it? I keep it out where I can find it. Otherwise, it might get lost, just like my egg poacher. Didn’t find an egg poacher at Target, but I did find a Yonana machine. I saw one on Dr. Oz the other day, so, now, it is in my kitchen, and may be soon coming to a garage near me.
I did try it with some frozen bananas, blueberries, and strawberries I had on hand, and the results were pretty good. I will have to experiment some more. Might be a nice substitute for ice cream.
In fact, you can get quite a bit of extra exercise poaching your eggs the old-fashioned Julia Childs' way! What you do is:
ReplyDeleteFill a 2 1/2 stock pot one-third with water and heat to a slow boil.
Reduce the heat to just below boiling.
With a wide wooden spoon, rotate the water into a whirlpool.
Gently slide an egg in the vortex. (It helps to have it ready in a small dish.)
Keep your whirlpool going!
If necessary, nudge the outer portion of your egg a bit to keep it formed with the center mass.
If the egg sticks to the bottom, slide a spatula under it (delicately.)
In three to four minutes (or less), you’ll have a complete mess swirling in the pot, unacceptable for human ingestion--unless you have an infant beginning solid food.
Repeat the steps above until you’re out of eggs or tempted to run off to McDonalds for one of everything on their breakfast menu.
Peel a banana & have some yogurt with it (you’re right, that Greek stuff is really good), and add up the calories burned with all that swirling and egg retrieving stooping at the refrigerator.