Poached Eggs
From Observatory
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- Directions
1.
Fill a frying-pan half full of hot water, and set it over the fire.
2.
Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to the water, and let it barely simmer.
3.
Break the eggs, one at a time, into a saucer, and slip each egg into the water in the frying-pan.
4.
With a spoon dip up the water and pour it over the eggs while they are cooking.
5.
Cook from three to five minutes, and serve on slices of hot buttered toast, which should be made before poaching the eggs.
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