Is there a special name to putting a little water in with your eggs and covering it... steam cooking it on the top?

Hello h:

It's called basted.

excon

Right on. Thanks.

Hello again, h:

Now you can order 'em in a restaurant.

excon

Well I like making them that way, just couldn't remember what they were called. Gives it a nice texture.

Darnit, I actually new this one, but Exy beat me to it.

I myself prefer sunny side up, or scrambled with a bit of bacon and cheese. Mmmm.

Now I'm hungry. :(

I'm hooked on eating these basted eggs over a pancake.

I'm hooked on eating these basted eggs over a pancake.

With syrup, or without?

Ya, it sounds gross, but a basted egg, over a pancake, with syrup. Nom, nom, nom. :)

No, I'm not pregnant. ;)

Haha... "nom nom nom". Actually I haven't used syrup with the eggs on top... I just make sure I butter the heck out of it before I lay that egg on.

Haha..."nom nom nom". Actually I haven't used syrup with the eggs on top...I just make sure I butter the heck out of it before I lay that egg on.

You should try the syrup. I know the thought of syrup on an egg is gross, but with the pancake, it really works. Of course you need the right syrup. Not Aunt Jemima, but real maple syrup. :)

Oh, I swore off "yucky syrup" years ago. My real maple syrup doesn't last long at all... I'll walk by the fridge and take a swig every now and again ;) Real maple syrup goes good on anything... anything breakfasty anyway.

I thought it was called poached?

Hello again,

Take it, Alty.

excon

Hello again,

Take it, alty.

excon

Do I have to.

Poached and basted are similar. The difference is small. Basted is in a frying pan, add a bit of water, a bit of butter, then cover. Once done it looks like a sunny side up egg with white covering the yolk.

Poached is cooked in water, usually in little metal rings made especially for poaching an egg. When it's done the yolk is still yellow. It's basically steaming an egg to cook it lightly.

How'd I do Exy?

I just want to add, I'm not a pro on basting and poaching. Like I said before, I like my eggs sunny side or scrambled. I never cook them basted or poached, so don't take my word as egg gospel. ;)

Poached is cooked in water, usually in little metal rings made especially for poaching an egg. When it's done the yolk is still yellow. It's basically steaming an egg to cook it lightly.

How'd I do Exy? Hello again, Alty:

You did great. I've never used those poaching rings, though. I think they basically steam the eggs which isn't technically poached.

In the restaurant, or even at home, I just break the eggs in a couple of inches of gently boiling water - enough to cover the tops of the eggs. I swirl the water first so they don't stick to the bottom. A couple drops of vinegar in the water will keep the whites together. Take them out with a slotted spoon after three minutes. They're beautiful.

excon

I do like poached eggs. Yesss sir ee, nothing better then a paoched egg on an English muffin with some hollindaise sauce.

Ooooo... hollindaise sauce... haven't had that in awhile... never made it myself though.

My hollandaise sauce comes out of a pouch. Add water, butter, and cook for 5 minutes, and voilà. Love it.

We pour it over asparagus. Really yummy, and really the only way I'll eat asparagus. ;)

I prefer honey to maple syrup.

But real maple syrup is tha bomb. And I bet you can get some reeeeally good local stuff in Canada...

EDIT: I can't have hollandaise anymore because I found out I'm lactose intolerant. *cry*

No hollandaise sauce? :eek:

Yup, we get some really yummy maple syrup here in Canada. Too many to choose from. Sad thing is, my kids prefer Aunt Jemima. :(

Hopefully they'll grow out of this. But what can you expect from people that think that Kraft macaroni and cheese is a gourmet meal? ;)

They'll grow out of it, I promise!

I know this because I used to be just like them on both counts. Now I make my own homemade baked mac and cheese (OMG so good, I'll get you a recipe if you want. Though I can't have THAT anymore either because of the whole "cheese" thing) AND I eat the good syrup or honey.

Kraft and "lite" syrup seriously taste like cardboard and diet soda to me nowadays. I used to gobble that stuff down like I it was my last meal.