How do you poach an egg without a poacher?

Answer 1

Hello, you can either poach an egg in a frying pan or a sauce pan. You half fill the pan with water and bring it to the boil. Crack the egg into the boiling water and cook to your liking. Hope i helped you.

Answer 2

The simplified Julia Child method of poaching an egg prevents the diffusion of the egg white into the water and allows a much neater end product. The steps:

• Boil water in a pan deep enough to cover the unshelled egg.
  
• Lower the unshelled egg into the pan on a slotted spoon for 10 to 15 seconds
  
• Remove from water and crack the egg ito the water and cook for 1 minute
  
• Remove cooked egg from water with slotted spoon and place on buttered toast.

The hot water bath for the egg-in-a-shell allows a thin layer of coagulated albumen to form next to (but not attached to) the shell/The Broken egg then falls in to the water in a slightly tougher envelope to hold the egg together wile it cooks.

Answer 3

throw it on the sidewalk on a hot summer's day

If you are in the country, a hot rock in bright sunlight will do just as well.

Answer 4

yes, you use de-natured alcohol