# Tell me about poached eggs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-poached-eggs/422114>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-poached-eggs/422114 "2007-10-09T16:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-poached-eggs/422114/21 "2007-10-11T13:03:01Z")

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Drape cling film in a tea cup. Put egg in. Gather film at the top. Simmer in water. You don’t get those wispy bits a real poached egg has, but at least the damn thing stays together.

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