To Poach an Egg

Ingredients

• One Egg
• One pint of Water
• One teaspoonful of Salt
• Two or three drops of Lemon-juice

Method

1. 1

   Put the water, salt and lemon-juice into a stewpan, and bring to the boil.

2. 2

   Break the egg carefully into the boiling water.

3. 3

   Keep the pan simmering till the white is quite set, about a minute and a half.

4. 4

   Take it gently up with a slice, cut away the ragged edges, and serve on toast with slices of ham or bacon, or on spinach.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Artizan recipes (1896) by Clarke, Charles Mrs, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Poach an Egg. Ingredients. One Egg. One pint of Water. One teaspoonful of Salt. Two or three drops of Lemon-juice

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