Perfect Eggs

I've always passed over recipes for snooty, froo--froo eggs, which of course, Martha has in her cookbook. Poached. Soft Boiled. Coddled. Seems a fancy vessel is required... how silly is that?

For whatever reason, we tried the Poached Eggs with Smoked Ham (though we had it with Canadian ham). I love runny fried eggs with buttered toast. This was the grand-daddy of runny eggs and toast. I didn't know eggs without the pan grease (or butter) could be so much better. Poached eggs are simply dropped in hot water and you scoop them out with a slotted spoon. It's pretty easy as long as don't crowd the pan.

Now I'm going to have to try coddled eggs. :-)

Rating: great