why don't people like poached eggs?

[BBQJOE]

I'll tell you who doesn't like poached eggs: Line cooks.
I hated people who ordered them.

Unless you know exactly how many minutes you wanted them poached for, and even then they're a pain in the kiester.
In the restaurant biz, you never know how old an egg is. An older egg when cracked into the water will just dissipate, leaving the yolk intact, but whites just go everywhere, so you have to stop and start over.
Some people will send them back because they're too runny, or not runny enough. And again, you have to start over. This is a real deal breaker when you have a bunch of tickets hanging on the wheel that you need to get to.

So when you're sitting in Denny's on a Sunday morning wondering why your breakfast is taking so long, it might just be because some jerk in front of you ordered poached eggs.

 

[trudyg]

I love poached eggs. But, I've never been able to make one that didn't leave stringy white in the pan for me to clean up. Yuck. Would it work if I separated the yolk out for the white and just poached the yolk? Love it warm and runny!

 

[BBQJOE]

I love poached eggs. But, I've never been able to make one that didn't leave stringy white in the pan for me to clean up. Yuck. Would it work if I separated the yolk out for the white and just poached the yolk? Love it warm and runny!

That's what I'm talking about.
I've seen where a little vinegar in the water helps prevent the white from dissipating, but then you have an egg with a vinegar flavor.
It's much easier to just soft boil an egg.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I love poached eggs i need to cook come tomorrow i havent had one in forever. I been obessed with bacon (chopped), fried potatoe cubes( cooked in bacon fat) scrabbled eggs, jalopeno and cheese so good!!

 

[N F C]

I love poached eggs i need to cook come tomorrow i havent had one in forever. I been obessed with bacon (chopped), fried potatoe cubes( cooked in bacon fat) scrabbled eggs, jalopeno and cheese so good!!

My husband made something very similar this morning for breakfast. Poached egg served over fried diced potatoes and sausage (he had cheese on his). It was great!

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Lol yeah it so good!! My dad calls it cowboy breakfast. I cant get enough of eggs my husband says i am addicted.

 

[Hholly]

I like poached eggs just fine. But making them is tricky compared to fried.

 

[iawoodchip]

@shortgrass Silly girl, you don't boil the water and then add the egg - that will give you a really bad egg drop soup. You bring the water to a simmer - no big bubbles - and adjust the heat so it stays at a simmer.

I grew up with eggs over easy, fried in bacon grease. Loved the brown lace around the edges! I think it was extra special because that was just one of the few meals that my dad would make for us.

Is it just me or does the bacon from the store not produce the same "bacon grease" that it used to?

Different curing and smoking systems make all the difference in the world how the bacon grease sets up or tastes. There's not too many old time smokehouses around anymore.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Different curing and smoking systems make all the difference in the world how the bacon grease sets up or tastes. There's not too many old time smokehouses around anymore.

I just saw a segment on this on a TV show - they were taste testing grocery store bacon and explained the different ways of "smoking" bacon. It turns out the brand DH and I decided we liked was one of the few that are still actually smoked using actual wood.

 

[MeepBeep]

I'll tell you who doesn't like poached eggs: Line cooks.
I hated people who ordered them.
Unless you know exactly how many minutes you wanted them poached for, and even then they're a pain in the kiester.
In the restaurant biz, you never know how old an egg is. An older egg when cracked into the water will just dissipate, leaving the yolk intact, but whites just go everywhere, so you have to stop and start over.
Some people will send them back because they're too runny, or not runny enough. And again, you have to start over. This is a real deal breaker when you have a bunch of tickets hanging on the wheel that you need to get to.

So when you're sitting in Denny's on a Sunday morning wondering why your breakfast is taking so long, it might just be because some jerk in front of you ordered poached eggs.

 

I sympathies, and it's not just line cooks it's any cook that has to make them for a customer...

I don't have much 'line cook' experience but I do have some and I feel for all line cooks not a job I would want... What I do have experience with is working as a chef/cook for the Marriott corporation and doing a lot of fancy banquet style meals... One popular breakfast/luncheon menu item was eggs Benedict, and what a royal pain in the butt it was, we always had one chef/cook dedicated full time to making the poached eggs, and at the end of the day you end up tossing as many away as you served based on looks alone a royal pain...