Teach A Boy To Crack and Egg, and He’s Fed For Life
Posted on October 10th, 2008 by SusieJ
While his big brothers are away at school, the boy, who believes brown eggs are chocolate, and I spend our mornings together cooking ourselves a feast. Because Eggs Are So Incredible and Edible, we began by mastering the poached egg. It’s our specialty: The Circle Egg Sandwich. (Recipe follows.)
Yes, this was his first try at poaching, and he ate all three eggs.
In honor of World Egg Day, Friday, October 10, and the inspiration of the Parent Bloggers Network, find a friend and share a circle egg sandwich. Because,
if you give a boy an egg, you’ve fed him for a day; teach him how to crack an egg, and he’s fed for life.
How To Make A Circle Egg Sandwich
You will need:.
- Egg Poacher
- Water
- Eggs
- Salt
- Bread
- Glass for cutting the bread
- Butter
- Fill the bottom part of the sauce pan with 3 inches of water. Add some salt and vinegar and bring the water to boil.
- Carefully crack the eggs, and drop them into the egg poaching inserts. You can add a pinch of salt to the eggs.
- Once the water starts to boil, turn down the heat so that the water is simmering.
Carefully put the poaching insert on top of the sauce pan of boiling water. Put the lid on so the eggs will cook. - We like a firm yolk, so the egg will cook for about four minutes.
- Meanwhile, use a glass to cut your bread into the shape of a circle.
- After toasting your circles, you can butter your bread. (Always nice to let the butter pop across the table as you do this.)
- Lift the cover of the egg poacher, and check to see if the yolk is the way you like it.
- Use a spoon to gently lift the egg out of the poacher, and slide onto your circle egg toast.
- Top with the other piece of circle toast and enjoy.
[...] a good cooked egg. He loves them so much, that he can now poach his own egg. He’s five. Click here to watch him. Be sure to note, that he perfectly poaches three eggs — and doesn’t even break a [...]