Victor Sack wrote:
[snip]
> Yes. Egg coddling is generally considered ancient and outdated,
which
> is also true of soft boiling eggs. Both have now been supplanted by
the
> recently discovered poaching, which is an ultra-modern cooking method
> using nuclear power.
>
Well, actually, poaching uses both nukeular and hydro power, as you
swirl the poaching water with a fork to create a little whirlpool to
drop the egg into.

Years ago in New England, diners served "dropped eggs," which I think
were poached eggs that were dropped into deeper water than a poacher.
Fished them out with a sieve-type slotted spoon and plopped them onto
an English muffin.

Guilty secret: I like to tear well-buttered bread into pieces, put in
a bowl and add soft-boiled eggs, then mush the whole concoction
together. Never could get into that egg cup thing.

-aem