How do you like your poached eggs? Perfect we hope and this little gadget from OXO does the job just right
Once done they were inverted over my golden toasted Mother’s Pride bread and a perfect dome of white was ready to be punctured by my eager little knife, allowing the golden yolk to run out over my plate. Bliss it was to be alive on a Sunday morning, with Ed’Stewpot’ Stewart on the radio.
Fast forward a few years well, decades actually, and you find me standing over a pan of simmering vinegared water that I’ve just stirred rapidly to create a whirlpool and I’m gently sliding an egg into the centre of the vortex.
Except of course nine times out of ten the bloody egg breaks or all the white flies away. I don’t need that kind of trauma at breakfast, who does?
So enter OXO and their Good Grips Egg Poacher. It’s pure genius. You put the half with the holes into a pan and add water up to the’neck’. When the water is boiling gently you crack an egg into the top half and it slides down to the submerged section.
Then you wait.
It’s made from silicone, so it’s pretty much indestructible and definitely dishwasher safe, and you can fold one half over over for storage as it’s so flexible.
They are usually sold as pairs so partners can share in the goodness.
It’s a briliantly simple idea, although, some days, I have to say I do miss my old igloo and even Ed Stewart.
Buy the OXO Good Grips Egg Poacher at Lakeland, Amazon and John Lewis among others at around £12 the pair