Learning something new…

I saw a very easy way to cook poached eggs on a Youtube video, not this one but it was something quite similar except that the guy was cooking around 10 poached eggs at one go.

I decided to give it a try so I filled two bowls with a bit of water and broke two eggs into them, one each…

…and promptly put them in the steamer to steam.

In the meantime, I went on to prepare all the things I intended to have for breakfast. I toasted two slices of bread on a grilled pan, buttered them and sliced some tomato thinly to place on top. Then, I pan-grilled one gourmet sausage and a few slices of smoked bacon and once the eggs were ready, I placed them on top of the toasts…

…and sat down to enjoy my scrumptious meal.

Now, where did I go wrong? Firstly, it was not that easy getting the eggs out of the bowls and I was not careful in doing that – that was why the eggs ended up looking like a total disgrace! I even dropped one topside down and had to salvage it! Besides, I went and did all the other things I had to do and forgot to keep time so the egg yolks were overdone…

If you take a look at the video clip, it seems that we are supposed to steam over medium heat for 3-5 minutes only in order to get those beautiful runny to moist yolks. I must keep that in mind for the next time I do it this way again.

Well, even though the eggs did not look all that presentable and the yolks were not exactly the way I would have loved them, I sure enjoyed my breakfast…

…that morning. That looks kind of over-indulgent, don’t you think? Never mind! We do need to pamper ourselves once in a while…especially at my age. LOL!!!