[hellbannedguy]

Julia Child's tip on cooking a poached egg:

1. Poke a small hole with a pin in one side of egg.

2. Put the whole egg in boiling water for 10 seconds.

3. Remove egg, and run under cold water. (So you can handle it.)

4. Crack the egg back into the boiling water, and cook.

5. The poached egg comes out more uniform, and whole.

[oh_sigh]

Does it though? I found a video of Julia using this method, but there is also step 4.5 where you crack the egg into an egg poacher, which is designed to help keep the egg nicely shaped. Maybe it's just the egg poacher doing its job?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSnUmU509k