"Poached egg" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a poached egg is for the yelk to be seen blushing through the white, which should only be just sufficiently hardened, to form a transparent veil for ...
— The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual • William Kitchiner
... it was only a poached egg and some toast. But she didn't seem very hungry, and though she felt sort of joyously well at heart her body was tired and she lay on the couch to rest. The doctor found her quiet and there was a whimsical light playing over his face ...
— A Modern Cinderella • Amanda M. Douglas
... for her on her birthday. The nurse takes the kid out ostensibly to get a breather, and they beat it down here. If you want an instance of the irony of fate, Bertie, get acquainted with this. Here's the first commission I have ever had to paint a portrait, and the sitter is that human poached egg that has butted in and bounced me out of my inheritance. Can you beat it! I call it rubbing the thing in to expect me to spend my afternoons gazing into the ugly face of a little brat who to all intents and purposes has ...
— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... Cornetta Mush. Poached Egg on Whole-Wheat Toast. Sterilized Stewed Apples—Zephyrettes. Cup of Somnolina. (A beverage from which everything pleasant and harmful has been extracted by ...
— Ladies-In-Waiting • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... those that are new laid are so milky, that, take all the care you can, your cooking of them will seldom procure you the praise of being a prime poacher. You must have fresh eggs, or it is equally impossible. The beauty of a poached egg is for the yolk to be seen blushing through the white, which should only be just sufficiently hardened to form a transparent veil for the egg. Have some boiling water in a teakettle; pass as much of it through a clean cloth as will half fill a stewpan; break the egg into a cup, and ...
— A Poetical Cook-Book • Maria J. Moss |
