Perfectly Poached Eggs

I love the internet. Anything I ever want to make is but a quick google search away. This morning I wanted to try poaching eggs in my very own kitchen, without an egg poacher. I have had poached eggs in restaurants before (specifically at The Original Pancake House, yummm!!! their waffles are absolute HEAVEN), but I had never attempted to do it myself before, so I enlisted the assistance of google, of course. Google led me to this wikihow. Who knew that the secret to poached eggs is a dash of vinegar in the water? Well, now I do! My poached eggs came out perfectly, soft and delicious.

As a side note, these were the expensive, $3.69/dozen organic eggs. My inner Ebenezer Scrooge always cringes a bit when I buy these eggs, seeing those 89-cent ones right next door, but thinking of the nasty chicken house in Food, Inc. quickly sets me back on the right path. It is definitely worth a couple extra dollars to support the organic chicken farmers instead of the Tyson/Big Food factory farmers and their appalling treatment of chickens. I believe in voting with my dollar and in this case I feel it's worth every penny! And my poached eggs could not have been tastier. Unless I had made my toast in time to have with them...

Thanks to the organic farmers and distributor and the wonderful, amazing internet with its google and wiki goodness for bringing me this excellent breakfast. Next time I just have to remember to put the toast in while the water's boiling! Oh well, live and learn... and buy organic!