Would You Make Poached Eggs With Tap Water?

[Salerno]

5 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

You boil the water  before also.

Not when brushing teeth (and rinsing) no, straight from the tap.

[DefaultName]

I brush teeth, cook rice, pasta, potatoes, all in tap water.  So eggs, yes.

[Almer]

I wish now i had taken a photo, 3 months go i changed the bum gun due to poor output, new gun all's well, having nothing else to do i thought a trip inside it to see what makes it tick would fill an hour up, after destroying it to get inside i was shocked it was full of green algae hence the poor output.

So 3 months on and new gun this time with remove able nozzle has poor output, yep you guessed full of green algae, so would i use tap water for poached eggs, nope.

 

Our water comes straight from the mains not from a domestic tank.

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

I just brought a Microwave egg poacher from Lazada--- 190 Bt....... 60 seconds works great.

I bought one too, but from Rimping. No need to use water at all, except a drop in the container.

[IAMHERE]

I know of some people that crack the egg into a sealable sandwich bag and then poach it. Sprayed some nonstick inside the sandwich bag first they did.

[Oxx]

14 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

I know of some people that crack the egg into a sealable sandwich bag and then poach it. Sprayed some nonstick inside the sandwich bag first they did.

There's also a technique where you put a double layer of clingfilm into a ramekin, crack the egg into that, then lift up the edges of the clingfilm and twist them.  That should protect the egg from any nasties in the water.  It also produces a very neat looking egg.