"poached" has a hunting context to me. Meaningless otherwise.

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Aug 14, 2019
2:52:35pm

The Dark Knight All-American

"poached" has a hunting context to me. Meaningless otherwise.

"Poached" is definitely not a self-evident term to everyone. Not to me at least.

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The Dark Knight

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Time

POLL: Okay let's settle this...Before today did you know exactly how to cook a poached egg?

777

8/14/19 2:31pm

Of course. Grew up eating poached eggs on toast since as young as I can remember.

cougfanblue

8/14/19 2:35pm

RE: POLL: Okay let's settle this...Before today did you know exactly how to cook a poached egg?

cheezedawg

8/14/19 2:35pm

Basically do you know what a poached egg is.

Baron

8/14/19 2:36pm

Have always only ever had fried or scrambled

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 2:39pm

I can get that but have you never heard of eggs Benedict or read a breakfast

Baron

8/14/19 2:41pm

Sure I've heard of it. I've never been curious enough to find out how its cooked

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 2:50pm

Okay you heard of the word poached egg, but never asked or wondered what it

Baron

8/14/19 2:57pm

Never had an eggs Benedict. Yeah, heard the term but just figured it was a

777

8/14/19 3:04pm

Named after Benedict Arnold, a traitor. Who wants anything to do with that?

John Doe

8/14/19 3:57pm

Wondered, sure, but never enough to investigate. I didn't really care.

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 3:40pm

Yeap, who orders a boiled or poached egg at a restaurant? And even if you did

777

8/14/19 2:42pm

The definition of a poached egg is how it is made.

Baron

8/14/19 2:43pm

Fair enough, but I feel a bit validated with the number of people with me

777

8/14/19 2:52pm

Never read the description of Eggs Benedict or had someone order it?

Baron

8/14/19 2:56pm

Nope.

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 3:49pm

"poached" has a hunting context to me. Meaningless otherwise.

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 2:52pm

So when you read about a poached egg. You thought it was an illegally captured

Baron

8/14/19 2:55pm

As for me I never gave it a second thought. I never had them growing up

777

8/14/19 3:00pm

Poaching eggs doesn't cost any more than frying them.

SandYFan

8/14/19 3:40pm

correct, was speaking more about Eggs Benedict. Just never saw my parents cook

777

8/14/19 4:20pm

No, I just never cared enough to find out the second meaning

The Dark Knight

8/14/19 3:41pm

Poor Pillsbury Doughboy.

cougfanblue

8/14/19 2:43pm

Still don't know.

scootsy

8/14/19 2:37pm

Same way you cook a legally-obtained egg.

John Doe

8/14/19 2:52pm

In a very broad general/ conceptual way.

BYUtka

8/14/19 2:54pm

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