About "eggs"

Hi Vincent,

From my youth I recall a "double boiler" sort of device in which shallow, separately removable, hemispherical cups were suspended over boiling water. Thus the eggs were like dropped eggs (cooking temperature at 112 F.) but were captive, and not allowed to randomly spread through the water.

Hemispherical" is not the right term. It would be the shape of a 1" deep sli

Avangi, hemispherical cups were suspended over boiling water.

Where does the egg go? in the cup, hanging in the air above the boiling water below???

Avangi It would be the shape of a 1" deep slice cut off a whole canteloupe with one straight cut.

Isn't a canteloupe spherical? Half of it would be hemispherical, isn't it?

Afirmative on the location of the egg.

A 1" deep hemisphere would be cut from 2" diameter canteloupe. (Two for the price of one!) This is why I say "hemisphere" is not the right term. In plane geometry, what would you call it if you draw a straight line across a circle from one o'clock to four o'clock, cut on the line, and keep the small piece? What would you call the corresponding fi

Don't you poach eggs by cracking them into a pot of boiling water? That is the egg will be cooked in boiling water.

AvangiA 1" deep hemisphere would be cut from 2" diameter canteloupe

Sorry, I find it difficult to understand the above. What's 1" deep hemisphere? the hemisphere is hollow with a 1/2 inch radius?

If you cut a tennis ball in half, you'd have two hemispherical cups with a depth of about an inch and a half. If instead you slice it off-center (one-fifth and four fifths) the pieces would not be hemispheres. What do you call them?

In my neck of the woods, eggs prepared by being cracked into boiling water are called "dropped eggs," having no particular relation to Chinese "egg drop so

I got it now!!

Avangi if you draw a straight line across a circle from one o'clock to four o'clock, cut on the line, and keep the small piece?

A concave? A curve?

As you said, it may be a regional thing.

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I would call your technique steamed egg

New2grammar What's 1" deep hemisphere? the hemisphere is hollow with a 1/2 one inch radius?

IMO it would be one inch deep whether it was hollow or solid.

Avangi? the hemisphere is hollow with a 1/2 one inch radius?

Sorry. I was thinking of a hollow real hemisphere with an inner radius of 1/2 inch and an outer radius of 1 inch. I thought that created the depth effect you were talking about.

I see your point. I hadn't thought of that.

The double boiler is a French invention (I believe) for making sauces etc. It's impossible to overheat unless you run out of water, and whatever you're cooking is not exposed directly to the water.

I see via Google that my "dropped eggs" are generally considered "poached," and I was unable to find a picture of the unit I spoke of -