Meaning of poached egg | Babel Free

Definitions

An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.

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“With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.”

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