I add a dash of cider or white wine vinegar to a pan of water @MrsA2, season with a pinch of Maldon sea salt and bring to a gentle simmer. Crack each egg into a cup, make a whirlpool with a fork and drop in my egg.
I've never managed to get swirling water to work, especially with multiple eggs..
Me neither. But I do always put acv in the water. I'll try the microwave way next time.
Add the cauliflower, broccoli and spinach to the beef curry?
The beef curry already has broccoli in it. No, I think some more coconut milk and maybe some more lime juice to cool the spices down. I've already mixed the spinach with feta and am going to freeze that for another meal. Might add some cranberries to that.
When I first started poaching eggs (early 1970s) @MrsA2 and @RosemaryJackson, microwave ovens were not widely available.
This is why I can no longer poach eggs. Since we had to give up our hens, we haven't been able to get really fresh eggs. The best I can do is Coddle them, which does result in quite firm whites. Usually too much bother for a poor result.
Happy birthday to your grand daughter. My eldest grand daughter is in her 30's now, makes me feel old as well - even though I am not truly her grandmother (she's DIL's daughter from her first marriage). Alistair, though, is old enough to be her father, so I am old enough to truly be her grandmother. She calls me Gran anyway.
From the sounds of things, you faced a severe test of willpower at the pub @MrsA2 and came through! Well done you!
Funnily enough I'm no longer tempted by most of it, and this pesky cold seems to have killed my taste buds so no will power needed, this time!
That had crossed my mind @MrsA2. Surrounded by family members who took sugar in tea and coffee, I finally gave the habit up for good during a spate of Tate & Lyle industrial action plus a heavy cold which lasted almost 3 weeks.
