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Why poach?
There are a egg dish said to ''poached eggs'' .🥚
I look up the meaning of the word pouch, ''kill the animals illegally'' It was written.
Why do it use poaching in a egg recipes?🍳
24 mag 2020 14:47
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The meaning of any word depends on the context.
Poached eggs is the way eggs are prepared/cooked. The verb poach also has other meanings in different contexts and yeah it could mean to illegally catch or kill an animal, as this example I found online:
<em style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The two men were caught poaching lions on government land.</em>
Here is the source if you would like to read more:
<a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.macmillandictionary.com/amp/dictionary/british/poach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.macmillandictionary.com/amp/dictionary/british/poach</a>;
24 maggio 2020
1
Ougi: Yes. Boiling an egg means cooking it with its shell in boiling water.
24 maggio 2020
1
@Mumtaz
Thank you for teaching me😆✨
24 maggio 2020
1
Scroll down for the second set of definitions:
poach<sup>2</sup>
[ pohch ]
verb (used with object)
to cook (eggs, fish, fruits, etc.) in a hot liquid that is kept just below the boiling point.
24 maggio 2020
1
You're looking at a different definition.
Poach: cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.
24 maggio 2020
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