Eggstraordinary 4/1

I was watching the Food Network, something I do a lot - a lot - A LOT - while I'm on the road - and I saw an episode about Eggs on the Best Thing I Ever Ate. There were two dishes that looked really cool, and I decided to combine them. I took a piece of sourdough bread, brushed it with olive oil, and broiled it with some medium sharp italian cheese I had (I forget which one!).

Then, the fun part. I saw on this show how a chef had poached an egg in a little saran wrap bag so that it was perfectly cooked in the white, but totally soft in the middle. So I decided to try it. I put a one foot square piece of saran wrap into a half cup measure, dropped in an egg and twisted it closed into a little pouch. I put that into boiling water for 3 minutes. It was a little difficult to control, since it bobbed around and I didn't want it to tip over and get filled with water, so I held it for a while, until it got too hot. Then I had the bright idea of sticking a steak knife through the plastic twist at the top, and balancing it on the edge of the pot. It worked great.

How was it?

Amazing. Bread nice and crisped but soft in the middle, cheese pungent and tangy, and the egg was absolutely wonderful. The yolk became a rich creamy sauce, and the white was delicate, not too dry, but not mushy like a poached egg sometimes can be. Yummy.