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<\/p>\nBBC Morning Live viewers were left baffled this week over instructions on how to make the ‘perfect’ poached egg.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chef Julie Lin took to the kitchen with hosts\u00a0Gethin Jones\u00a0and Michelle Ackerley watching on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She told viewers that the best way to make a poached egg with a nice runny yolk is to start by mixing two parts water with one part vinegar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a surprising move, she then told people to crack the eggs into the cold water and vinegar mixture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next stage was to leave the eggs to ‘cure’ for 15 minutes – all before the eggs are even cooked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Oh dear:\u00a0BBC Morning Live viewers were left baffled this week over instructions on how to make the ‘perfect’ poached egg<\/p>\n
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Recipe:\u00a0Chef Julie Lin took to the kitchen with hosts Gethin Jones and Michelle Ackerley watching on<\/p>\n
Julie then fished around to try to get the slippery eggs out of the water without breaking the (still raw) yolk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, she cooked them for two minutes in simmering water and proudly displayed the results.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However fans were left unimpressed at both her method and her results, with one branding them ‘runny and undercooked’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another said: ‘Perfect? I don’t think so!’<\/p>\n
Another viewer offered their own advice: ‘So unnecessary. There is so much advice about vinegar, water temp, pan size etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘It’s all nonsense. I stuck with some advice someone gave me once and it has worked every time. Just use, the freshest possible eggs. That’s it.’<\/p>\n
One more TV watcher said the method was ‘wasteful’ and suggested it was too time-consuming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They said: ’15+ minutes to cook poached eggs plus a waste of vinegar. Just poach an egg the way normal people poach them. Talk about reinventing the wheel,’ as someone else exclaimed:\u00a0‘What a lot of unnecessary faff!’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Confusing:\u00a0Julie then fished around to try to get the slippery eggs out of the water without breaking the (still raw) yolk<\/p>\n
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Result: Fans had mixed reactions to the final product\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Controversial: Viewers were quick to slam the ‘unnecessary’ method<\/p>\n