If your eggs are more than a couple of days old, don’t poach them. Fry or scramble will both be fine, but poachies need the freshest eggs you can get.

If you must poach an older egg, line a cup with cling film/Saran wrap and make a parcel of the egg then poach for the usual time. It’s not as pretty, but it pretty much works.

If you fancy a small change over to comic/graphic novels, I can highly recommend the Alan Moore run of Swamp Thing. Two years ago I would have also included Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, but it seems that he’s a piece of shit, so if you do want to read his stuff, please pirate it to avoid giving him any money.