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Poaching happens below a simmer

The liquid stays near 80 degrees, with only small bubbles forming Poaching uses liquid hot enough to cook protein gently but not hot enough to boil, roughly 70 to 85 degrees Celsius. At that range egg proteins set into a soft curd and fish flesh stays tender, while vigorous boiling would toughen fibres and break delicate shapes apart. A thermometer is more reliable than watching for bubbles, which vary with pan shape. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The liquid stays near 80 degrees, with only small bubbles forming. The figure is taken from Exploratorium, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.