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the only crime that's also the gentlest way to cook an egg.
means To poach is either to cook food gently in barely simmering liquid, or to take something illicitly — game, talent, or ideas — that isn't yours to take.
from Two threads twist together here. The cooking sense comes from the Old French 'poche,' a pouch or pocket — a poached egg is one cradled in a little pocket of its own white, the yolk tucked inside like coins in a purse. The thieving sense likely shares that same 'pocket' root: to poach was to stuff stolen game into a bag, possibly via the idea of 'pocketing' what wasn't yours. So both meanings circle the same image — something nestled where it's held close — which is why English never bothered to keep them apart.
- egg method
- Cooks below boiling, in water that never roils.
- word origin
- From French pocher, to pocket or bag.
- wildlife crime
- Rhino horn fetches more than gold by weight.
- corporate version
- Companies poach rivals' best employees daily.
- vinegar trick
- A splash helps poached egg whites hold shape.
operation ivory — kenya's anti-poaching unit killed over 100 poachers between 2013-2018
rhino poaching south africa — 1,175 rhinos killed by poachers in south africa in 2015 alone
elephant poaching crisis — african elephant population dropped from 10 million to 400,000 due to ivory poaching since 1930