Wetherspoons employee spills poached eggs secret – it's why they always run out

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Wetherspoons pub has shared a secret about a food item on the menu — poached eggs.The worker, who goes by the name @dobbyscoochie on TikTok, went viral after posting a video about her "waitress problems".She said: "Me explaining to a customer that they can't have poached eggs as they're pre-poached and are out of stock.READ MORE: TikTok star says Wetherspoons 'scammed' him out of £2,000 of food and drink"I actually never told customers they were pre-poached, I just flat out said no, or offered fried eggs instead."Some people said they also realised the problem and shared their own experiences.One said: "My dad always complains because Wetherspoons ran out of poached eggs but still had fried, and I just said 'well it's Spoons'."Another said: "For real, they're like 'just poach them for me'.""The highlight of working a 'spoons breakfast shift," a third admitted.A| fourth wondered: "Poached eggs are easy to make, why not do it the regular way when you run out of pre-made?"Some were confused by what the TikToker meant when she said the eggs are pre-poached."How do you 'pre-poach' an egg?" a viewer asked.To which another fan, who claimed to be kitchen-trained, answered: "They come in a little plastic packet and we just cut the packet open after heating the egg in the microwave."They come in an individual small packets and are microwaved for 45 seconds."The Wetherspoons waitress added: "Yeah pre-poached, they look a bit like silicon breast implants in my opinion."We have no access to burners, Spoons is all about getting food out quickly so from experience, it's microwaving, frying and grilling."To get more lifestyle stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here.Previously.