Successful Poached Eggs at last!

Im so excited as today I finally successfully made poached eggs for breakfast! I have, over the years, tried and failed using the following techniques:

1. Drop egg into a vortex of boiling water (the white just separated and made a mess in the saucepan)
2. Add oil (or vinegar) to boiling water before dropping in egg (The white separated and egg tasted pickled!)
3. Steam the egg in a non-stick egg cup in a pan of shallow boiling water (The egg stuck to the dish even with the addition of oil, and butter to grease the sides
4. Microwaving the egg in a non-stick microwaveable egg cup (The egg just over cooked and looked like something processed and from McDonalds)
5. Drop egg onto a sheet of cling-film, twist at the top, and drop into a saucepan of boiling water. (This was the most successful in terms of having a soft middle and not loosing most of the whites, but it looked like a crinkly old shopping bag so lost points on appearance)

The successful method was so simple I even got it gooey in the middle on my first attempt.

1. VERY gently drop egg into a barely boiling saucepan of water (if its boiling too much the bubbles will break up the white)
2. Leave for 4 minutes without stirring. Gently nudge the yolk to make sure its not stuck on the bottom
3. Remove with a slotted spoon and serve (letting stand for 30 seconds)

(Photos taken with the Hipstamatic app on my iphone)