Janet Wilder wrote:
> Kalmia wrote:
>>
>> This may be basic to most of you, but I'm a recent convert.
>> I don't rap eggs on the side of the bowl any more - one light
>> rap on the flat countertop and no more shells! At least, I
>> haven't had one drop into the ingreeds since I became stalwart
>> in breaking eggs this way.
>
> I learned that on a cooking show years ago. That's how I do it now.
> No more shells.

Watch any short order cook, they crack eggs on a flat surface, almost
always on their griddle (one handed, never seen a real cook need two
hands to open a cracked egg), even if they then dump the eggs in a
bowl for beating.