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Default Separating eggs with fingers ... was No more egg shells........

On 2013-09-20 6:16 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
touch raw meat.
>>
>> I'm not squeamish about either one. But I've never found the need to
>> separate whites from yolks by letting egg rug through my fingers.
>>
>> Jill

> Do you use the egg shell halves? I do.
>


That works, but it is a lot slower, and you risk puncturing the yolk
with a sharp corner of the shell. That may not be a problem most of the
time, but it sure is if you are going to whip the whites.