On Friday, September 20, 2013 6:08:56 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> On 9/20/2013 5:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
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> > On 2013-09-20 3:46 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
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> >> On 9/20/2013 11:18 AM, Kalmia wrote:
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> >>> This may be basic to most of you, but I'm a recent convert. I don't
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> >>> rap eggs on the side of the bowl any more - one light rap on the flat
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> >>> countertop and no more shells! At least, I haven't had one drop into
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> >>> the ingreeds since I became stalwart in breaking eggs this way.
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> >> I learned that on a cooking show years ago. That's how I do it now. No
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> >> more shells.
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> > Another thing learned from cooking shows was to separate eggs with my
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> > fingers. Just dump the egg into the palm of your hand and keep your
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> > fingers just far enough apart to let the white run through. It works
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> > great, but a lot of people are squeamish about it and don't want to
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> > touch raw eggs. They are probably the same people who don't like to
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> > touch raw meat.
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> I'm not squeamish about either one. But I've never found the need to
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> separate whites from yolks by letting egg rug through my fingers.

For egg separation, I am pretty good at pouring just the yolk into the other half shell. I won't dirty a tool if I can do something manually.