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how best to break eggs?

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I usually crack once gently on the edge of the bowl. Problem is a little of the white escapes and runs down the outside and I usually get a couple of broken bits in the bowl with the egg. I then open with two hands.

Others break onto a flat surface then open over the bowl.

Others (pros?) break on the edge of the bowl and open up with one hand. This is my ambition. Looks cool.

In the movie The Dreamers, a guy breaks a dozen or so directly into the frying pan with the edge of the spatular. This seems fairly cool, too, but I how can one be sure not to get small pieces of shell in there?

Your method?
The best method?
post #2 of 28
Breaking on a flat surface is best because you don't get bits of shell in the egg.
post #3 of 28
Table.
post #4 of 28
Table/countertop is what I learned (directly) from Jacques Pepin.
post #5 of 28
FCI teaches tabletop.
post #6 of 28
Yell and crush it in my hand.
post #7 of 28
Everything I learned about cooking (and how to successfully break an egg using one hand) I learned from this man:



His instructional videos can still be viewed on TVLand I believe.
post #8 of 28
On another egg
post #9 of 28
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Originally Posted by Jodum5 View Post
Table/countertop is what I learned (directly) from Jacques Pepin.

reduces chances of contamination versus a sharp edge.
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Forehead. Like dis:
post #11 of 28
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On another egg

this.

And make sure you crack them into a smaller bowl one by one.

I don't know how many recipes I've ruined with bad eggs.
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Forehead. Like dis:

Most exerent use of the emoticon.

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Originally Posted by robbie View Post
this.


Because when you need one egg you should always crack two.
post #13 of 28
Is this really a topic?
post #14 of 28
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reduces chances of contamination versus a sharp edge.

I heard a French guy on the Bourdain Techniques show say the same.
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Is this really a topic?
oh, the number of times I have said this to myself about sf.
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