I've learned to accept getting a bit of raw cold egg white on my fingers.
How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
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#12A few years back, I was a line cook for Denny's. Busiest day of the year was always Mother's Day. Shortly after Denny's introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast (I did say a few years back) I worked Monther's Day on the egg station. In 8 hours, I did eggs for 344 Grand Slams and 45 omlettes. Total: 803 eggs. So I got pretty good at cracking with one hand. The only point I'll add: Crack on a flat surface like the counter,…
> I also got to the point I could shell 30 hard boiled eggs in under 30 seconds with a 2-handed shell technique.
Amazing- I think that I would have trouble picking up 30 eggs in 30 seconds.
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#13The fact that this, and videos like "how to eat an apple", have millions of views is a testament to how even the smallest things people are curious about, they still want to do it perfectly or correctly
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#14A few years back, I was a line cook for Denny's. Busiest day of the year was always Mother's Day. Shortly after Denny's introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast (I did say a few years back) I worked Monther's Day on the egg station. In 8 hours, I did eggs for 344 Grand Slams and 45 omlettes. Total: 803 eggs. So I got pretty good at cracking with one hand. The only point I'll add: Crack on a flat surface like the counter,…
One little tip with regards to those bits of shell: wet your finger with water before fishing them out. I dunno why, but it somehow repels the egg white and lets you actually grip the damn shell.
Re: How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
#15A few years back, I was a line cook for Denny's. Busiest day of the year was always Mother's Day. Shortly after Denny's introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast (I did say a few years back) I worked Monther's Day on the egg station. In 8 hours, I did eggs for 344 Grand Slams and 45 omlettes. Total: 803 eggs. So I got pretty good at cracking with one hand. The only point I'll add: Crack on a flat surface like the counter,…
> I also got to the point I could shell 30 hard boiled eggs in under 30 seconds with a 2-handed shell technique. Amazing- I think that I would have trouble picking up 30 eggs in 30 seconds.
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#16This looks great and all, but another YouTube video says that when you crack the egg against the lip of the bowl, you create shell fragments.... So - maybe those videos need to battle it out?
The bowl in this video has a flat-ish rim so I expect that there’s no contention but an oversight of the video.
Re: How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
#17A few years back, I was a line cook for Denny's. Busiest day of the year was always Mother's Day. Shortly after Denny's introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast (I did say a few years back) I worked Monther's Day on the egg station. In 8 hours, I did eggs for 344 Grand Slams and 45 omlettes. Total: 803 eggs. So I got pretty good at cracking with one hand. The only point I'll add: Crack on a flat surface like the counter,…
> I also got to the point I could shell 30 hard boiled eggs in under 30 seconds with a 2-handed shell technique. Amazing- I think that I would have trouble picking up 30 eggs in 30 seconds.
There are many eggy talents
Lest not forgot The Eggman: https://youtu.be/yewjkwZB-YE?si=B01MigqdtkoVILi1
Re: How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
#18At 0:47 the video clearly shows three fingers on the "top" part of the egg. At 0:58 the ping pong ball exercise clearly shows three fingers on the top part. The break at 1:08 also has three fingers on the top. But then for some reason at 1:12 the performer switches to two fingers above the break. The double break at 1:33 also shows two fingers above the crack.
Some of the egg breaks in the video pull the halves away from each other and other breaks use a slide or shearing/transpose movement to create gaps between the halves.
There is nothing in the video about how close to hold the egg to the palm of your hand. With the dozen or so eggs I tried the key was (counter-intuitively) to hold the egg close to your palm so that the pads on your palm act as a fulcrum as you try to pull the halves apart. If you just hold the egg with the tips of your fingers its difficult to create the necessary space. But maybe that's just me and my lack of dexterity.
I guess instead of complaining I should create my own video.
Re: How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
#19A few years back, I was a line cook for Denny's. Busiest day of the year was always Mother's Day. Shortly after Denny's introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast (I did say a few years back) I worked Monther's Day on the egg station. In 8 hours, I did eggs for 344 Grand Slams and 45 omlettes. Total: 803 eggs. So I got pretty good at cracking with one hand. The only point I'll add: Crack on a flat surface like the counter,…
> I also got to the point I could shell 30 hard boiled eggs in under 30 seconds with a 2-handed shell technique. Amazing- I think that I would have trouble picking up 30 eggs in 30 seconds.
Me too, but I'm confident that if I did pick up 30 eggs in 30 seconds, they'd be right cracked.
Re: How to Perfectly Crack an Egg (With One Hand) [video]
#20At 0:47 the video clearly shows three fingers on the "top" part of the egg. At 0:58 the ping pong ball exercise clearly shows three fingers on the top part. The break at 1:08 also has three fingers on the top. But then for some reason at 1:12 the performer switches to two fingers above the break. The double break at 1:33 also shows two fingers above the crack. Some of the egg breaks in the video pull the halves away…
> I guess instead of complaining I should create my own video.
I'm eagerly awaiting the sequels to this video where they show us 2-handed, 3-handed, and even more advanced egg cracking methods.