https://youtu.be/oM9WJB8FlBM Your parents may have taught one way, but there are a few methods for cracking eggs and people are passionate and debate on the best ways. Is it better to crack on a flat surface or on the edge of a bowl? I will show you they all can work depending on how you do it. I have experimented with a few hundred eggs already and found many methods that will work on your first try without any practice. The most important thing is to understand why some actions would result in shell fragments in the yolk, so make sure you finish the whole video to have a complete picture. Below I will cover the different methods, breaking the process into a few basic elements so that you can do what works best for you with your favorite combination of the basic elements. And let me know which method you like best! Believe it or not, chicken eggs are complex structures.
First you may have learned the traditional way of cracking the egg on the edge of a bowl or pan, holding the egg over the bowl or pan, pressing your thumbs lightly into the crack, until you break the membrane. Then pull gently apart to let the egg slide out. Some people argue cracking on flat-surface is better because the flat-surface method is less likely to result in broken yolks, or eggshell ending up in the bowl or pan. In this video we have demonstrated cracking on the bowl can work if you do it correctly. Also cracking on the flat-surface can also result in some mess as well. So both may work and both may mess up, you just need to learn the differences from this video.
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0:0 pros & cons for bowl-edge & flat-surface
0:28 method 1: control force with fingers
0:53 method 1: control force with palms
1:07 method 1: control force with twist
1:20 method 2: knife & control depth
1:55 method 3: control depth on edge of pot
2:15 method 4: multi-taps with spoon control depth
2:35 method 4: multi-taps with drop control force
2:59 Seven basic elements
3:15 method 5 catch-all any combinations
3:55 failures to avoid
4:13 hardness not affect
4:37 height 5 centimeters & 6 centimeters
5:01 Lego alternative
5:12 relax wrist perfect cracking
5:28 height 3, 4 & 7 inches membrane doesn’t break
5:43 height 11 inches membrane breaks
5:53 height 12,13 inches membrane breaks already open
5 Easy Ways to Crack Egg without Small Chips & Without Practice