Bakers and cooks out there, when you need to whisk 3 eggs in preparation for your recipe or dish, do you crack all the eggs into one bowl or do you prepare a smaller bowl by the side - crack each egg into the small bowl before adding that egg with the rest of the other eggs?
It makes sense to me so I am picking up this good habit
I understand that some Chinese culinary schools teach the latter. It is considered basic culinary knowledge because you would not want to be "cracking" a bad egg into a pool of "good" eggs (with no chance to response) and contaminating the other "good" eggs. Next time you make French Bean Omelette or Spinach Italian Sausage Omelette, you know what to do.
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I used to simply crack all eggs into a bowl, until there was once after cracking 7 eggs and the 8th one was foul smelling!! Wasted all my 7 eggs.
ReplyDeleteFrom then on, I'll crack each egg in a rice bowl ensuring it's not spoilt than whisk them altogether :)
I wish there's public holiday for mooncake festival too in SG! There's 5 days public holiday in Korea for mooncake festival...shiok hor! :P
That is one interesting cooking tip you have shared here today, Thanks!
ReplyDeletewoah I learnt something new today ;) ... I am not just a noob cook but a lazy one as well haha
ReplyDeleteGreat thought and wonderful photo!
ReplyDeleteI crack my eggs in a small bowl first. Especially when the weather is hot and I risk having some bad eggs.
ReplyDeletewhat a great practical idea !
ReplyDeletenex time one lady at a time...
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Yup! I started to do this too ever since I cracked one bad egg into a bowl of several good ones! Good tip!!!
ReplyDeleteMe being lazy to do wash up I will usually crack all my eggs into one bowl especially making omelet. So far so good but you had a great tip there. I should practice this good habit. You never know!
ReplyDeleteOppss.. i just simply crack all the eggs into one bowl.. i think i should practise this good habit of urs ;-))
ReplyDeletewell hmm I have never gotten a bad egg before even when we got farm fresh eggs but there is always a first time isn't there?
ReplyDeletei should start practicing cracking eggs in this manner. i'm guilty of the first method...cracking them all in one bowl. hee hee.
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good tip, thanks!
ReplyDeleteMine is up HERE
Oh...even my chef is unaware of this...must tell her!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I don't know. The cooks usually do the egg thingamajig in the kitchen and my eggs appeared at the table cooked. :-)
ReplyDeleteCracking eggs in a separate bowl sounds like something I should do, but am too lazy to do so. I imagine this will continue to be the case until I have a bad egg experience or became a serious baker!
ReplyDeleteI'm the lazy person,crack the egg straight to the burning wok,can't wait .Never prepare a bowl.I do the same to my mixer for baking!! that bad huh?
ReplyDeleteguilty... i do the former because i'm lazy... but i have to start practicing your great tip... :) thanks...
ReplyDeletethat's so true..except i'm usually lazy to do that.
ReplyDeletehi... sorry to confused you... i'm from Manila... :)
ReplyDeleteCool thing! That was what I used to do too. Back in HK, when I was young, there was quite a possibility to get a bad egg.
ReplyDeleteNowadays I don't really bother. Where have all the bad eggs gone to?
*grinning* :) I only do the cracking each egg method if it's a recipe that requires lots of eggs - which does not happen too often in my kitchen. But erg..what I always do is to crack it and inspect it while it's still on its shell. I am not proud of this method, to say the least. :)
ReplyDeletehi hi! glad to see you are still cooking up a storm!! I referenced your blog for a steamed chicken recipe. Am gonna try that out tonight. Your website is getting nicer and nicer!
ReplyDeleteOh ya....eggs just have this pungent smell that I really can't stand either :(
ReplyDeletehehehe...you definitely do not want one bad egg to spoil the rest:)
ReplyDeletetrue very true, have it seperately before combining them!
ReplyDeleteI actually went to a baking class once where the sifu recommended the latter naturally, but admitted in all honesty that he'd usually do the former in normal haste. Hehe.
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