How do you break an egg?

i think it's so much more messy to smash it against a flat surface. when using an edge there's none of the mess and i dunno why people say there's higher risk of getting shell pieces in the food

This. Or on the side of the bowl if I am making scrambled eggs / omelette. What does using a flat surface achieve? I never get bits of shell mixing in and there is no mess

You want to avoid anything with a 'pointed' surface as it can push shards of the shell into the egg with alarming frequency, which is bad news bears unless you intend to crack it into a bowl and scour it for said shards. Or unless you want to eat egg shards.

Send it to boot camp.

You are probably using proper force. So there's no complication.

Using a flat surface breaks the egg so it can be split along a crack.

Using an edge pierces the shell so that it is divided and in my opinion requires more precise control.

The only benefit to using a flat surface is going fast and not needing to be as careful. I break the egg where it'll be cooked. You can use more force and less care.

The egg pieces, well I find the quality of the egg to be more relevant.

flat surface master race reporting in.

>I don't understand why anyone would use a flat surface.

Less chance of pieces of egg shell breaking into the bowl.

Just me?

>There are people in this thread that don't use an EZ cracker.
It's like Veeky Forums doesn't even like comfort and ease

"Did you know that when pressing an egg in your hand its shape will distribute the pressure equally in such a way it prevents the egg from breaking?"

Not if you point the tip of your fingers into the egg.
But, yeah, I knew.

wait, that shit's real?

Hit it against a flat surface then crack it open with one hand.

greedier runs with the keeper

This is completely wrong. This contaminates the inside of the egg. You are suppose to tap it against a flat surface.

>sharply tap on flat surface
>crack forms completely around the center of the egg
>pull apart with ease
>don't get any raw egg on my fingers from digging my thumbs into the egg
>don't get any eggshell in my food from breaking it into a hundred pieces

Cornerfags stay mad.

I hit it against an edge. Never even thought about other ways because that works.

just watched the one he finally won

kek

Some eggheads need to do some tests on finding the best method.

Thank you for explaining this.
I never thought about it like that. Now I know why I'm so bad at cracking eggs.

How to open eggs one handed like cool people on tv?

>smash egg against pointed surface
>"huirr y are shell bitz in"

maybe try restraining your tard strength when breaking an egg?

I swear some people in this board shouldn't be allowed near a kitchen

what if it simmers with hatred and pops all over your face?

Waterboard it until I get the info I need.

Learn to chef you dumb fucking fsggot why r u even on this board

Practice makes perfect. I use an edge so i stick my thumb in the crack and pry it open

Smash it against your head

Chuck it at something while screaming incoherently, and post it on Youtube.

Hold in one hand and punch it with the other. I like to hit it with my college ring so it breaks easier.

Place it in a room with bright lights and static constantly playing.
Do this for a few weeks.

punch it with my ring

then choke my kid

crack on a flat surface, and never on the actual pan or bowl.

None of you using EZcracker? Best purchase I ever made, been loving it ever since 1999.

with a fork
is this abnormal

yeah but then you look like a n00b who doesn't know how to crack eggs.

pff, rather that i look like a pro that needs his eggs to be perfect

It's actually to prevent contamination.

youtube.com/watch?v=imKuUNQd0cs

I do this but I always get egg on my fingers.

Just tried using a flat surface and holy shit you need to smash so hard compared to the side of the pan! Of course goo leaked out as well so I had to wipe the counter.

I'm starting to think maybe flat surface egg cracking only works for brittle American eggs.

I use a fish knife, they are the perfect weight and size for it.

You just have to find the correct amount of strength for the eggs you're using

It works on the eggs I get from my chickens and those are stomg enough that I can drop them on the ground and they dont always break.

Waterboard it, starve it, question it under lamps, place it in stress positions, trick it into thinking you're going to kill it's family starting with pulling it's daughters finger nails out, pull it's teeth out with pliers, deprive it of sleep.

"THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS"

>watch ja/ck/ vids
>laugh at how stupid he is
>notice he cracks eggs by punching them with one knuckle
>try it out
>it usually takes two punches, one bounces off, the second fucks up the shell enough that when you crack it you get piece of shell in your egg
>do this for almost a year because idklol
>girlfriend eventually asks me why I'm such a retard with eggs
>contemplate explaining ja/ck/ to her
>realize a woman will never understand jack
>"uhhh I don't know, I think that's how Gordon Ramsay does it"
>"you're no Gordon Ramsay"

And you know what? She was right.

Shut the hell up you superstitious mongoloid.

haha!

im going to try that tomorrow