/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18275741]

Edge or flat crack?

[Anonymous No.18275745]

Alton Brown told me to crack eggs on a flat surface like 15 years ago and I still use an edge. It's something he was simply wrong about.

[Anonymous No.18275746]

>>18275741
Every person of note says flat crack, so I do an edge crack because NOBODY FUCKING CONTROLS ME.

[Anonymous No.18275754]

>>18275745
>>18275746
These nignogs enjoy eating egg shell

[Anonymous No.18275761]

>>18275741
Flat crack.

[Anonymous No.18275762]

>>18275754
>been doing it this way for 15+ years
>he was wrong
I fucking hate losers who substitute shit they've read on the internet for actual experience as though it's gospel.

[Anonymous No.18275777]

>>18275762
In my actual experience, edge cracking is more likely to result in pieces of shell getting in your eggs.
Edge is pushing shell into the egg. Flat surface lets it just crack without pushing it in.

[Anonymous No.18275784]

This is how I role

[Anonymous No.18275805]

>>18275777
Why are you repeating the exact same shit that Alton Brown was saying 15 years ago as though I haven't heard it? I almost never get pieces of shell in my eggs however I crack them.

[Anonymous No.18275806]

>>18275741
Flat surface. Only the mentally retarded uses the edge of a bowl.
t. actual cook

[Anonymous No.18275815]

>>18275741
Is it that hard to crack an egg?
Half the time at the grocery store there are are 1-2 already cracked
why do you consider this rocket science?

[Anonymous No.18275818]

>>18275806
I'm an actual cook and typically use the edge of the cutting board. OP's image specifically has a bowl with an super thin edge to make it look like cracking an egg on the edge of a bowl is like cracking it with a knife or something. There are plenty of rounded edges to crack an egg on in a kitchen, and I've never seen anyone cracking a dozen eggs to make creme brulee or whatever doing it on a flat surface. That would just take too long.

[Anonymous No.18275820]

>>18275741
Crush it with your hand and let the egg leak down.

[Anonymous No.18275824]

>>18275741
Flat surface as literally anyone should say.
But I go the extra mile, and when cracking several eggs use the eggs themselves as usually only one will break.

[Anonymous No.18275830]

>>18275784
you actually cannot tell the difference, I thought it would be terrible

[Anonymous No.18275834]

Has anyone ever had an egg and not knew how to get it open?

[Anonymous No.18275836]

>>18275805
Sorry, I don't even know who Alton Brown is. Just talking from experience.

[Anonymous No.18275842]

>>18275777
digits confirm. I flat crack and rarely get shell, but also I haven't broken a yolk since I stopped using edges years ago. it didn't happen often before, but now it happens never.

[Anonymous No.18275847]

>>18275836
>don't even know who Alton Brown is
He's the guy that all your clickbait yt shit like ragusa copies from. Just because you were too young to watch him doesn't make it any less obvious when you're repeating the exact same shit, practically word for word.

[Anonymous No.18275848]

>>18275834
Yes

[Anonymous No.18275850]

>>18275847
>too young
I was born in 1986, and you?

[Anonymous No.18275859]

>>18275850
'85. I was watching Good Eats when I was in grad school.

[Anonymous No.18275862]

So really we now need instructions for cracking a fuking egg?
Really, Really?
fukin generation is shit

[Anonymous No.18275864]

>>18275859
I concede you're older but also I feel sorry for you now since you subjected yourself to grad school.

[Anonymous No.18275873]

>>18275848
I meant someone that was not mentally impaired or trans.

[Anonymous No.18275876]

>>18275864
Nothing wrong with grad school. The problem is all the people getting an undergraduate degree and doing nothing with it despite having debt for the next decade.

[Anonymous No.18275878]

>>18275818
>the edge of the cutting board
I wasn't sure what you meant, so I made this image to see if I was imagining it correctly. is this right?

[Anonymous No.18275883]

>>18275777
Digits win

It's just more convenient, and you don't get egg on the outside of the edge

[Anonymous No.18275888]

>>18275873
First off, what's the difference, second, yeah there are tons of people out there who seem normal but act like that gif when handed an egg.

[Anonymous No.18275902]

>>18275878
Yes, except in a restaurant kitchen the cutting board usually extends past the edge of the countertop, and I'm not black.

[Anonymous No.18275924]

>>18275902
That poor greasy ipad

[Anonymous No.18275928]

>>18275888
> what's the difference
none as far as I can see mentally ill and Trans are equal,
Eggs are the first thing kids learn to cook, wtf?
It is not hard.
Eggs should not be that difficult to handle, my 8 yr old nephew makes great omelettes, it's litterally the first thing y

[Anonymous No.18275949]

I've cracked my eggs on the edge of my pan for my entire life and I don't recall egg shells getting into my eggs even once. What is this retarded shit? Are you retarded fags smashing them or something?

[Anonymous No.18275962]

>>18275902
I get it now. so more like this?

[Anonymous No.18275968]

>>18275928
>first thing y
A-anon? You okay?

[Anonymous No.18275970]

>>18275962
>some fag went through all the trouble to make this amusing graphic
You're a complete loser but I also was slightly amused so I'm still glad you did this.

[Anonymous No.18275972]

>>18275949
From what I've seen, more important than cracking method is simply what eggs you're buying.
My local Kroger's store brand eggs are always perfect when it comes to clean and easy cracking, but any time I've tried a brand name egg carton instead that's when I get more fucked up eggs that have little bits get in the pan that I have to fish out.

[Anonymous No.18275979]

>>18275968
He's gone now. Punished by the gods for his hubris.

[Anonymous No.18275997]

>>18275962
They don't let me wear my spiked collar when I'm on the line, but yeah. Pretty much nailed it.

[Anonymous No.18276021]

I crack it on the inside edge of the sink. Keeps little egg drops in the sink

[Anonymous No.18276088]

>>18275741
>Edge or flat crack?
Fist

[Anonymous No.18276125]

>>18275741
What kind of limp wristed faggot cracks eggs like that
You can literally use your finger to crack it if you weren't such a weakling

[Anonymous No.18276141]

>>18275741
As someone who cracks around 80 eggs a week.

The main downside of edge is you will eventually get a small amount egg shell in, however I think the psychopathy around eggshell is dumb, at worst you get one or two bits that will be unnoticed 99% of the time and causes no harm. The edge is quick and reliable.

The flat however I find slower, cracking an egg with one hand makes opening a flat alot harder and slower than an edge more so if you are working with small eggs over medium. While it is true you don't puncture the egg with shell going inside, I find the web cracked shell can end up dumping more shell in after opening the membrane since you cause far far more cracks to actually come up.

Tldr edge is faster and egg shells are apart of life, flat is slower and can end up getting more shells in if your going fast and or one handed.

[Anonymous No.18276153]

>>18275746
how's highschool going?

[Anonymous No.18276158]

>>18275805
>I almost never
So in other words... sometimes you do. It's almost as if that could be avoided somehow........

[Anonymous No.18276161]

>>18276141
To add, when trying to dump 40 eggs in a bowl at once you find it takes alot less time by... Cracking the egg on the bowl (edge) over flat on the table, lifting it towards the bowl and over, and opening.

You just save yourself a whole step.

[Anonymous No.18276166]

>>18276158
I work in a kitchen full time, anon. You're going to get cut and burnt eventually, just like you're going to end up with a poorly cracked egg. It's just a numbers game, but having cracked hundreds of eggs I'm pretty sure I know which method works better for me.

[Anonymous No.18276172]

Flatards value not getting a widdle bit of shellywelly they will never notice in their food.

Edgechads value time.

[Anonymous No.18276174]

>>18276166
Also just this, you crack enough eggs ya not gonna get shell in them / so rare no one notices

Edge is just objectively quicker.

[Anonymous No.18276180]

>>18275741
I'm a flat cracker, just like my preferred women.

[Anonymous No.18276184]

>>18275741
>implying it matters
If it fries, it fries.

[Anonymous No.18276189]

>>18275784
Based

[Anonymous No.18276196]

>>18275848
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY

[Anonymous No.18276195]

>>18275968
goddamn candlejack got em and he didn't even s

[Anonymous No.18276198]

>>18276174
>edge is just objectively quicker
Yep. The funny thing is that even Alton Brown talks about how to get pieces of shell out of your eggs right after recommending cracking them on a flat surface, so it's not like that method is somehow foolproof (like that anon who apparently just got banned was implying).

[Anonymous No.18276208]

>>18276161
>>18276172
If you were really trying to set some landspeed records you would have already advanced your technique further beyond.

[Anonymous No.18276227]

>>18276196
Tired of peel peel peeling potatoes?
STOP!

[Anonymous No.18276254]

>>18275745
>>18275746
>>18275818
>>18275848
>>18275878
>>18275902
>>18275949
>>18276021
>>18276172
>>18276184
Imagine being a dumb trans nig like these people. Oof.

[Anonymous No.18276263]

>>18276254
Mass replier doesnt get to criticize anyone

[Anonymous No.18276291]

Never really put that much thought into it, I crack an egg and put into the pan, not that complicated pretty straight forward.

[Anonymous No.18276297]

Mass-replying subhumans don't get to hold valid opinions.

[Anonymous No.18276330]

>>18276291
What do you crack it with, your mind powers?

[Anonymous No.18276341]

>>18275741
Flat, it's more consistent (ignoring the occasional surface like the sink that's hollow metal).
I never fish out egg shell anymore.

[Anonymous No.18276346]

>>18276263
I just did, bitch nigger.

[Anonymous No.18276352]

>>18275762
Anything you've done one way for 15 years is probably the correct way for you.
I've been writing with my right hand, and I need you to know that anything else is a moral affront.

[Anonymous No.18276371]

>>18276352
Except I was in my 20's when I first saw Alton Brown break eggs that way, and had been cooking eggs for years before that. I tried it his way, and still try it that way every now and then. It just doesn't work as well, and the supposed problems with cracking an egg on the edge of something aren't real problems for most people. There was an AB thread the other day (it might still be up) about how he overcomplicates things, and my comment was something to the effect of, "he does things the way he does because he's assuming his audience has never stepped foot in a kitchen, so he wants to be as clear and precise and consistent as though he was doing a science experiment anyone can replicate, but that leads to a bunch of really stupid techniques that nobody with experience would ever use". That's what the egg thing is.

[Anonymous No.18276373]

>>18276263
Why isn't mass replying bannable on every board? It is a shitpost 100% of the time

[Anonymous No.18276386]

>>18276371
Gordon Ramsay also cracks his eggs on a flat surface.

[Anonymous No.18276391]

>>18275741
Flat for eggs and earth

[Anonymous No.18276400]

>>18275746
>Edge or flat crack?
haha

The flat surface crack is supposed to be safest for if and when there is bacteria on the outside of the shell. I never have issues with flat crack, and almost predict it's not really that much better then the edge. Do whatever you feel comfortable about.

[Anonymous No.18276419]

>>18276386
Post a video of Gordan Ramsay in a kitchen (no, not his home kitchen with his daughter filming him making dinner on tiktok) cracking an egg on a flat surface. I'll wait.

[Anonymous No.18276444]

>>18276386
Even in his most viewed egg video of all time he cracks the eggs on the edge of the pot. They don't show it but you can clearly hear the metal go "ding!"
https://youtu.be/PUP7U5vTMM0?t=67

I wouldn't typically use Ramsay to prove a point, but once upon a time he was a real cook.

[Anonymous No.18276451]

>>18276419
A video like that would be more reliable than his TV film. Have you never seen him grab fistfulls of salt, sprinkle a little like salt bae, then throw salt out of frame. Same for his dishes and shit.
I would not be surprised if he sieves with his fingers after every TV crack, or just ignores egg shell in the bowl because he knows he's going to move to what his intern prepared earlier.

[Anonymous No.18276468]

>>18276444
In this one he literally uses a knife.
https://youtu.be/yv64abAJvEA?t=94

[Anonymous No.18276471]

Switching to flat was an improvement for me

[Anonymous No.18276474]

>>18276444
He is simply ringing a meditation bowl before each egg crack to than Mother Gaia for the nutritious meal to come. It is also a token of good luck to ensure no shells make it into the final dish.
He definitely cracked it on a flat surface. Had they shown the meditation bowl it would have thrown off the scene and been distracting to the viewer, that's why it's framed on his face while he practices vipassana

[Anonymous No.18276480]

>>18276451
Yes, that's why I asked for a video of him cooking for real in an actual kitchen.

[Anonymous No.18276481]

>>18276419
>show Gordon doing it in xyz place or it doesn't count
lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NybhwoK6am0
0:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wQpHTnji68
1:43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJFyyukAzA
0:09

Need more?

>>18276444
That video is from 2011. All of his newer videos feature him cracking eggs on a flat surface.

[Anonymous No.18276492]

>>18276444
checked, but he clearly banged it on the handle of the pan -- not the edge.

[Anonymous No.18276497]

>>18276481
>post a video of him actually cooking not his shitty recent yt stuff that's all staged
>posts videos of all his recent yt stuff
>b-but your video doesn't count because that's before he started doing all his recent yt stuff!!
You're an idiot. Do you really think that after 40 years or whatever in the kitchen Gordon Ramsay learned a new technique from clickbait youtubers? Or maybe he started doing things a certain way in his videos because people kept repeating the same shit like half the people in this thread like mindless drones?

[Anonymous No.18276500]

>>18275902
>professional workspace
>no hat
>no hairnet instead
>torn bluejeans and a striped T-shirt hiding that pudgy, shapeless form
>at least I remembered to wear gloves after I forgot to take off my bracelet lol
Women don't belong in any serious establishment.

[Anonymous No.18276505]

>>18276497
>You're an idiot.
You're the fucking idiot. I don't care about your copes or restrictions or why you think it doesn't count. What reason does Gordon have to crack eggs on a flat surface in these videos if he normally cracks on an edge you fucking retard? There is no reason. You're just in denial of what's in plain sight.

>Do you really think that after 40 years or whatever in the kitchen Gordon Ramsay learned a new technique from clickbait youtubers?
Yes. He changed how he cracks eggs. Live with it.

>Or maybe he started doing things a certain way in his videos because people kept repeating the same shit like half the people in this thread like mindless drones?
Oh yeah definitely, professional chef and notorious hardass Gordon Ramsay changed how he cracked eggs because of pressure from YouTube comments. How fucking delusional are you?

[Anonymous No.18276522]

>>18276497
Post a video of Gordon cracking an egg on a rim on or after July of 2019. You can't because he changed how he cracks eggs. He exclusively uses a flat surface since 3 years ago.

[Anonymous No.18276523]

>>18276505
>How fucking delusional are you?
We have almost daily threads about Ramsay because he completely changed everything about himself to cater to the zoomer youtube generation and is kind of a joke now. This isn't really a secret.

[Anonymous No.18276549]

You guys should just put it between your buttcheeks and try that
It's an egg not that hard to get open autists.

[Anonymous No.18276557]

>>18276549
Everybody knows how to crack an egg, dum dum. This thread is just a bunch of zoomers who make daily Ragusa threads trying to argue with people who actually cook.

[Anonymous No.18276571]

>>18276549

[Anonymous No.18276582]

>>18276557
Thought this was a thread made by retarded zoomers talking about how to crack a fucking egg, Dum.Dum.

[Anonymous No.18276590]

>>18276582
>thought this was a thread made by retarded zoomers talking about how to crack a fucking egg
That's what I said.

[Anonymous No.18276680]

I'm a flat guy. I feel the edge is unstable

[Anonymous No.18276713]

>>18275741
I use a fork
Hit the top and spin 1/4 turn hit again
Guess I do this because I used to make mostly scrambled eggs and I use the fork to whip em after
But now I reach for it when just cracking for frying
If I had shell problems I'd do something else like flat cracking
Havent need to yet

[Anonymous No.18276969]

>>18275847
have you considered that people are saying the same things as each other because it's very obviously true? have you thought about that one? you are so fucking stupid as shit. i hope you get monkey pox in your asshole faggot ass gay bitch. kill yourself. i bet you can't even crack an egg with one hand and you're out here talking as if you know how to do fucking anything at all other than receive men's penises into your ass and mouth.

[Anonymous No.18276979]

I edge crack. I tried flat crack and it fucking sucks. You are smashing the egg along the flattest, largest surface. That's not how you fucking break something, that's basic physics. Every time I have tried to flat crack I get a smashed in egg with a million shards that WILL get into the whites and have to be picked out. Edge is way cleaner, the ideal would probably be to crack it on a stationary blade to minimize surface area and get a clean cut with little to no fragmenting.

[Anonymous No.18276991]

>>18276969
>have you considered that people are saying the same things as each other because it's very obviously true?
Yes, just not when it's obvious clickbait crap that's trying to tell you that you and everyone you know have been doing something wrong your entire life. Go back to seasoning your cutting board, retard.

[Anonymous No.18276994]

Why can't the egg just come pre-cracked? Whoever makes eggs is so inconsiderate honestly.

[Anonymous No.18277001]

>>18276991
sorry i cant hear you through all the dicks in your mouth. maybe instead of being wrong about eggs you should be trying to get your cum into a woman's egg.

[Anonymous No.18277012]

>>18276994
Honestly, thank you for saying it, I hate what these fuckers put us through.

[Anonymous No.18277013]

>>18277001
>zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.18277020]

>>18277012
unless?

[Anonymous No.18277021]

I use a butterknife
So edge

[Anonymous No.18277023]

>>18277012
Is there anything she can't do?

[Anonymous No.18277061]

>>18277020
Even now I can see that stupid faggots face as he thinks of which cock to bite into first

[Anonymous No.18277066]

>>18277012
what do chickens have to do with it it's the fault of the companies making the eggs

[Anonymous No.18277095]

>>18277020
>>18277061

[Anonymous No.18277105]

>>18277061
>>18277095
He may be a faggot, but he doesn't use flat or edge. He just breaks the egg apart perfectly through sheer strength and willpower.

[Anonymous No.18277107]

>>18277095

[Anonymous No.18277166]

>>18277095

[Anonymous No.18277181]

>>18277020
>>18277095

[Anonymous No.18277244]

>>18275848
Damn thought this was gonna be ja/ck/ at first

[Anonymous No.18277254]

>>18275859
I don't know what's worse, pretending you're a 37 year old who still posts on 4chan, or actually being one. You're a faggot either way for cracking on an edge

[Anonymous No.18277260]

>>18277254
This is /ck/, not /v/ or /pol/. There are lots of people over 40 on this board with homes and families.

[Anonymous No.18277265]

>>18277244
That would be a fun compilation gif to make, but it takes him a minute at minum to separate an egg so it might be tough >>18276088

[Anonymous No.18277276]

>>18277254
19 year old website, go to bed

[Anonymous No.18277487]

>>18275741
Edge because it works better for me and i never have shells get in anyway

[Anonymous No.18277505]

>>18275784
do you get yolk or is it mixed?
asking for a friend

[Anonymous No.18277509]

>>18275784
it's canadian, but it comes in a carton instead of a bag? what the fuck, canada?

[Anonymous No.18277511]

>>18277505
Mixed, it's what they use for hotel breakfast eggs.

[Anonymous No.18277515]

>>18277511
well, theres your problem

[Anonymous No.18277549]

>>18275741
For me, it's the flat.
I seem to have much less of a problem with little bits of shell getting into the bowl if I use the flat method.

[Anonymous No.18278387]

>>18275741
Brown eggs seem harder to crack in my opinion. Even if I bash them against the table the membrane might still survive.

[Anonymous No.18278541]

>>18275741
Flat because I'm a retard that hulk smashes it when using an edge. Either method is fine if you know what you're doing.

[Anonymous No.18279182]

does anyone else find it a big chore to crack eggs because they have to wash their hands with soap immediately after? how the fuck are you supposed to continue cooking when you inevitably will get some sticky egg on your hands?

[Anonymous No.18280235]

>>18279182
A bit of water and a rag is enough, no need for soap

[Anonymous No.18280257]

>>18280235
>>18279182
if you don't belong in the retard bin you should be able to crack eggs while getting only the very tip of your thumb sticky, even a dry rag is fine.

[Anonymous No.18280393]

>>18275883
Yeah but you DO get egg on the flat surface.

[Anonymous No.18280423]

>>18277509
There's only a small and extremely retarded part of Canada that still uses milk bags like it's 1970s eastern europe.

[Anonymous No.18280430]

>>18275741
Edge so that when it turns out the shell is thin I can spray raw egg ALL OVER MY FUCKIN HOB

[Anonymous No.18280436]

>>18277181
I bet you thought you were making a difference in some culture war when you made this.

[Anonymous No.18280452]

Knife.

[Anonymous No.18280486]

I tried comparing the two major crack methods today and I think I am leaning towards flat because it makes yolk rupture nearly impossible if done correctly.

I will get more data tomorrow

[Anonymous No.18280496]

>>18280423
My wifes and her family is from a bag area and when I mentioned it, brother in-law asked me "whats so strange about bags? What else would it come in?" This fucker is from Quebec. Gives you an idea of what kind of people we jave for neighbours...

[Anonymous No.18280610]

I buy thin malnourished grocery store eggs and open them one handed with no precrack

[Anonymous No.18281021]

>>18275741
Neither, the rice cracks the egg.