Are you Experienced?

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-04-22 11:00am

If you've a copy of "Experienced" by Jimi Hendrix, turn it on! The "experience" I'll be polling here is for the cracking of eggs. Eggs? Yes, eggs! When I was enlisted in the Coast Guard years ago, I spent nearly the last two years of my enlistment as a cook. One of the invaluable skills I learned was how to crack eggs with just one hand. When you're breaking open hundreds of eggs, that is a useful skill -- you folks who've worked in restaurants know of what I speak. So, as the lyrics of the song go, "Are you experienced?"

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-22 11:02am

Woe is me...

Two hands here.

....

Damn, I could really go for some eggs now.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-04-22 11:03am

My mom does it, and sooner or later she's going to make me learn it.

Cyaround,
Jason

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-22 11:04am

MMMMMM Eeeegggggssssssss... LOL

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-04-22 11:06am

I'm unexperienced.
(I tried it with one hand several times but it didn't quite work.)

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-04-22 11:08am

Two handed Baby!!!!! *looks around

Were we taking about eggs* Then one-handed egg-maina

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-04-22 11:28am

I learned that particular skill when I was little. So, yes.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-04-22 11:31am

I'm working on it, but half the time I crush the little bastard as soon as it gets cracked. I admit it, I'm not there yet. *hides his head in shame*

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-22 11:35am

I can do the one handed crack with my left hand, and then with my right hand, but i can't do them both at the same time. Can you ?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-04-22 11:35am

Two handed and always afraid that the damned thing will blow up in my hands. Damn I need a woman that can cook, otherwise I foresee many lonely microwave dinners in my future. Thanks Jegs for making me see that dismal future.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-22 11:38am

when i was in College i worked as a short order cook and every Tuesday Thursday and Sunday morning i would do the breakfast shift. in addition to fried eggs (several dozen a shift) i would have to prep the mix for scrambled eggs and omlettes. 7 or 8 dozen eggs into the steel vat. i actually had a system going where i would use 2 hands, one egg per hand. grab, crack, splat toss. the lives of thousands upon thosands of chickens ended before they could begin at my hands.

bwo-ha-ha-ha!

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-22 11:39am

One handed more because of cooking.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-04-22 12:16pm

I have tiny girl hands, so I'm not ashamed that I need two hands just to be able to hold both halves.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-22 12:56pm

I can do it with one hand but I usually do it with two.

Oh and I do it against a flat surface so that egg shell doesn't get into the egg.

Stampede · Post by **Stampede** » 2003-04-22 01:15pm

one handed...mainly cause i've worked in restaurants for the past 5 1/2 years. otherwise i'd probably have to still do it with two.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-04-22 01:30pm

Yes I can given counter, pan etc no problem

But her is how REAL cooks do eggs for the masses

*lifts up 10kilo bag of prepasturized scrambled eggs*
*pulls out knife*
*Slices corner of bag for good pour result....*

What no one for eggs?

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-22 01:36pm

I don't cook.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-04-22 01:40pm

I do it with no problem with two hands... One hand and it might get a little messy.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-04-22 01:41pm

I can do it one-handed about 80% of the time. Every so often I'll drop the small end of the egg in, usually if I'm working with a particular pot I have that has a funky lip (I dropped it once).

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-04-22 01:47pm

Yeah i can do it one handed. I worked in kitchens while i was going my GNVQ and other post-high school qualifications. It's a neat wee trick you need to put pressure on the part you hit on the bowl, table top etc, but not too much pressure or it'll shatter in your hand. I had to stop working in kitchens because i was accused to homocidial intent. All i did was say to the chef "If you talk to me like that one more time i'll stab ye ya bastard" i just happened to be holding a large carving knife at the time.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-04-22 01:56pm

Normally when I'm cracking an egg its just for the egg white, so I do it two handed. But if I'm making my japanese omelettes I do it with one hand.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-04-22 02:04pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:... the lives of thousands upon thosands of chickens ended before they could begin at my hands. bwo-ha-ha-ha!

<PETA attitude="fanatic">You mass murderer!</PETA>

...except the chicken eggs people cook with aren't fertilized, so there is no embryo in them.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-04-22 03:19pm

Eggs are freaking nasty.

But, when it comes to cracking them for cooking, I'm pretty good. I can't imagine trying to crack one with two hands...I don't think I've ever seen someone try that. In my experience, you're either bad at cracking with one hand or you can crack with one hand.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-22 03:46pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:... the lives of thousands upon thosands of chickens ended before they could begin at my hands. bwo-ha-ha-ha!
<PETA attitude="fanatic">You mass murderer!</PETA>

...except the chicken eggs people cook with aren't fertilized, so there is no embryo in them.

I take it they wouldn't like us eating caviar either?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-04-22 04:37pm

I can do it with one hand, but at the cost of getting egg slime all over my fingers.

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