How do you crack an egg?

[Lefty]

I am a random type of guy.

 

[Mama]

Great question Lefty!

I crack mine against each other. Only one breaks. To crack the final egg, I use the counter. I don't know why...it's just the way my Mama did it.

 

[QSis]

I used to crack them on the sides of bowls or pans, but saw the cooks on TV crack them on the counter, so not to get shells in the pan/bowl. So I've been cracking eggs on the counter.

But I may go back to the edges - I liked that method better.

Lee

 

[VeraBlue]

been cracking them on the counter, or stove top for years. You get a better crack, without as many jagged edges that way.

 

[lifesaver91958]

On the counter over a paper towl.

 

[Adillo303]

I have used all of the above. My usual is with the edge of my kitchen knife.

 

[Cooksie]

Counter cracker here too!

 

[Sass Muffin]

Normally on the edge of the vessel in which they are going in.. fry pan or bowl, etc..

 

[Carolina Cooking]

I have used all of the above. My usual is with the edge of my kitchen knife.

me too. makes a clean sharp cut.

 

[UncleRalph]

Always a flat surface, you won't get shell bits in your eggs, ever. Mo flat, mo better.

 

[Embryodad]

Always on the upper inside of a small shallow bowl, and if more than 1 egg in a recipe...I then break the egg and open it in the small bowl, and then into the ingredients or a larger bowl or dish.

Many a time I would crack each egg in the same bowl, and find that one egg that was just off color, or was all watery albumen. No No No...that will spoil the whole bunch of eggs; and worse, if it goes into a batch of ingredients.

Gram showed me that gosh, I think I was like 8 years old.
Then there was that one show and tell that happened one day when Gram cracked an egg, and EeeeeeK the egg had a "Beak and Feet"..and stink!!! Whew!! .... "Now that was the best lesson I ever learned in cooking!"