Sticky, Messy, Tricky

[woodwardiocom]

Mousse is the only thing that makes separating eggs worthwhile.

Comments

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I beg to differ. Cheesecake. Creme anglaise. Lemon curd. Italian buttercream. Cheese souffle. My family's special light matzo balls.

Want to know the easy way? Buy a box of latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves, whatever material you like best. Break egg into your gloved hand, let white drip through fingers, deposit yolk where you want it. You can pass it from hand to hand if it isn't separating in just one hand.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Rassin-frassin chefs, with their "facts" and "good advice" . . .

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Hey, I learned to do it the hard way, passing it between halves of the shell, when I was ten years old -- for the aforementioned matzo balls.

Gloved hands are the way to go!

[thespian.livejournal.com]

meringue and meringues! nomnom.

[drwex]

And angel-food cake.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I'm with Riki, separating eggs is easy with hands,never understood the other ways

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Well, I did see a gadget on simplykimberly's journal -- it was a little pottery vessel with a face on the outside and a spout under the nose, so the whites coming out looked like snot...

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Really?
You don't think the plastic separators (that sit over cups that hold the yolk and let the albumen slide down around it through holes) work? I find they're pretty good unless I mess up and break the yolk.

I have to go through several to make homemade marshmallows...I might try the glove trick next time.

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

Flan

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, Battle Angel Alita has kinda put me off the flan . . .

[ceo]

Properly-made waffles involve separating the eggs and beating the whites.

[szasz.livejournal.com]

That's the "Joy of Cooking" waffle recipe, and it's delicious indeed. The beaten whites get folded into the batter just before they go on the griddle.

[ceo]

Cook's Illustrated, actually. The truly glorious sort of waffles are yeast-raised overnight.

[szasz.livejournal.com]

I guess my phrasing seemed to imply that the Joy of Cooking recipe was the only possible one that included beaten egg whites, but of course I meant only to recall that recipe as one that does.

I'm kind of sorry we let our Cook's Illustrated subscription lapse. It's full of great stuff, and the technique and recipe comparisons were really instructive.

[szasz.livejournal.com]

Merengue!

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Angel food cake.

My lord, people. Why wasn't it mentioned earlier? Properly done, it is wonderful stuff.

Also, homemade marshmallows are just...so very, very worth the hassle of separating eggs. I'd show you, except they hardly ever make it out of my house, see.

[drwex]

heh, I mentioned angel food cake before I saw your comment. But i consider the cake itself less good than as a carrier for things truly heavenly.

And glaze

[anselm23.livejournal.com]

And glaze on challah bread. Don't forget the glaze.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

In my experience, cage-free eggs are generally stronger, and make separating eggs much easier.

[ceo]

Well, of course, because they've been able to run around more and get more exercise.

(agreed. goddessfarmer's eggs are downright difficult to crack. Er, those of her chickens, I mean.)

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

There's always Key Lime Pie as a worthwhile reason to separate whites and yolks. And I just pass the contents back and forth between the shell halves until the white has all run out.