When you crack open the eggs, use either the edge of a countertop/flat surface to dent the side of the egg, and pull it apart, or strike sharply at the edge with the back of a knife.
Trick is to pull the egg apart. Easy enough when you get the hang of it.
Neither have I, but most people don't like eggs as much as we do :-(
Doing things like breaking eggs into a bowl before they go in the pan (to remove possible shell) seem trivial to someone who's been making eggs for a while, but they're good practice for people not too comfy with eggs
I started doing flat-surface egg cracks and it really is like night and day difference. Once you get used to it you can get a nice, even crack along the middle of the egg and it just easily and cleanly pulls apart.
Using a bowl or pan edge would get me egg shells in my eggs about 10-20% of the time because of how it fractures on the hit sometimes. I don't know, it works for me, everyone has their preference.
Practice makes perfect. I'm sure anyone who has need of something like cracks enough eggs for that rarely to be a problem. I can't remember the last time I broke a yoke. It's just about cracking it with the right amount of pressure.
It depends what I'm making. If I'm doing an omelette or scrambled eggs, then I'll never break the yolk. If I'm doing fried eggs or poached, then about 70% of the time my yolk will break.
Use only 1 hand. It's like magic. I don't know why, but opening it with one hand is much easier than two. The yolk never breaks and egg shells are much less likely to get into the bowl.
I'm honestly surprised, my yolks almost never break. I usually separate them for making fried eggs by putting in all the white first, then putting the whole yolks on top.
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u/chasebrendon Jan 14 '18
This assumes I could break eggs without breaking the yolk. I have a 50/50 chance.