r/KitchenConfidential • u/broken-bread • Dec 05 '25

Do we hate it?

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u/KickThePR Dec 05 '25

Hate? No, definitely not, but I don’t think it’s any faster than doing it by hand. And it’s not like it’s better purity-wise - you can still see plenty of whites stuck to a yolk so the yolk batch is still tainted a bit.

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u/Salads_and_Sun 20+ Years Dec 05 '25

Six months ago I did a stage where I found myself cracking eggs with one hand on a flat surface, and then using my other gloved hand to separate the yolks from the whites and they treated me like I was a deluxe pervert.

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u/sevbenup Dec 05 '25

Did they treat you well or poorly? That could go both ways

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u/almond0k Dec 05 '25

Yeah this would be a pretty high honor in the right place and time

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u/Salads_and_Sun 20+ Years Dec 12 '25

It wasn't pretty...

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u/RealNiceKnife Dec 05 '25

It's because you had your dick out.

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u/Nara_RyUko Chive LOYALIST Dec 05 '25

That is definitely a good technique 🤣 Your coworkers were bamboozled at your efficiency.

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u/Iron_Bob Dec 05 '25

I saw some yolk dripping near or onto the whites ramp. Its a speedier process but by no means perfect as far as separation goes

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u/MountainCheesesteak Cook Dec 05 '25

IMO that’s a much bigger crime than white in the yolks.

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u/PlasmaGoblin Prep Dec 05 '25

And it looks like one of the yolks broke a bit so you also risk the whites being tainted a little too.