How to separate an egg

An egg, relaxing at
home yesterday

I use a method of separating eggs which is effortless and requires no clean-up, and yet searching online I can't see anyone else mentioning it. This is baffling. A 'How To Separate Eggs' video I watched during my research recommended the use of funnels, or the vacuum from a compressed soda bottle, or running the egg through your hands. Euw, no thanks. My method means you just pour it out like you'd pour out milk, and then move on.

And I've never had a yolk break and mix in. Just pour it straight into your recipe.

I feel a bit like the first monkey to learn how to wash fruit in the river, then all the other monkeys see him and copy and it spreads like wildfire through the savannah. I really hope this becomes the dominant egg separating method by 2025. If that is all I achieve in life, and when I die in 2082 everyone on the savannah is cracking eggs the Rick Bot way, it will still truly have been a live worth living. 

So:

• Step 1: Crack the pointy end of the egg, just like you would normally crack the side.
• Step 2: Peel open the top slightly, like you would normally peel open the side... only you get a much smaller hole this way.
• Step 3: Pour the egg white into your bowl, and the yellow will stay behind.

That's it.

You can stick the egg yolks in the fridge in their shells until you need them, if you like. The antibacterial effects of the eggshell will probably* keep it well protected for a few days (unless you live in America, where the antibacterial effects of the shell are all scrubbed off by law).

*Here, 'probably' should be regarded as an adequate legal defence in any resulting homicide investigations.

ALSO, A BONUS EGG THOUGHT:

Why are most people not steaming their eggs? Boiling is so 20th century. Stick them in a steamer for however long you would normally boil them. They never crack when they're cooking - as there's no jostling in the water - and they're much easier to peel. I didn't invent this one, but I am eager to convert anyone I meet who cares.

This is my first food blog post in over 5 years. I rather enjoyed it. See you in 2020 - hopefully by then I'll have a new method for peeling fruit.

Attribution: photograph of an egg by 'digitalart', courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net, largely because I was too busy cracking eggs to take a photo. I recommend freedigitalphotos.net for all of your egg photo needs.