Tips and Tricks #1

I have decided that once a week, I will post a tip or a trick for cooking. This week's is............(drum roll, please) how to separate an egg! Separating an egg is when an egg white goes in one bowl, and the yolk in the other. It's harder than it sounds. How I used to do it was I cracked an egg and put everything in one bowl, then picked up the yolk with my fingers. It's easy, but I hate the feeling of raw egg, and you have to wash your hands after each egg. So yeah, not the best way. How you do it the 'right' way is you crack the egg and start to pull it open, but slide the yolk into one side of the shell as you break it in half. If you do it right, the egg whites should fall into the bowl and the yolk should still be in the shell. Put the yolk into another bowl if needed, but if not, just put it in the compost or whatever you put eggs in.