Is there a device that seperates egg yolks from egg whites?

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Lazee

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
That egg separator is intriguing. I normally just use my hands, but that is very time-consuming when you separate as many eggs as I do (I like to take an egg-white bath once every month or two.. it's great for the skin).

That deserves a second .....maybe even a :shocked:

Takes pics next time you do that! (Cover up the naughty bits though, 'k?)

 

[GasX]

I am sad that so many yolks are going to waste...

That's the best part!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
the egg shell, just scooop it around until all thats left is the yolk

That's how I do it.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: dman

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Yes, as others pointed out, but I just use the shell. Pour the yolk back and forth between the two halves of the shell until only yolk remains.

Of course, that's not the 'healthy' way to do it because the outside of the shell has salmonella and other stuff on it and you end up potentially contaminating your eggs. Of course, if you cook them enough it probably won't matter, but, that's why they tell you not to do it.

Probably a big conspiracy by the makers of egg separators.

No more a risk of contamination than using your hands to separate the eggs after you've handled the eggs with your bare hands, or if you accidently drop a bit of shell in and scoop it back out. Salmonella really isn't likely to be a problem unless you let the eggs sit at room temp for awhile after they're contaminated, then you don't cook them properly. Salmonella needs a chance to multiply. A few cells that are immediately killed by cooking won't hurt you.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
use the shell

over a bowl, crack the egg in half, but hold one egg shell side such that it can hold the white/yolk, like so U. Then, what you have to do is, pour what you have in that current shell into the other half. repeat this over a bowl until you are satisfied. Don't just pour it back and forth between shells though, you have to pour it in such a way that she shell cuts into the egg white, but leaves the yolk!

you can also use your fingers.

this is what i do...(not the fingers)

With some practice, this only takes a few seconds. Much better than wasting money on a machine for stupid people

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Lazee

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
That egg separator is intriguing. I normally just use my hands, but that is very time-consuming when you separate as many eggs as I do (I like to take an egg-white bath once every month or two.. it's great for the skin).

That deserves a second .....maybe even a :shocked:

Takes pics next time you do that! (Cover up the naughty bits though, 'k?)

Sorry, it's either all or nothing.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
use your hands. that is what the majority of chefs do when they arent in front of a camera.

That is how I do it. Just let the whites strain through your fingers.

They do NOT! That's gross! They use the eggshell method. Over a cup, crack the egg in half and dump the contents back in forth. The heavier yolk will stay in the shell, the whites will drop to the cup. They teach that in culinary school. If you used your hands you'd break the yolk.

Apparently they suck at that culinary school. I learned to cook from a certified pastry chef and from someone that helped pay their way through college as a chef for a sorority house. I have never broken a yolk using the finger-straining method.

 

[jds2006]

Why don't you just buy egg whites instead of the whole egg and then taking out the egg white?

 

[Landroval]

Originally posted by: pinkeywear
Why don't you just buy egg whites instead of the whole egg and then taking out the egg white?

Whites are really expensive I just bought 6 dozen eggs for $6 vs. 16 egg whites for $6.79 :Q

 

[mercanucaribe]

Taking the yolks out for health reasons is stupid. The yolk is where the vitamins and nutrients are...

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Taking the yolks out for health reasons is stupid. The yolk is where the vitamins and nutrients are...

Also where a crap load of cholesterol is.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Taking the yolks out for health reasons is stupid. The yolk is where the vitamins and nutrients are...

Also where a crap load of cholesterol is.

MMMM CHOLESTEROL!

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0

Here's one you might like Egg Separator... :laugh:

lol

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Taking the yolks out for health reasons is stupid. The yolk is where the vitamins and nutrients are...

Some recipes call for only the whites.

 

[wiredspider]

that one tool where it drips out his nose is just great, i'm going to have to get my hands on that when i have my own place, but i suppose then i would be mature enough to not think that it's funny, oh well...

 

[nageov3t]

a spoon?

unless you're in the matrix or something...