Separating egg yolks

[bibblebub]

I don't cook but is this a well known technique for separating yolks? It looks self-explanatory so knowledge of Chinese isn't necessary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2Vnp5ZW4c

[Connemmara]

Buy an egg yolk divider - look out for them anywhere. Pound shops etc

[Psybbo]

Thanks for that, bibblebub, it looks so simple, must try it

[friedgreentomato]

crack it and strain it through your fingers!

[ummmm]

Did you watch the video, Con?

I was quite impressed.

[mazie]

I know Connemmara but this looks so much fun. I'm going to try this tomorrow.

[Psybbo]

Agreed Mazie, we all know how to, but this is a bit of fun

[Connemmara]

no, Ummmm didn't watch the video - just use my little divider. haha

[Connemmara]

Umm have watched it now. Looks good but knowing me I would probably suck the whole lot up. hhahahhahahah

[Mick-Talbot]

Wow.....I'm so impressed I'm going to make the mother in law a meringue

[ummmm]

lol

[Connemmara]

Also when I make a pavlova at Christmas when I use about 9 eggs (massive) I would probably be out of puff at the 5th egg

[slinky.kate]

thats brilliant,gonna do that next time.

[Prudie]

Must try that, I'm always making meringue.

[woofgang]

make sure your eggs are very fresh. Once the yolk becomes a bit fragile, it wont work.

[tenrec]

I love those sort of tips.
A good one is to put a plastic bottle of water in an open fire. As long as there is no air in the bottle it will heat it up without burning plastic!

[marval]

I have never seen it done that way before. I must try it sometime.

[heathfield]

I knew there must be some sort of practical use for my empty Coke bottles! Maybe I could market them as egg separators!

[Clanad]

Looks like an awful waste of time to me since the technique involved, of course, breaking the egg in two halves; simply "pour" the egg back and forth between the two shell halves over the kitchen sink, or a bowl if you want to retain the whites, until you have only the yolk left in one of the shell halves... takes all of 10 seconds...

[boxtops]

I do what clanad just, just to and fro it until you are left with the yolk

[marval]

I do that as well.