# Chefs- need your help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 16, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176 "2008-10-16T10:51:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176/1 "2008-10-16T10:51:56Z")

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I was making Gay Lim Sook Mi Gai Tong which is just chicken and corn soup. However, the recipe said to fold egg whites into the boiling mixture. When I did this I immediately had strands of cooked egg.  
What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176/2 "2008-10-16T10:58:45Z")

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Why do you think you’re doing something wrong? Chicken and corn soup does have strands of cooked egg - the eggs are not invisibly incorporated into the soup. See the following image for an example.

[http://ricksphotopage.com/images/400\_Chicken\_20corn\_20soup.jpg](http://ricksphotopage.com/images/400_Chicken_20corn_20soup.jpg)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176/3 "2008-10-16T11:10:08Z")

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As \*\*Blue Mood \*\* said. And it must be so, you can’t add egg whites to hot water and NOT get strands of cooked egg white.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176/4 "2008-10-16T11:18:16Z")

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Thanks folks- the soup tastes better now.

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**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chefs-need-your-help/468176/5 "2008-10-16T12:14:43Z")

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Another common name for chinese soup which contains egg is “[egg drop soup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_drop_soup)”.

Personally, I don’t think it’s a particular kind of soup, but rather an ingredient in soup, but ymmv.