# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 452
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9024 "2024-01-01T11:51:28Z")
I have read that the best egg-cracking technique is to crack it on a flat surface. I have much better success doing my egg-crackin’ on the edge of a bowl. I mastered the one-hand crack decades ago when I worked in a grocery store and we discarded dozens of expired eggs. I thought, why not learn a new skill? mmm ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9025 "2024-01-01T13:57:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > vendors in Costa Rica selling drinks in coconuts We are leaving for St Martin in a few weeks. A friend of ours there changes jobs frequently. He’s been a beach attendant, a cook, a gardener/farm worker, a tour guide, etc. Recently he acquired a little concessions cart and fixed it up. He gets coconuts very cheap. He sells coconut drinks as an experience type thing. Imagine this Rastafarian dude swinging a razor sharp machete, gradually opening the big green coconut’s top, offering it to you to take a drink, then replacing the volume you drank with an equal volume of the liquor of your choice. All the time singing No Woman No Cry. He’s a cool character. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9026 "2024-01-01T14:31:59Z")
I learned the one hand cracking technique from watching Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9027 "2024-01-01T15:59:15Z")
I’ve been trying to crack eggs one-handed since watching Paul Hollywood do it. But I’m not very good at it. Is there any advice that can be written in words? It’s clearly a better method. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9028 "2024-01-01T16:10:34Z")
Best advice: watch Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn. Her teacher at the Cordon Bleu walks the students through it. It’s also a good movie ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9029 "2024-01-01T17:00:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Is there any advice that can be written in words? It’s clearly a better method. Don’t just bang it, put the separation pressure on it as you hit it. Do a simultaneous spread/bang. Once that is done, the goo will flow. mmm ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9030 "2024-01-01T17:37:25Z")
I crack the egg against a bowl. I’ve tried the countertop method many times because I’ve read that that’s the “best” way, but have not had much success. Cracking against a bowl leaves a more or less linear crack so it’s easy to separate the shell into two halves. Cracking against the countertop just smooshes in the side of the egg so there’s a more or less circular depression. Prying apart the shell at that point often results in a mess with egg on my fingers and bits of shell in the bowl. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong but the bowl method works fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9031 "2024-01-01T18:11:34Z")
Is “Sabrina” the name of the movie? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9032 "2024-01-01T18:13:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Don’t just bang it, put the separation pressure on it as you hit it. Do a simultaneous spread/bang. Once that is done, the goo will flow. Won’t it flow all over the counter? I hold the egg over the pan or bowl or wherever I want the contents to go, and crack it with the side of a fork or pancake turner or whatever utensil I’m otherwise using. If I mess it up, at least the mess lands in the pan or bowl or whatever. But then, I’m a klutz. – oh, wait a minute, that wasn’t advice for cracking an egg on the counter; that was advice for cracking it one-handed. Sorry about that. But if I did crack eggs on the counter, I’m pretty sure that’s where most of them would wind up. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9033 "2024-01-01T18:23:34Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Is “Sabrina” the name of the movie? Yes. Make sure it’s the 1954 Humphrey Bogart/ Audrey Hepburn version. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9034 "2024-01-01T18:24:31Z")
Be very sure. The remake bites. > **[Sabrina (1954) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Drama, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047437/)** > > 1h 53m | Passed ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9035 "2024-01-01T18:31:36Z")
I wasn’t terribly fond of the original. I have murderer’s thumbs that make my hands slightly less agile for certain skills. I don’t think I have the proper hands to do a one-handed crack. It’s not worth the mess and waste to practice it either. It’s not like I’m a line cook. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9036 "2024-01-01T18:34:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Be very sure. The remake bites. > > [Sabrina (1954) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047437/) The 1995 version wasn’t terrible. Harrison Ford and Greg Kinnear worked well off each other. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9037 "2024-01-01T21:32:34Z")
I think the deal with cracking an egg against the rim of a bowl is that if you use a little too much force, bits of shell get pushed up into the egg and have to be fished out. It’s a bit easier to control the pressure against a flat surface, and small bits of shell are less likely to come loose. I also lied a tiny bit on the resolutions poll. I typically refuse to make resolutions because I have an oppositional streak so wide that I’m likely to refuse to do The Thing simply because I made a formal resolution. This year, though, I’ve resolved to write at least one line in my journal every day, no matter what. So that’s one, but it’s the only one and I don’t plan to make another next year. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9038 "2024-01-01T22:04:29Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > This year, though, I’ve resolved to write at least one line in my journal every day, no matter what. So that’s one, but it’s the only one and I don’t plan to make another next year. You don’t plan on making another resolution or another journal entry? 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9039 "2024-01-01T22:12:37Z")
Another resolution. The jury’s still out on a second journal entry (fingers crossed)! _I don’t have to write if I don’t feel like it, and I can’t tell myself what to do!_ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9040 "2024-01-02T00:18:53Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I have murderer’s thumbs TIL… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9041 "2024-01-02T01:45:32Z")
I’m unsure what is meant by “Crack it down on a flat countertop.” If that actually means smacking it against the countertop and not the edge, that sounds like it would make a god awful mess if you applied even a little too much pressure. Anyway, I crack it against the edge of the counter. 99.5% of the time it results in no shards to fish out when transfered to a bowl. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9042 "2024-01-02T01:49:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Anyway, I crack it against the edge of the counter Same here- often one handed. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9043 "2024-01-02T02:50:28Z")
Our stainless steel bowls all have slight lips on them, which I find very useful for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=453)