# Orientation of raw egg to crack most efficiently **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665 "2011-12-28T21:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/41 "2011-12-29T21:01:38Z")
But…but…what about the gloppy on your fingers when you crack open a raw egg? Any way to avoid THAT? (And I absolutely endorse the notion of NOT USING fresh eggs for any boiled egg purposes–damned things are impossible to peel!) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/42 "2011-12-29T21:06:58Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > But…but…what about the gloppy on your fingers when you crack open a raw egg? Any way to avoid THAT? No. Again, that’s why I have a sponge. And why **t-bonham** has a cat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/43 "2011-12-30T00:12:20Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > No. Again, that’s why I have a sponge. And why **t-bonham** has a cat. 😉 And see post #34. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/44 "2011-12-30T17:58:06Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This thread has been kind of educational to me in that I’ve never heard of cracking an egg on the end and cannot fathom how that would even work. I crack mine on a flat surface and it seems to work fairly well although I do end up with some counter gloppage. Recently, at a supermarket parking lot, I saw a guy cracking an entire dozen eggs on the end, at the same time. He had knocked the carton out of his cart while exiting the store, and it landed on the pavement upside-down, breaking the contents. His wife/girlfriend was quite pissed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/45 "2011-12-30T18:04:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > In the case of hard-boiled eggs (which the OP didn’t ask about), the answer is the fat end, of course. I crack hard-boiled eggs with three quick hits: round end, then middle, then small end. Then a little squeeze to loosen the shell. Then peel, starting with the round end, under water. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/46 "2011-12-30T18:45:38Z")
_Crack_ the egg? :smack: I’ve got a feeling my baked goods are about to get a whole lot better. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/47 "2011-12-30T18:48:31Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _Crack_ the egg? > > :smack: > > I’ve got a feeling my baked goods are about to get a whole lot better. You might want check up on what ‘separate 2 eggs’ means. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/48 "2011-12-30T18:51:35Z")
:Googling furiously: ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/49 "2011-12-30T18:55:52Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > But…but…what about the gloppy on your fingers when you crack open a raw egg? Any way to avoid THAT? > > > [@WhyNot](#): > > > > No. Again, that’s why I have a sponge. And why **t-bonham** has a cat. 😉 And failing those, you can just lick your fingers clean. And if you’re making bacon at the same time, it’s \*really \*tasty 😉 ---
**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/50 "2011-12-31T02:56:11Z")
One handed here, in the center, on the edge of a bowl. No shell in it, and it made it alot easier when I was baking and herding cats at the same time…not to mention a ghost ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/51 "2012-01-01T15:31:04Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > But…but…what about the gloppy on your fingers when you crack open a raw egg? Any way to avoid THAT? > [@WhyNot](#): > > No. Again, that’s why I have a sponge. And why **t-bonham** has a cat. 😉 So…it’s _better_ to use a method that will get raw egg on you and the counter rather than one that’ll get it on neither? If the goal is to avoid foodborne illness, seriously don’t understand how something that is far more likely to get egg everywhere is considered the “right” method. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665/52 "2012-01-01T15:57:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…it’s _better_ to use a method that will get raw egg on you and the counter rather than one that’ll get it on neither? If the goal is to avoid foodborne illness, seriously don’t understand how something that is far more likely to get egg everywhere is considered the “right” method. I believe the “right” method is the one that’s been proposed: use a plate to crack the egg on. Then wash your hands (and the plate) when you’re done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orientation-of-raw-egg-to-crack-most-efficiently/607665.md?page=2)