Break Many Eggs

How you ever worked in a restaurant and had your boss tell you to crack a commercial crate full of eggs? Each level of the crate has 2 1/2 dozen eggs. Clearly, you need another way to crack eggs.

Steps

 * 1)  Learn how to break eggs with one hand.  Grasp the egg with your dominant hand and rap it on the edge of the table between your third and forth (ring) fingers, cracking the egg.  Push your index and third finger apart from your forth and pinky finger while holding your palm down (above the bowl).  The egg will fall into the bowl.  Discard the egg shell.
 * 2)  Start breaking eggs one-handed with your non-dominant hand (while, at the same time, breaking eggs with your dominant hand).  Try to do so simultaniously.
 * 3)  Practice cracking an egg in each hand while holding on to another egg.  Hold the second egg between your thumb and index finger while cracking the first egg in each hand. After cracking the first eggs, crack the second eggs.
 * 4) * Now you can quickly crack four eggs before reaching back into the crate!
 * 5) * You might prefer (with the four egg method) to crack the top eggs first.  Use the technique you are most comfortable with.

Tips

 * Keep a source of warm water nearby. This will make your fingers cold!
 * Do not be concerned about very small pieces of shell that might fall in. This technique is used when preparing a large number of portions of scrambled eggs.  Once you have mastered this technique, no large portions should fall in.

Warnings

 * Wash your hands before and after handling the eggs!
 * Keep eggs outside of the refrigerator a minimum amount of time.

Things You'll Need

 * Large container to crack the eggs into.
 * Trash can for the egg shells.