On Friday, September 19, 2014 5:46:16 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
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> >> I already made the pancakes and
> >> now have an itchy rash all over my forearms. Grrr...
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> > You stirred the pancake batter with your hands and sunk them in the bowl
> > all the way up to your elbows????
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> No but I foolishly attempted to crack the eggs on a flat surface which is
> what the TV chefs now promote. The say if you crack at the edge of the
> bowl, you'll get shell bits in it. But when I did what they said to do, the
> egg splashed onto my cutting board and onto my arm. Never again.
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Don't slam the egg on the flat surface, just a good tap will do it, but I've never gotten shells into batter when I crack them on the side of the bowl.. If you've not gotten shells in your batter in the past by breaking them on the edge of the bowl, go back to that method. Some people even use the back of a dinner knife to break the egg.