This Is How to Properly Crack an Egg

 f you cook or bake with any regularity, there’s a good chance you’ve cracked a few eggs. I know I have. It’s such a simple, straightforward task that I don’t really think about it while I do it.

Depending on what I’m making, I’ll crack the egg on the lip of a bowl, ramekin, or occasionally a frying pan. It’s the way I grew up cracking eggs, and the method I’ve been using for years. And while this method isn’t necessarily wrong, I recently learned that there’s a much better (and safer) method for cracking eggs.

Spoiler alert: It does not involve any fancy one-handed techniques.