Scrambled eggs...

[dbhost]

You *could* whip out a Dremel with a cutoff wheel and slice that shell open...

[RodKirby]

I'm from north Alabama. We eat our eggs two ways, fried and scrambled. What is this "poached" that you speak of? Where I come from, a "poacher" is liable to get shot, since he's leaving the rest of us with fewer deer for huntin' season.

The egg is (usually) placed in a small container and then steamed in water.

Clever Chefs can just drop the egg straight into the water.

[Shep]

Rod, the one hand method is really easy. Give it a good sharp rap and lift the two ends upward with your thumb and little finger. Don't squeeze the whole egg too hard.

Steve

Make sure you use your good thumb
I'm way better at cracking them with one hand. If I use two I get shell in whatever I'm trying not to get it into. When I use one hand, after I crack the shell, I have my thumb resting horizontally on the front half of egg and my index finger resing on the other half on the opposit side. I push my thumb forward and curl my index finger down (thus pushing the two ends of egg away from one another. This leaves the shell in two equal parts and the rest is easy.

[MilDoc]

Practice makes perfect!

When I want scrambled or over-easy eggs, 2 at a time, I crack one in the left hand, one in the right, at the same time. Always perfect yolks!

But, my mother taught me.

[Hellrazor]

Rod,

Perfect excuse to buy a Fein Multimaster. I am sure you can crack and egg with it somehow...

[Santa Clarita Len]

I never order scrambled eggs because I can't count them on my plate.

[just started]

What is the special machine designed for making poached eggs? I might be interested in one of those.

[gsmittle]

I'm watching a Tivo'ed MythBusters where they are cracking ice with thermite. Should open the egg and poach it in one operation…

g.

[RodKirby]

What is the special machine designed for making poached eggs? I might be interested in one of those.

This is the one we have - there are many others:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sunbeam-Poach...21174001r15628