Revolutionary research: What is the best way to poach an egg?

Eliezer the Lion
October 26, 2014   
The study that will change your life: The traditional egg-beating style you're used to is no longer the fastest way to get a uniform mixture • This is according to a study conducted by scientists on the renowned culinary website Cook's Illustrated • Watch the explanation
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The results of the following study may change your life forever.

In fact, your life can be divided into two periods: the days when you were unaware of the research and its results, and the years after the information we gave you about the research results.

What is this about?

For long periods, mankind has grappled with the fateful question: when mixing an egg, should it be done by shaking the whisk from side to side, mixing, in a circular motion, or whipping – whipping the egg whites. Quite a bit has been written about this fascinating subject, and some people practice one way and some people practice another, and many women do not abandon the custom of their mothers, and about this the Sages said: Let them rest in Israel, for if they are not prophets, they are the sons of prophets.

However, scientists at the renowned culinary website Cook's Illustrated decided to investigate the matter in depth and, following a series of experiments, came to an almost impossible conclusion.

The worst method is bio.TThe way to use a whisk is to mix. In other words, the way we've been using it so far.

The stir-frying motion also proved to be particularly ineffective. The scientists prepared a sauce consisting of oil and vinegar and mixed it in the three ways. As mentioned, the mixing proved to be a failure, and the stir-frying took a full eight minutes.

The winning method is the side-to-side movement. Yes, the one that seems to be the least effective of all, reached complete mixing in about four minutes.

The explanation behind the revolutionary results is that side-to-side movements create a counterforce and 'disturb' the liquid in the bowl. In the other two methods, the liquid moves with the whisk and there is less counterforce.


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