Alpo Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Does anyone have a recipe for one that requires separating the eggs? I just finished watching Ninotchka, and there was one scene where they were making an omelet. And she separated the eggs. That just seemed strange to me. Maybe they do it different in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Oh, heck no - I use the entire eggs... usually including some of the shell! But I have seen "[egg] whites only" omelettes on menus - evidently for folks more health-conscious than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Actually my 16 year old daughter did it recently because she heard it made them fluffier, and it did. She separated them, whisked them separately and put them back together in the pan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 They often do things differently in Russia, but rarely if it requires extra effort or another tool. Some people put in extra effort and it becomes their signature, but that is the exception rather than the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I've run across it in older cookbooks. It makes the omelette fluffier and bigger. Separate the eggs, whip the whites to stiff peaks, fold into beaten yolks, cook as a normal omelette. To my mind it isn't worth the effort, however, since it does increase the volume of the eggs it would make them stretch a bit farther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Mrs. Lose makes them that way nearly every Saturday and Sunday for me and they do turn out much fluffier, I guess you’d say. I’m to lazy to do it that way when I’m on my own and they are never as good as hers. She insists that that is the only way to make an omelette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 does increase the volume of the eggs it would make them stretch a bit farther Well, they were feeding four people with four eggs, so stretching it was probably a good plan. But I have seen "[egg] whites only" omelettes on menus - evidently for folks more health-conscious than me. Russia, 1937. I doubt they were worried about cholesterol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Well, they were feeding four people with four eggs, so stretching it was probably a good plan. Russia, 1937. I doubt they were worried about cholesterol. Lucky to have been able to acquire eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Lucky to have been able to acquire eggs. Russia should have had plenty after taking them all from Ukraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Ggh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Russia should have had plenty after taking them all from Ukraine. Ahh the Holodomor. But the eggs went to party apparatchik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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