Rachael Ray smiling.

Easily Remove Broken Egg Shells In A Dish With Rachael Ray's Tip

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By ALLIE WARD

Rachael Ray smiling.
In an episode of the "Rachael Ray Show," Ray demonstrated how she uses a just-cracked eggshell to scoop out any random shell bits that could potentially ruin your meal.
Hand holding cracked eggshell over a bowl of egg whites and yolk.
Ray posited that the reason this trick works is because the shells appear to be attracted to each other. Some believe that this occurs because the pieces of shell share a membrane.
Hands cracking an egg into a bowl.
However, food science writer Harold McGee told Food52, when you try to remove the shell by hand, your fingers become coated in egg white, which repels the fragments.
A partially broken egg with the egg whites spilling out.
Using an eggshell as a scoop, on the other hand, doesn't cause the same reaction, making retrieval easier. The tip Ray shared has been endorsed by other celebrity chefs as well.