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

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.

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.

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.

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.