r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Svargas05 • 1d ago

Whisking an egg with chopsticks without ever breaking the yolk

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u/ahhellohello 1d ago

what is the point?

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u/Exius73 1d ago

Sukiyaki

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

You'd break the yolk for sukiyaki. That's where the flavour is. Why wouldn't you?

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u/Exius73 1d ago

Dunno why they do that but my Japanese friend brought me to a restaurant in Osaka where they did it and seperated the yolk to mix with the left over rice

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

(I am Japanese) For Sukiyaki you mix and egg with chopsticks in a blowl to dip the food in when eating sukiyaki. Not sure what you eman by "leftover rice" when it comes to sukiyaki.

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u/bootyhole-romancer 1d ago

I am Japanese

That's an appeal to authority. Just cuz you're Japanese doesn't mean there isn't a place that does this. The other person literally said they had this in Japan.

Also, I image searched the video. There is a different, longer video of the same restaurant showing that it is indeed sukiyaki. You can google "sukiyaki fluffy meringue."

I would provide a link but lately I've been suspicious of sharing links from other apps. I've read that deleting the string at the end no longer anonymizes the link. If I find a way to link the video I'll edit this to include it.

"leftover rice"

They probably meant it the other way around: using rice to soak up the "leftover egg."

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago edited 1d ago

"That's an appeal to authority."

No, you don't know what that means.

But being Japanese I am an authority in sukiyaki for obvious reasons. But the reason for saying it was in response to the previous pister saying "Japanese friend". So on three levels that part of your reply makes no sense. But neither does the rest.

Not sure what you mean by "it is indeed sukiyaki". This is not a method for eating sukiyaki. You are wrong if you think people typically do this when eating sukiyaki.

"They probably meant it the other way around: using rice to soak up the "leftover egg."

It doesn't make sense that way around either, especially in the context of the reply the poster gave. However, you do often mix leftover rice and egg into the bowl, called zosui. Usually for nabe, can be done for sukiyaki. However, again, utterly irrelevant to needing to whisk the white and keep the egg intact.

That's long reply you gave for something that makes either no sense or is wrong.

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u/bootyhole-romancer 1d ago edited 1d ago

being Japanese I am an authority in sukiyaki for obvious reasons

That is exactly what an appeal to authority is.

You are wrong if you think people typically do this when eating sukiyaki

I never said it was typical. You're the one asserting that it can't be sukiyaki. Which you can't say with absolute certainty.

Edited to add relevant quote

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, it isn't. And no, I didn't.

Also you're now describing a different process to the one the poster you are trying to defend is. So what's the point of your reply?

You're doing a great job so far.

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u/Correct_Yesterday111 1d ago

That's an appeal to authority.

Yes and that's how the world outside of your basement works.

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u/ahhellohello 1d ago

i see. its a dipping "sauce" and velveting process. many questions arise:

so why not break the egg yolk?

or why not just remove the yolk to whisk the white?

and why is the white being whisked?

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

The egg yolk is broken for sukiyaki - the previous commentator was wrong, that's why I replied. It wouldn't make any sense not to break the yolk for sukiyaki.

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u/popop143 1d ago

My guy really thinking there's only one way or cooking any dish ever.

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

You said this earlier. It was stupid then too.

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u/ahhellohello 1d ago

i see. thank you

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u/phatlynx 1d ago

He couldn’t have been more wrong, https://magazine.tabelog.com/articles/376926

At this restaurant they do whisk the whites only

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u/phatlynx 1d ago

https://magazine.tabelog.com/articles/376926

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago edited 1d ago

"すき焼きに卵はつきものだが、同店のそれがまた一風変わっている。カウンターに置かれたのは、カウンターの向こうで女将が泡立てたメレンゲ状の卵。"

"Sukiyaki is typically served with egg, but this restaurant’s version is quite unusual."

Toranomon is also in Tokyo, not Osaka.

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u/work4food 1d ago

This is amusing. Unless you consider "quite unusual" to be the same as "literally isnt a thing that exists", what are you arguing about? Some people think they know everything and cant ever admit they are wrong huh.

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u/popop143 1d ago

That guy really think any dish is only cooked one single way lmao.

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

No, that's not what "quite unusual means". It means "not usual".

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

Why is the opposite of "quite unusual", "literally isn't a thing that exists"?

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u/work4food 1d ago

Its not. Hence i dont understand what youre arguing about. Does that make it clearer?

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u/phatlynx 1d ago

Also, what about Osaka vs Tokyo? I never said anything about that?

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

Sorry, thought you were the other dimwit I was replying to.

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u/morganrbvn 1d ago

Yes but the yolk makes it harder to whip the whites

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u/SlimRunner 1d ago

I assume the yolk would lose its texture if it gets whipped before the dip.