You really can't whip egg whites with yolk in them?

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  • čas přidán 26. 06. 2022
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    Dr. Guang Wang's 2009 dissertation at Iowa State exploring how different yolk lipids disrupt egg white foams: dr.lib.iastate.edu/entities/p...
    2011 study where they used lipase to eliminate yolk contamination: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22417...
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  • @aragusea
    @aragusea  Před rokem +94

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    • @michaelwait3326
      @michaelwait3326 Před rokem +1

      Hey Adam, can u do a cooking video covering the root vegetable of the Sunflower? Or I guess the more proper term is Sunchoke! And compare it to an actual Artichoke!

    • @SunnySalasar
      @SunnySalasar Před rokem

      wow, your depiction of water, air and protein interaction is truly elegant and beautiful

    • @julespoon2884
      @julespoon2884 Před rokem

      Beating a whole egg till it has soft peaks is used in vietnamese egg coffee as the creamy egg is a great replacement for milk.

    • @95rav
      @95rav Před rokem

      What's the go with using copper bowls to whip egg whites?

    • @SerifSansSerif
      @SerifSansSerif Před rokem

      Ok. Not sure if you got to it yet, but egg whites are susceptible to collapse with the addition of oil, even after whipping and in meringues (cooked or uncooked). Meringue based buttercreams are predominantly butter, not meringue, and if you don't add enough butter and err on the side of meringue, it will collapse faster than The butter will melt on a summer day.
      Weeping meringues also are common regardless of how cooked they are (unless baked dry, and then they are susceptible to moisture), when topping a cream/butter based pie.
      In cakes and baked goods such as chiffon or sponge, you are whipping both parts of the egg separately for maximum aeration, and then mixing the two together (with flour which is a stabilizing factor), before baking, (and solidifying the mixture completely).

  • @bethanymcmurtrey9542
    @bethanymcmurtrey9542 Před rokem +3979

    Hey, Adam, one subject I would love a video or podcast on is smoke. How it works as a preservative, how it evolved into a culture, ie, barbecue, if you would ever try home smoking and how, smoking non meat items, and liquid smoke, if it's worth having in the spice cabinet and how to use it.

    • @WormBurger
      @WormBurger Před rokem +49

      I second this!

    • @reed42
      @reed42 Před rokem +29

      such a great idea!

    • @paul_tomate1612
      @paul_tomate1612 Před rokem +16

      adam please do this

    • @jezbelga9437
      @jezbelga9437 Před rokem +16

      I support the motion

    • @zhiracs
      @zhiracs Před rokem +78

      Some time ago Jon Townsend made a video on 18th century kitchens, and one point he made that really stuck out to me was this: because everything was wood-fired, the taste of smoke in dishes was so pervasive that it was actually something people tried to _keep out of the food_
      We have gas and electric heat now and smoke has become an indulgence for us, but back in the day you could get sick of it fast

  • @Victor-Baxter
    @Victor-Baxter Před rokem +1831

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      @WanderTheNomad Před rokem +143

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      @mellie4174 Před rokem +64

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      @AllTheArtsy Před rokem +61

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    • @d.o.p.d.o.p.1775
      @d.o.p.d.o.p.1775 Před rokem +13

      @@AllTheArtsy what's ur channel name?

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      @justsomeguywithhalfamustac6837 Před rokem +6

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  • @Death_Bliss
    @Death_Bliss Před rokem +1115

    Whipped whole eggs are actually used in genoise cakes! So if you ever get too much yolk into your albumen while separating, you always have a different style of sponge as a backup route.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 Před rokem +87

      whipped whole eggs are also a thing in Mont-St.-Michel, where they use them to make massive fluffy omelettes that can change the fate of nations.
      i think the trick is using very low heat, they use wood fires for it

    • @Kalisparo
      @Kalisparo Před rokem +20

      It's called pate au bombe or something like that in France. It is often used for various mousses.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Před rokem +22

      @@Kalisparo More precisely Pâte à Bombe (bomb batter basically) is made with whole eggs, or egg yolks, with a syrup or sugar and water (which is a syrup), heavily beaten.
      It's used according to recipes, to lighten cakes and creams (génoise, buttercream) or to make chocolate mousse (although I've always seen it done with just egg whites ^^).

    • @VenkmanPhD
      @VenkmanPhD Před rokem +6

      I thought okay genoise the whites and yolks we're beaten separately and then carefully combined

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Před rokem +6

      @@VenkmanPhD There's different methods with different results ^^

  • @nstovl
    @nstovl Před rokem +593

    Like Chef John always says, you can get some white in your yolk, but you never want yolk in your white.

    • @SenorBigDong69
      @SenorBigDong69 Před rokem +76

      But the real question, will it still whip with a dash of cayenne?

    • @GameFuMaster
      @GameFuMaster Před rokem +2

      the Page Act, but with eggs!

    • @mm8436
      @mm8436 Před rokem +35

      @@SenorBigDong69 why not? You are the Jimmy Page of your whipped egg.

    • @TheSlavChef
      @TheSlavChef Před rokem +4

      @@SenorBigDong69 Was looking for the cayenne comment.

    • @merseyviking
      @merseyviking Před rokem +27

      Did anyone else read that in Chef John's voice without realising it?

  • @tekkitbeasting604
    @tekkitbeasting604 Před rokem +560

    I could tell you this from personal experience, but I'm glad that you explained it! It is soooo annoying when you accidentally break the yolk when whipping whites, such a pain.

    • @TheSlavChef
      @TheSlavChef Před rokem +22

      I do these 1 by 1 in a separate bowl, so I won't mess all the whites :D Took me some time to get there....

    • @tekkitbeasting604
      @tekkitbeasting604 Před rokem +15

      @@TheSlavChef I usually do now as well. Crack the egg in a different container, then pour it to the main one. Way easier that way.

    • @TheSlavChef
      @TheSlavChef Před rokem

      @@tekkitbeasting604 same ;)

    • @JetstreamGW
      @JetstreamGW Před rokem +6

      That's why I never understood why people do the eggshell separation. Eggshell is jaggedy. Aren't you more likely to break the yolk like that!?
      I use my dang hands.

    • @tekkitbeasting604
      @tekkitbeasting604 Před rokem +1

      @@JetstreamGW I use both, kinda depends on how cleanly the shell broke though.

  • @AFMTAG
    @AFMTAG Před rokem +631

    In the Netherlands we have eierkoek (egg cake if translated directly) that involves beating a whole egg for 5-10 minutes before adding in your flour, sugar, etc. When done right, it's an incredibly airy, cake-like treat that tastes very eggy (it's delicious!). Next time you find yourself with a 10-minute long beaten egg, try making that instead of a soufflé, I'm sure you'll like the results much better!

    • @Crs664
      @Crs664 Před rokem +18

      Sounds like that could make a good follow up video

    • @hkleider
      @hkleider Před rokem +12

      Why would want a cake tasting very eggy?

    • @Crs664
      @Crs664 Před rokem +62

      @@hkleider don’t knock it till you try it is a good rule of thumb

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer Před rokem +2

      Sounds a lot like a genoise.

    • @jo-annewoerle3390
      @jo-annewoerle3390 Před rokem +1

      I love those. Best eaten fresh with a slathering of butter.

  • @Sthunderrocker
    @Sthunderrocker Před rokem +145

    I think it's worth pointing out that when you go to a restaurant that has those really tall folded omelettes, that's whole egg run on a stick blender for a minute before frying.

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal Před rokem +29

      You can also beat the whites first, then incorporate the yolk (this way is also ok to do by hand, so you don't need special equipment)

  • @delecti
    @delecti Před rokem +146

    I tend to be a skeptic and find it obnoxious how much dogma there is in cooking, so it's really awesome to see so many things tested like this. I always wanted to know which of the "rules" were really "myths", but was never quite curious enough to risk letting it get in the way of whatever recipe prompted the curiosity.

    • @eugenetswong
      @eugenetswong Před rokem +1

      Well, you could always let the experimental flops be used fo4 scrambled eggs.

    • @ivanlagrossemoule
      @ivanlagrossemoule Před rokem +1

      Hadn't even heard about that one but accidentally "contaminated" my egg whites and had no problem.

    • @hyukleberry5567
      @hyukleberry5567 Před rokem +1

      @@ivanlagrossemoule were you just mixing it into something else? im kinda confused about all these comments about a cake. of course it'll be fine to get some egg yolk in if it's all just gonna be cake batter in the end, the only thing it affects is texture, but id never waste my time on a mixture with egg yolk if it's a meringue

    • @jonpatchmodular
      @jonpatchmodular Před rokem

      Did someone say Allioli? Fun fact: you can't emulsionate an egg-free Allioli if you're on your period. Completely rigorous fact backed up by tradition and definitely not a myth. I can't remember examples now, but there are many beliefs around successfully creating traditional Allioli. A true one would be pouring the oil slowly while mixing, and using a bit of salt.

    • @yaaaan6763
      @yaaaan6763 Před 5 měsíci

      @@hyukleberry5567 It is not 'just' texture. If your meringue 'failed' or you overmixed a good meringue and ended up getting rid most of the air before putting the cake batter in the oven, your cake will end up dense AND dry instead of light and airy. Now, it depends on your preference if you actually like dense cakes, but if you're supposed to be making sponge or chiffon cake and you end up with a dense and dry cake, you technically failed lmao.

  • @fangsup726
    @fangsup726 Před rokem +38

    The visual breakdown of how the science works with cotton and pipe cleaners brought me right back to my childhood, watching Good Eats on Food Network. Alton Brown is a great presenter for making the insanely complicated seem simple with visual representation.
    Great stuff as always, I really love these videos that are more about Food Science rather than just pure cooking, mostly because it reminds me so much of Good Eats.

  • @olekzajac5948
    @olekzajac5948 Před rokem +160

    12:31 And here we see Adam being very close to "inventing" the gogol-mogol (kogel-mogel), a traditional Slavic poor man's desert and a childhood memory for almost everyone from eastern Europe.
    For anyone curious, you just add some sugar to those egg yolks (but don't try with more then two, you won't eat it in one go) and mix until airy and pale yellow. You can also add some cinnamon, cocoa powder or vanilla, really anything you like.
    Here's a recipe (presented in a rather entertaining way): czcams.com/video/tc3qn65bXo0/video.html.

    • @justwhistlinpixie
      @justwhistlinpixie Před rokem +3

      Sounds kind of like eggnog. Tasty!

    • @astridarideout1864
      @astridarideout1864 Před rokem +6

      huh- now you've got me wondering if that old-fashioned exclamation "great googley-moogley" was inspired from the gogol-mogol desert

    • @taylorbritt499
      @taylorbritt499 Před rokem +9

      I knew that as soon as I saw a Slavic recipe being "presented in a rather entertaining way" that it was Boris lol. Love his videos!! His budget meal recipes have gotten me through some hard financial times.

    • @eugeniabukhman8533
      @eugeniabukhman8533 Před rokem +1

      Aw hell yeah, gogol-mogol is delicious! Its the best and none of my friends believe me when I tell them lol

    • @howardcandice2352
      @howardcandice2352 Před rokem +1

      Not just east, back in lithuania its popular too

  • @scoob2cool516
    @scoob2cool516 Před rokem +14

    dude, your usage of pipe cleaners and cotton balls to provide a visualization to molecular food science is absolutely badass, adoreable, and super helpful.

  • @maogger1
    @maogger1 Před rokem +130

    Hey Adam. This reminds me of the drop biscuits the Townsends did a while back, which uses whole egg eggfoam as a leavening agent. The recipe takes an hour to whip because it's whole eggs, but it apparently makes an incredible cookie, so that might be an interesting recipe to check out.

    • @imstupid880
      @imstupid880 Před rokem +2

      +1, tried it before after watching his video and they were very good.

    • @lordgarion514
      @lordgarion514 Před rokem +8

      It took him an hour because Townsend is old school old school.
      Power tools beat a bamboo whisk every time.

    • @stauffap
      @stauffap Před rokem +1

      Yeah, there are other recipes like that. Watch "Le Mont-Saint-Michel et sa mythique mère Poulard" for the fluffiest omlette you've ever seen ;)
      It makes Adams poor try seem like a parody.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 Před rokem

      @@stauffap indeed, the omelette so good it might win you the election. Adam probably wasn't trying to emulate that at all though, since he immediately broke the omelette like he was making scrambled eggs. he probably wasn't using low heat too, that might be why the egg ended up dry.

  • @tissuepaper9962
    @tissuepaper9962 Před rokem +15

    The Alton Brown-esque explanations of the physical chemistry involved in cooking are great.

  • @przefermentujto
    @przefermentujto Před rokem +54

    If you beat an egg yolks with spoonful of sugar you get what is called kogel - mogel, simple yet popular dessert eaten in Poland for example. And when it comes to fluffy omlettes, you can make does as well. SuffletISH kind of omelettes are popular in poland as well.

    • @OmniversalInsect
      @OmniversalInsect Před rokem +4

      I believe the first step of making tiramisu is also beating egg yolks with sugar over a double boiler until it becomes custardy

    • @unit--ns8jh
      @unit--ns8jh Před rokem +1

      Is it that popular though? Tastewise it's not far removed from just eating a plain spoon of sugar :)

    • @JAN0L
      @JAN0L Před rokem +2

      @@unit--ns8jh It's very sweet so not to everyone's taste but it doesn't just taste of sugar. The airy texture is also nice.
      You can also add cinnamon, nutmeg, coca powder, vanilla or almond extract. Anything you want really.

    • @angrypotato_fz
      @angrypotato_fz Před rokem +9

      @@unit--ns8jh I'd say it used to be much more popular 20-30 years ago, when the the modern western desserts, puddings and sweets weren't really available. The creamy, airy texture is really something unusual and the egg added a custardy flavour, however you have to accept eating raw egg :)

    • @nannuky1128
      @nannuky1128 Před rokem +1

      wait, suffletish kind of omelettes? do you mean naleśniki or am I missing something? nothing else comes to my mind but then again, I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to food, our national cuisine included........

  • @CyanPhoenix_
    @CyanPhoenix_ Před rokem +65

    I don't know if this is a thing anywhere else, but my grandmother was from Estonia and we used to have a weird kind of desert that was basically just an egg yolk and a teaspoon of sugar mixed(beaten) with a spoon until light (looked like what you had at the end before double boiling it). that was it. was honestly one of my favourite things growing up, though i'm sure that's partly because of the scenario when we would usually be having it.

    • @Flikus97
      @Flikus97 Před rokem +16

      We do it in Italy too, but it's more of a breakfast thing!

    • @AnnaEmilka
      @AnnaEmilka Před rokem +18

      Yup, same in Poland, we call it kogel-mogel

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse Před rokem +7

      LifeOfBoris just released a video about that dessert some days ago.

    • @JAN0L
      @JAN0L Před rokem +10

      It's called Kogel Mogel, it's popular in Eastern Europe and parts of Germany. You can beat it with a spoon, but it's easier and quicker with a single paddle of a hand mixer in a cup. Beats in a lot more air too.

    • @kokorochacarero8003
      @kokorochacarero8003 Před rokem +9

      That's pretty close to italian Zabaione/Sambayón!
      The traditional recipe incorporates a little bit of Marsala or Grenache wine, but I used to snack on the non-alcoholic version all the time as a kid.
      Good times

  • @malthekjrbendtsen194
    @malthekjrbendtsen194 Před rokem +11

    I just finished my bachelor's degree on protein science, and this is a really good explanation of the biochemistry taking place 👏 makes so good sense, never thought about egg in connection with my degree

  • @jonatanluna1061
    @jonatanluna1061 Před rokem +65

    The whipped whole eggs are actually something my mom uses pretty often.
    She uses it like frying batter to fry cauliflower before cooking them in a sauce made of tomatoes and chilies.
    It's basically the only way i've seen her cook cauliflower.
    I don't know if it has a name or anything though.

    • @mrshodos
      @mrshodos Před rokem +3

      Sounds really good. Tofu coated this way (egg) is also good

  • @wizzzard999
    @wizzzard999 Před rokem +87

    I made a recipe once that needs 10 separated eggs, and my dad bought a carton of 10 rather small, brittle eggs. No joke (or yolk :3) I busted like 5 of those yolks, thank god we had more eggs, otherwise I'd have just crawled into the oven to slow roast XD

    • @IamStrqngx
      @IamStrqngx Před rokem +15

      A joke about yolks bought by your folks? Holy smokes.

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse Před rokem +4

      Where do you even get a carton of 10 eggs?

    • @wizzzard999
      @wizzzard999 Před rokem +3

      @@MCLooyverse where i'm from, they sell them in cartons of 10 or 30, or by piece if you're buying at a farmers market or sth

    • @MCLooyverse
      @MCLooyverse Před rokem +3

      @@wizzzard999 Ah, I've only ever seen them sold in dozens, or occasionally 18 or 6.

    • @General12th
      @General12th Před rokem +2

      @@IamStrqngx smolks*

  • @bullsbarry
    @bullsbarry Před rokem +16

    That whipped whole egg omelet is a thing, but you have to cook it to temperature rather than texture. You wind up with a firm exterior and foamy/fluffy interior that is pasteurized because of the steam generated during cooking.

  • @derryXDINES
    @derryXDINES Před rokem +99

    That last experiment is actually a step in making classic tiramisu. After you whip the yolks until they can't take in any more air, add marscapone and sugar, mix until combined and fold in whipped egg whites.
    I'm surprised you didn't take these experiments into copper bowl territory!

    • @brownie3454
      @brownie3454 Před rokem

      tiramisu doesn’t use cheese

    • @imlafonz8047
      @imlafonz8047 Před rokem +4

      @@brownie3454 yes it does

    • @CaTastrophy427
      @CaTastrophy427 Před rokem +10

      @@brownie3454 I hate to burst your bubble, but the Oxford dictionary definition of tiramisu is "an Italian dessert made from layers of cake with coffee, chocolate, and mascarpone cheese". Perhaps you'd prefer Merriam-Webster? "a dessert made with ladyfingers, mascarpone, and espresso"

    • @brownie3454
      @brownie3454 Před rokem

      @@CaTastrophy427 tiramisu isnt cheesy it’s chocolatey and coffeey therefore no cheese in real tirimisu

    • @CaTastrophy427
      @CaTastrophy427 Před rokem +7

      @@brownie3454 IDK what kind of tiramisu you've been exposed to but it's not the real stuff.

  • @Whiskypapa
    @Whiskypapa Před rokem +17

    Here in Norway, it’s a common childhood treat to whip whole eggs together with sugar until it’s foamy and then either drink it directly or use a spoon to drink/eat it. We call it “eggedosis”.
    And for anyone not from Norway immediately thinking “hold on, thats not safe”: in Norway, the egg production industry is extremely well controlled in terms of possible salmonella or other diseases, so eggs are perfectly fine to eat raw here. Sure, it’s not 100% guaranteed that nothing will ever slip through the crack, but it’s highly unlikely that any given egg you choose to eat raw is bad.
    Anyways, eggedosis is amazing. This video kinda made me want to make again, since it’s probably been 20 years since the last time I had it. Or maybe not. Probably wont live up to expectations from childhood memories.

    • @mellie4174
      @mellie4174 Před rokem +2

      In France too, we eat raw eggs ALL the time. I'm American living here and i can tell you that american food standards are pitiful!

    • @steakfilly5199
      @steakfilly5199 Před rokem

      I’m American and I’m not really concerned by eating raw eggs considering how advanced the egg industry is where I am

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Před rokem

      Oh, that sounds great. Is the sugar just to taste I suppose?

    • @Whiskypapa
      @Whiskypapa Před rokem

      @@kaitlyn__L yes. I honestly don't recall exactly how much we used to put in, but it was a fair amount. It was pretty sweet.
      I think as an adult I'd probably like it to be slightly less sweet tho, so you do you :)

  • @7777ale7777
    @7777ale7777 Před rokem +86

    Not sure how the rest of the world does it, but here in Argentina there's a standard cake batter recipe that involves whipping a number of whole eggs with 30 grams of sugar for each egg for about 10-15 minutes, add vanilla extract and then fold in some flour (30 grams per egg too, or instead 25g flour and 5g cocoa powder for chocolate cake)

    • @FutureCommentary1
      @FutureCommentary1 Před rokem +8

      Génoise.

    • @gewurztramina
      @gewurztramina Před rokem +13

      The video doesn’t say you can’t whip eggs together. It says that if you do, the resulting foam will be far less voluminous, and less stable, than if you separated the whites.

    • @The_Farwall
      @The_Farwall Před rokem +8

      I guess if you start incorporating the other ingredients, especially the flour, before the whipped eggs start collapsing again, then that stabilises the mixture and preserves the aeration.

    • @stefan1024
      @stefan1024 Před rokem

      No butter or oil?

    • @lizziemallow
      @lizziemallow Před rokem +6

      Génoise / Castella / Jiggly Cake

  • @selewachm
    @selewachm Před rokem

    Thanks for exploring all of the various scenarios.

  • @OldVikingSchool
    @OldVikingSchool Před rokem +7

    Adam, why is your content so awesome and informative? You're really throwing logic I never thought of but just viewing it I get interested.

  • @VanSanProductions
    @VanSanProductions Před rokem +6

    The random experiments are so much fun. Loving all the testing in the videos lately 👌

  • @rpdt96
    @rpdt96 Před rokem +19

    The demonstration of the bonding with all the foam and cotton (I think, pls correct me if wrong) was brilliant

    • @Doct0rLekter
      @Doct0rLekter Před rokem +2

      Straight from the school of Good Eats. Really gets the simplified point across with only a few, “lies told to children”

    • @sart1348
      @sart1348 Před rokem

      I loved it!!!

    • @disturbedpyro4511
      @disturbedpyro4511 Před rokem

      It should be! He stole it directly from Alton Brown and Good Eats!😂😂

    • @Doct0rLekter
      @Doct0rLekter Před rokem +1

      @@disturbedpyro4511 stole is a strong word. He has strongly credited Alton Brown and as a massive fan of Alton Brown for years before Adam even had a channel I don’t feel any disrespect in the way he does things.

    • @disturbedpyro4511
      @disturbedpyro4511 Před rokem

      @@Doct0rLekter yeah I guess it is, but I didn’t mean for it to come off negative!I’m not saying it as as bad thing at all! But he did use the exact same props and explained it exactly like Alton. Technically that’s stealing. But That’s why I put the laugh emoji because it’s not a big deal! I think Alton would actually be flattered that people still remember his explanations after all these years!

  • @nicholas3354
    @nicholas3354 Před rokem

    That visualization of the chemistry was exceptionally well done.

  • @wolfingitdown2047
    @wolfingitdown2047 Před rokem +67

    You're really headed in the direction of recreating Good Eats from the ol' Food Network and I really dig it

    • @iancotter387
      @iancotter387 Před rokem

      he just needs some puppets

    • @messey12
      @messey12 Před rokem

      Throughout this vid, I thought much of the GE episode on Egg Nog which gave me my first lessons on when/why you separate eggs.

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před rokem +1

      This was my first thought. Like "I swear I've heard this all before...from Alton Brown."
      If Julia Child taught us to expect more from our food and Jacques Pepin taught us that cooking at home could be a joy in itself, Alton Brown taught us all how to truly upgrade our home-cooking game to another level.
      I was 22 when Good Eats premiered...and liberated me from the legacy of my mom's horrible queasine I ate growing up.

    • @caffeinepuppy
      @caffeinepuppy Před rokem +2

      I’m a fan of both approaches. Adam’s doing great at his journalistic approach where he defers to external experts and also does some of his own original experimentation for the camera. As I understand it Alton was the face of an internal team of generalist researchers/experimenters(/prop makers).

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před rokem +3

      @@caffeinepuppy Alton's background is in filmmaking and media production, so putting on a good show is his natural first priority with education an important but lesser part of the design.
      Adam's background is in academia, so the first place his mind likely goes is toward education with putting on a good show an important but lesser part of the design.
      The result is similar, but the way the ingredients are combined leads to subtle variations in the flavor and texture of the dish, so to speak. Both delicious though.

  • @Stezachuda
    @Stezachuda Před rokem +5

    Your science explanation has becomed more easier to understand. I always enjoyed watching you, but now I understand alot more. Thank you Adam scientific Monday 👍

  • @tiredluke129
    @tiredluke129 Před rokem +3

    Is anyone else hearing some very faint noises that sound like farts? I'm sure they're just audio artifacts of some sort, but I only hear them on Adam's videos, and across separate headphones & devices. 0:32, 1:29, 2:12, 2:31, 10:23, 10:40, and 12:22 all stood out to me.

    • @dakotadavidson692
      @dakotadavidson692 Před rokem

      I heard exactly what you're describing at the :32 point, but I'm not hearing it at any of the other timestamps you listed

  • @mahxylim7983
    @mahxylim7983 Před rokem

    Love the demonstration with cotton and strings!!

  • @struggler4460
    @struggler4460 Před rokem

    I loved that visual aid in how it whips up

  • @lilsadface2159
    @lilsadface2159 Před rokem +13

    God Adam raguseas videos so quickly started rising to the top for me once I caught on that he very frequently delves into the science and research. Totally nerdy, but I love to see my undergrad studies applied and also learn some cool cooking tips and recipes along the way!

    • @janami-dharmam
      @janami-dharmam Před rokem

      When cooked, the protein gets denatured and becomes solid. This is irreversible and you cannot get the liquid form again. When you beat egg white with a stick, the proteins (at least part of it) gets denatured and becomes cooked (at room temp). With sugar, the effect is simple: sugar extracts the water from the solution and makes the protein concentration effectively higher. The effect is that the foam is stronger if you add sufficient sugar before you stir.

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad Před rokem +1

      @@janami-dharmam Did you reply to the wrong comment?

    • @lilsadface2159
      @lilsadface2159 Před rokem

      @@WanderTheNomad lol i think he did

  • @jakobandersen3210
    @jakobandersen3210 Před rokem +7

    In Denmark we take what you have at 12:50 and add sugar, and eat that. Normally we let children do it by hand, so you can do something else around the house.

    • @AdrianoChialastri
      @AdrianoChialastri Před rokem +2

      Same in Italy, we call it "zabaione" (at least where I live)

    • @JAN0L
      @JAN0L Před rokem

      In Eastern Europe it's called kogel mogel

  • @iooooooo1
    @iooooooo1 Před rokem

    Thanks for linking to the papers in the description!

  • @cc3loki
    @cc3loki Před rokem

    This one was very nice! I love to see the "let's try it!" approach! And I learned a lot from it, as well as the visual demonstration and article citation :)

  • @caelandemaziere7939
    @caelandemaziere7939 Před rokem +12

    Hey Adam, a video i'd be interested in seeing is one similar to your dough one, but with mashed potatoes. Just looking at how much, if any, milk, cream, eggs, butter... to add and what it does to the mashed potatoes. Cheers

  • @rvoloshchukify
    @rvoloshchukify Před rokem +3

    You can actually make a great sponge cake whipping whole eggs. My mom always whipped whole eggs, and for each egg, she would add a heaped tablespoon of sugar and the same one of flour. Sometimes she also added blitzed walnuts. The cakes always came out well.

  • @TheMrawesomest
    @TheMrawesomest Před rokem

    Thank you... Thank you for putting the answer at the beginning!!

  • @kellen987
    @kellen987 Před rokem

    These Monday videos, for a year now, have been some of my favorite videos on CZcams.

  • @elon6131
    @elon6131 Před rokem +26

    aw man, you really missed an opportunity here to try to make a hollandaise sauce with your beaten yolk and see if it's harder to mess up. i'd think that with the air slowing down the cooking, it might make the recipe less prone to curdling? not that it is particularly hard or anything, but still an interesting test.

  • @BakersTuts
    @BakersTuts Před rokem +6

    What about the effect of Cream of Tartar? Isn’t that used to stabilize whipped eggs?

  • @-MacCat-
    @-MacCat- Před rokem

    Love your work Adam. Keep it up, on both YT and the podcasts, please.

  • @camutk
    @camutk Před rokem

    Your content is such a high quality treat. Thanks.

  • @theblackacre2560
    @theblackacre2560 Před rokem +3

    Was waiting for Alton Brown's burping yeast sock puppets to show up.....what a bummer lol. Great video !

  • @tetra-doesnt-laugh
    @tetra-doesnt-laugh Před rokem +16

    This episode of "people cook eggs the way they do for a reason" brought to you by the same man who screamed "NO!" when he was told there was a particular way to make French macaroons.

  • @Granath1000
    @Granath1000 Před rokem +2

    Hey Adam, awesome video as always,. Love when you mix science and food. Would love to see your take and explanation on black garlic and how to use it in cooking!

  • @Fendelfull
    @Fendelfull Před rokem

    Thanks for being definitive about this. Some other channel made a suggestion that puzzled me, involving the combination of whipped egg whites and whipped cream. I never tried it, but it seemed completely contrary to anything I'd heard before.

  • @toastedclubsandwich
    @toastedclubsandwich Před rokem +4

    Ohhh so that's what grandpa meant when he used to say "If it's not white it doesn't belong here" Wow I never knew he liked cooking

    • @FutureCommentary1
      @FutureCommentary1 Před rokem

      😂😂

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před rokem

      Your grandpa and my mom's oldest brother need to get together and go bowling.

  • @-bamks
    @-bamks Před rokem +5

    I'd like to point out that the amount of oil adam uses is still much more than is needed to collapse the foam. IME ive had a single drop of yolk in a cup or two of whites completely ruin it.

  • @brennag7962
    @brennag7962 Před rokem

    Nice video, always love the experimentation

  • @divemate7820
    @divemate7820 Před rokem +1

    The conclusion is priceless. Love it 💛

  • @Ninjozata
    @Ninjozata Před rokem +6

    So glad I can catch this before work

  • @BruceArtwick
    @BruceArtwick Před rokem +5

    A whole egg beaten with some sugar and eaten raw used to be a popular dessert for children when I was one. Adults would add a drop of rum to it. My father used pure yolks beaten with sugar to glue together a meringue cake. It turned out quite good when baked.

    • @TarkTheConlanger
      @TarkTheConlanger Před rokem

      y'all weren't afraid of salmonella?

    • @RaptorJesus
      @RaptorJesus Před rokem

      @@TarkTheConlanger This is gonna sound super-prejudiced, but if their last name is any indication of their location, I'm gonna assume salmonella was way down the list of "things to worry about" when they were a kid.

    • @espenschjelderup426
      @espenschjelderup426 Před rokem +1

      @@TarkTheConlanger it depend on wich country you live in. Many places it's safe to eat raw eggs, because salmonella is not a issue.

    • @BruceArtwick
      @BruceArtwick Před rokem

      @@TarkTheConlanger It's a good question. These days I wouldn't dare. But back then I never heard of it. It became a concern very suddenly when I grew up a bit and remembered about that tasty thing I had eaten. I asked my mother to prepare it again and she said it wasn't safe to eat raw eggs. I don't know when exactly the change happened.

    • @JAN0L
      @JAN0L Před rokem

      ​@@TarkTheConlanger If you're otherwise healthy it's not like salmonella will kill you. Also the risk of getting it is so low these days with all the regulations in place it's not worth worrying about.

  • @TheSfelex
    @TheSfelex Před rokem

    i am happy you tried and cooked these results, i wanted to know so much, i was going to try them myself

  • @cst4129
    @cst4129 Před rokem

    Adam--the time, effort, and hard work you put into your videos is very much appreciated! Thank you and God bless!

  • @chillfailure
    @chillfailure Před rokem +5

    Thanks Adam! All i knew how to whip was the nae nae before this! Your videos are always so informative!

  • @sreesarvepalli
    @sreesarvepalli Před rokem +3

    Does fat have the same effect on a meringue made with aquafaba?

  • @maxamillion26093
    @maxamillion26093 Před rokem

    I love your demonstrations with pipe cleaners and cotton balls, very nice visual.

  • @cjkings423
    @cjkings423 Před rokem +1

    i love this episode just because the extra stuff you tried with the eggs. i hope you make more episodes like this where you just let curiosity take the lead.

  • @CDJAM-webm
    @CDJAM-webm Před měsícem +3

    WE ARE EGG YOLKS. YOU CANNOT BEAT US

  • @Eric1SanDiego1
    @Eric1SanDiego1 Před rokem +5

    This was a remarkably enjoyable video and I absolutely loved the explanations as well as all of the sesquipedalian words like "deleterious" and "lipophilic". However, I was a little disappointed when the topic of cream of tartar never came up. I really wanted to know what that stuff is, why it's called a cream, what a tartar is, and why it's used to make merengues. Seriously, I have no idea why that stuff exists. I have a spice jar of it and I never use it unless I'm making a merengue and that's extremely rare.

    • @VeretenoVids
      @VeretenoVids Před rokem

      Cream of tartar is, in a crude nutshell, the scrapings from wine barrels. It's a precipitate containing tartaric acid that somehow stabilizes whipped egg whites by affecting the protein bonds, but that's a level of detail for Adam's pompoms and pipe cleaners. 😃

    • @Eric1SanDiego1
      @Eric1SanDiego1 Před rokem

      @@VeretenoVids Thanks! OMG I loved his pompoms and pipe cleaners. Was he ever a teacher? He totally could be.

    • @VeretenoVids
      @VeretenoVids Před rokem

      @@Eric1SanDiego1 Yes, he was a prof of journalism.

    • @Eric1SanDiego1
      @Eric1SanDiego1 Před rokem

      @@VeretenoVids I'm not at all surprised by that, thanks! :)

  • @wezul
    @wezul Před rokem +1

    Thank you for all the science! Very well demonstrated.

  • @op4000exe
    @op4000exe Před rokem +1

    Great and very informative video, especially since you explored different permutations of what'd happen with more or less fat / egg.

  • @MarsAnonymous
    @MarsAnonymous Před rokem +5

    After you beat the whole eggs with sugar, at around 10:55, you already had a perfectly fine kogel-mogel. No need to do anything else with it.

    • @mackereltabbie
      @mackereltabbie Před rokem

      If you're serving it to adults, you can add 1 tablespoon of cognac per 2 eggs 😋

  • @cristina1582
    @cristina1582 Před rokem +7

    I actually bake a perfect Pan di Spagna (sponge cake) beating whole eggs with sugar for 10 minutes (I set a timer for this stage) then adding flour, vanilla extract and a pinch of lemon zest, absolutely no baking powder. It turns out very fluffy and moist every time. Does this mean that if the eggs are whole this whole explanation has no point?

    • @tim_goll
      @tim_goll Před rokem +2

      I did the same for a biscuit (the cake) once and it worked quite good. But it took like 12 minutes to beat, way longer then when I just seperate the eggs. I also never use baking powder

    • @MagnakayViolet
      @MagnakayViolet Před rokem

      The sugar helps stabilize the foam by interfering with the hydrophobic nature of the fats and proteins and helps hold the water thus making it moist.

    • @sarahmcdonough7713
      @sarahmcdonough7713 Před rokem +1

      All parts of the egg can be whipped into a foam, even just yolks. The presence of any yolk just decreases the volume of the foam. Only whites whip up the most, then whole eggs, then only yolks

  • @thedancingsousa
    @thedancingsousa Před rokem

    The egg whipping demo with the pipe cleaners was so Alton Brown and I love you for it

  • @MrRed-cf6gk
    @MrRed-cf6gk Před rokem

    Your channel is really interesting, man. Thanks.

  • @TheNoerdy
    @TheNoerdy Před rokem +3

    Make a video about aquafaba!

  • @cleavesolais
    @cleavesolais Před rokem +7

    10:10 Non-separated eggs whipped for a long time (~10 minutes) are not uncommon in some traditional German cake recipes, e.g. for Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.

    • @connormehaffey1838
      @connormehaffey1838 Před rokem +1

      That's the dessert from the famous scene in Young Frankenstein when they realize the monster is alive

  • @imjustlikedenji5954
    @imjustlikedenji5954 Před rokem

    I appreciate the fact that you go and extra mile and actually cook this stuff to see what would happen

  • @AliceYobby
    @AliceYobby Před rokem

    I tried making your Macaroon recipe 4 times, first time ever working with egg whites (I’m 22, just started actually putting effort into cooking), every time they turned out strange in some way, and every time I got the tiniest, microscopic speck of yolk in the egg whites, and thought “oh whatever, it won’t make a difference”. I now believe it made quite the difference! I might go out and get some pre-packaged egg whites and try again!

  • @FaerieDust
    @FaerieDust Před rokem +5

    The main use for whipped egg whites in my kitchen is a chocolate cake, and honestly it works out just fine even with a less-than-optimal foam. Possibly because I whip the egg whites last and immediately mix them in with the rest of the batter, and that then immediately goes in the oven.
    There's a difference, sure, but in my experience it's often not as big of a deal in most home baking as people make it out to be (excluding more sensitive/specific things, like soufflés and meringues). You don't need to throw out a bowl of eggwhites just because they're not perfect - as long as you can get stiffish peaks, you can at least totally make Joy of Baking's chocolate almond torte with them. I can say that from experience!

    • @elon6131
      @elon6131 Před rokem +1

      i just throw in whole egg + sugar and let the stand mixer go for a solid 5-10 minutes. it really does work fine.

  • @jacobsed6665
    @jacobsed6665 Před rokem +7

    Do me on the counter top Adam

  • @bliimpy
    @bliimpy Před rokem

    learned this the hard way when I was first learning to bake. I kept the bowl clean, separated the eggs without breaking the yolk, but it was my colorant that deflated my meringue. didn't know it was oil based till I added it.

  • @notatoad
    @notatoad Před rokem +1

    i absolutely loved this and would love to see more videos in the "people cook ______ in the way that they do for a reason" genre.

  • @BartBVanBockstaele
    @BartBVanBockstaele Před rokem +4

    Tastes differ. In France, tourists go nuts over the omelet in the tradition of "la mère Poulard" (Mont Saint Michel, Normandy) as shown in this old video: czcams.com/video/EX7jiRiwFcM/video.html It isn't my taste, I prefer dry scrambled eggs, but to each her/his own.

    • @Paulxl
      @Paulxl Před rokem +1

      I would say that omelette looks amazing.

    • @BartBVanBockstaele
      @BartBVanBockstaele Před rokem

      @@Paulxl It most likely is to many people. I am not one of them, but that means there is more for me to eat of the things I do like ^_^,

  • @TheSlavChef
    @TheSlavChef Před rokem +4

    Why I beat my bowl, not my eggs.
    Btw I binge watched the podcast. We need more of these!

    • @ciri151
      @ciri151 Před rokem

      Why I beat my kids, not my bowl.

  • @evanoscargilbert2592
    @evanoscargilbert2592 Před rokem

    Well done. Would have liked to see you discuss cream of tartar, and how to fix when get a little yolk in and can't separate 100%.

  • @Draliseth
    @Draliseth Před rokem

    What I really enjoy about your videos is the explanation as to why things happen as opposed to just how to make them happen. That's the kind of information I need to understand cooking better.

  • @TheInredibleMrH
    @TheInredibleMrH Před rokem

    Great video! Also, your ability to move in and out of the sponsored sections is impeccable.

  • @KrepsyK
    @KrepsyK Před rokem

    This was actually really awesome information.

  • @roomfullofpigeons
    @roomfullofpigeons Před rokem +1

    The whipped-whole-egg is used to make genoise sponge (or at least some recipies for genoise sponge which actually work use it), but you whip it over a pan of warm water.
    4 eggs, 100g sugar, whipped over boiling water until doubled in size, then taken off the heat and whipped until cold and thick, fold in 100g flour, bake for 15-20 minutes (or longer, until golden brown on tp) at 220C then leave to cool.

  • @MattSimmonsSysAdmin
    @MattSimmonsSysAdmin Před rokem

    I love the experiments. This is how we learn. Thanks for sharing!

  • @SCarter76
    @SCarter76 Před rokem

    Great visualization with the pipe cleaners and cotton balls Adam!

  • @NHT2
    @NHT2 Před rokem +2

    Monday teaching time with Adam is my favorite thing. I'm a 35 year old man, but when you whip out your crafts I lose it.

  • @roberts_matlagning
    @roberts_matlagning Před rokem

    Great video Adam! Even if you didn't find anything revolutionary, its still very usefull to see what happens when you don't do things "the right way". Now I know that I don't have to question these methods at least.

  • @LegendBegins
    @LegendBegins Před rokem

    I appreciated the experiments at the end. That's the kind of stuff you don't normally see people think to throw into a video.

  • @Tazallax
    @Tazallax Před rokem

    This video really reminds me of Good Eats. Thanks for that, Adam. Running on some feel good nostalgia vibes now :)

  • @Corgi_Floppa
    @Corgi_Floppa Před rokem +1

    That transition to the sponsor was smoother than a freshly made ice skating rink.

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137 Před rokem +1

    Speaking of egg whites, I literally just finished making your Creme brûlée recipe. Working on the caramel topping now. Saved the egg whites for breakfast tomorrow. Thanks!

  • @PaweAdamowicz1981
    @PaweAdamowicz1981 Před rokem

    Hi. My wife do do this once. I fixed it somewhat with splash of winegar and the doubleboiler for swiss? merangue.
    2/3 of expected foam, but stable and usable in castella cake.

  • @aaronius932
    @aaronius932 Před rokem +1

    First video I've seen from this guy, very cool. Thank you Smartiplier

  • @emilpersidski
    @emilpersidski Před rokem

    One of my favourite rhubarb cake recipes uses whole whipped egg for the batter, however I have to use the highest setting on my mixer for it to properly foam up.

  • @smokeyeo
    @smokeyeo Před rokem

    this was just a segment on good eats and thats such a good thing

  • @sheritaa3032
    @sheritaa3032 Před rokem

    Wow. This is great! Thanks for the education

  • @italiana626sc
    @italiana626sc Před rokem

    I absolutely love how you challenge these 'myths' and explain the science behind it. These are my favorite videos that you post. Thank you for making science accessible and relatable. ❤

  • @bose9618
    @bose9618 Před rokem

    Adam always comes out with the exact video i want to watch

  • @alexhurst3986
    @alexhurst3986 Před rokem

    I love these episodes! Keep the science coming.