How to Hollow Out an Egg

Lots of egg-decorating projects call for hollow eggshells. After you empty the egg, save the white and yolk to make scrambled eggs, quiche or an omelette.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Knitting Needles
• Raw Eggs
• Bowls
• Covered Containers
• Bowls

1. Wash and dry a raw egg.

2. 

   Insert a long needle into the large end of the egg to make a small hole. Twist the needle as you push it into the eggshell as far as you can while still grasping it.

3. 

   Use the needle to make a slightly larger hole in the small end.

4. 

   Push the needle into the center of the egg and move it around to break the yolk.

5. Hold the egg over a bowl with the small end down.

6. 

   Place your lips over the hole at the large end of the egg and blow firmly until all the egg comes out the hole at the small end.

7. Rinse out the egg by running a thin stream of water into the larger hole.

8. Blow out the water the same way that you blew out the egg.

9. To dry the eggshell, prop it up in a dish drainer with the large end facing down.

Tips & Warnings

• Save empty egg cartons for storing the hollow eggs before and after you decorate them.
• Do not ingest any of the raw egg. Raw eggs can carry the salmonella bacteria, which can cause serious illness.

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on 10/9/2008 I use a dremel type tool tyo make one hole..Then use a large hypodermic needle (like you would use for internally basting meat before cooking)To push air into the egg while the hole is facing down above a bowl..
No need to use your mouth, and only one hole is made :)

on 9/5/2006 To poke a hole in the egg, I propped it up on an empty toilet paper roll, and used something hard to "hammer" the needle in (gently). Also, when I blew the yolk out, I cut the thumb of a latex glove (the kind that comes in boxes and fit on both hands) off, and cut off the tip of it to make a funnel. I propped the egg back on the cardboard tube, and fit part of the "funnel" over the egg, and blew through that.

on 3/12/2006 I didn't want to put my lips on the egg so I used the "snot sucker" more delicately called the bulb syringe to blow the egg out. Make sure you've broken the yolk first. It works great and there's no risk of getting sick.

on 11/22/2005 We found the syringe from an inkjet cartridge refill kit works perfectly. I imagine dental or veterinary syringes work just as well. The advantage of the inkjet is the long, hollow needle it comes with.

Once the egg is pierced, pull the plunger all the way back on the syringe, stick the needle part in the egg, gently swish it around a little and then press the plunger.

The process may need to be repeated - be sure to pull the needle all the way out of the egg, pull the plunger all the way back, then reinsert and repeat.

on 11/22/2005 Place a small dab of glue over each hole to prevent further cracking and breakage.