Try not to crack up from this post..

Let's face it. All egg puns are, to put it delicately, not too eggcelent. So, let's lay off of them, shall we?

But we should definitely talk about eggs.

Eggs serve many different purposes in cooking. They can be used as an egg wash for pastries, they help with rising, they help coagulate, they make souffles puff up, and they serve as insulation (like egging a cutlet before frying it).

There are tons of ways to eat an egg:

• Poached
• Fried
• Sunny side up
• Over easy, medium, hard
• Scrambled
• Frittata 
• Omelette 

On egg day, Chef told us to make a simple sunny side up egg. That's when you crack the egg straight into a hot pan with oil without breaking the yolk, then getting the yolk on the plate without a spatula. We did a few, then he made us do it with two eggs, then he showed us eggs over easy. Eggs over easy is two eggs sunny side up, and then flipped over in the pan without the yolks being broken.

Next we turn to Eggs Benedict. It's something that I'm not familiar with since it's typically not served in kosher restaurants. Served on an English muffin, Eggs Benedict is complete with fried bacon (or kosher beef fry), a poached egg, and a hollandaise sauce. Everything needs to be times perfectly so that everything gets on the plate hot. 

I guess this class was the breakfast class, and no breakfast is complete without pancakes and french toast. 

And of course we finished it up with a delicious apple-cinnamon filled crepe. 

So, all items we made here contained eggs. I guess you wouldn't think that french toast is an "egg" dish, but I guess this just turned into breakfast all day long. All. Day. Long. 

Tip of the day: It's very important to use fresh eggs. And yes, there are ways to check to make sure eggs are fresh. 

-The float test: If an egg sinks in water, it's fresh. It means that the yolk takes up most of the space in the egg. When eggs aren't fresh, air gets in through the pores of the shell, and the air in the shell will make the egg float in water. 

-The spread test: When you crack a fresh egg, it'll stay close together and the yolk will be very high. Older eggs spread out a lot once cracked. 

What do you do with older eggs? Hard boil them. Eggs are actually easier to peel if they're older.